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"Birthday" is a disco song recorded by American singer Katy Perry for her fourth studio album, ''Prism'' (2013). It was written by Perry, Bonnie McKee and producers Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Cirkut. Critics, as well as Perry herself, have compared the track to works by Prince and Mariah Carey. Through double entendres in the lyrics of "Birthday", Perry makes sexual references while celebrating a partner's birthday. The song was sent by Capitol to mainstream and rhythmic radio on April 21, 2014 as the fourth single from ''Prism''. Upon release, "Birthday" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the song's melody but occasionally criticized the sexual references. Following the release of ''Prism'', "Birthday" entered the single charts of South Korea and France. After being released as an official single, it has become a moderate commercial success worldwide, reaching the top 30 in Australia, UK, and Netherlands, and has reached number 17 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 7 on the Canadian Hot 100. A music video for the track was released on April 24, 2014. Primarily recorded with hidden cameras, it features Perry disguised as five different characters in birthday parties and other celebrations. The makeup effects disguises for Perry were designed and created by Tony Gardner. Similar to follow-up single "This Is How We Do", "Birthday" has sold in excess of 1 million copies worldwide. Jess Glynne covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. ==Production and release== "Birthday" was written by Perry, Bonnie McKee, Cirkut, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin. The latter three produced the song and contributed to the instrumentation and programmed their respective instruments. 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. Its audio engineering was done by Peter Carlsson, Clint Gibbs, Sam Holland, and Michael Illbert. The track was finally mixed by Serban Ghenea at the MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, accompanied by the mixing engineer, John Hanes. 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 song surfaced online on October 16, 2013—two days prior to the official release of ''Prism''. On April 3, 2014, the singer announced on her Twitter account that "Birthday" would be released as the album's fourth single, posting its cover art as well. The art is based on a photograph, taken during a birthday party circa 1990, in which a blonde Perry and her sister Angela Hudson smile toward the camera; "puffy" letter balloons were "photoshopped" onto the cover to spell out Perry's name. The song title appears in candles over a floral cake. To promote the single, a lyric video for "Birthday" was uploaded onto Perry's Vevo account on April 10, 2014. It depicts a variety of cakes and sweets—among other confections—decorated with the song's lyrics and concludes with Perry lighting the last candle of a cake. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birthday (Katy Perry song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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