The song leaked online on October 16, 2013, two days prior to the official release of Prism. The song itself was recorded at various studios, including Luke's in the Boo in Malibu, California, Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, Playback Recording Studio in Santa Barbara, California, MXM Studios in Stockholm, Sweden and Secret Garden Studios in Montecito, California. The track was finally mixed by Serban Ghenea at the MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, accompanied by the mixing engineer, John Hanes. Its audio engineering was done by Peter Carlsson, Clint Gibbs, Sam Holland, and Michael Illbert.
The drums were played by Steven Wolf, while the horns were played by the Saturday Night Live Band, arranged by Lenny Pickett and engineered by Dave O'Donnell. The latter three produced the song and contributed to the instrumentation and programmed their respective instruments. "Birthday" was written by Perry, Bonnie McKee, Cirkut, Dr.
īonnie McKee ( pictured) co-wrote "Birthday". Jess Glynne covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, and Halsey on SiriusXM. The makeup effects disguises for Perry were designed and created by Tony Gardner. Primarily recorded with hidden cameras, it features Perry disguised as five different characters in birthday parties and other celebrations. After being released as an official single, it reached number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and the Israeli TV Airplay chart, number two in Flanders (Belgium) and Wallonia (Belgium), number three in South Africa, number seven in Canada, number 10 in South Korea, number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the top 40 in nine additional countries.Ī music video for the track was released on April 24, 2014. Capitol Records sent the track to mainstream and rhythmic radio on Apas the album's fourth single.įollowing the release of Prism, the song entered the single charts of South Korea and France. Through double entendres in the lyrics of "Birthday", Perry makes sexual references while celebrating a partner's birthday.
Critics, as well as Perry herself, have compared the track to the music of Prince and Mariah Carey. She co-wrote the song with Bonnie McKee and its producers Dr. " Birthday" is a song recorded by American singer Katy Perry for her fourth studio album, Prism (2013).
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