The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song—and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable

I’ve always held hope that the makers of Futurama will release their parodic-soundalike of Happy Birthday, “What day is today?” into the public domain. Then we could all just use that one instead.

What day is today?
It’s Leela’s birthday!
What a day for a birthday,
Now let’s all eat some cake.

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