A Song for YouTube's Fifth Birthday

YouTube is five years old. And I wrote them a song to celebrate. Because the real birthday song is still under copyright.

A Song for YouTube's Fifth Birthday

F     B♭
Happy Birthday YouTube
C     C7     F
Youre five years old today
F     B♭
This made up stupid birthday song
C C7 F
Is all that I can play

The one thats really famous
Is under copyright
It earns 2 million yearly
Even though its trite

Ill say that that for you slowly
In case you did not hear
Two million birthday dollars
Collected every year

But I refuse to pay it
Somehow I think its wrong
And so I'm left here singing
This made-up lame ass song


copyright © 2010 Michael Markman

A Song for YouTube's Fifth Birthday by Michael Markman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• YouTube
• Copyright
• Birhday
• Happy
• Ukulele
• Mickeleh
• Five
• Years
• Satire

[CallMeBlake1]

That was cute :) sorry I'm do late on it :)

[mickeleh]

Don't apologize. I love late comments. Go spread the word about this video and see if you can round up some more. ;-)

[livin4hymn]

I always forget that song is copyrighted....which might explain why places like Applebee's have those chants.

I wonder if there have been any cases of YT pulling a video for having that song in it.

I can't believe it's only been 5 years...feels like it has been around longer.

[mickeleh]

Applebee's and several other chains have written their own songs. including (Macaroni Grill, Outback Steakhouse, and Red Lobster) If any restaurant wants to use mine, it's available on a Creative Commons license.

[sangryfilms]

this song rocked!

i hate that other really famous song! makes me wanna punch babies and kick puppies! and throw lye at people during a storm!

[mickeleh]

Please, don't hold back. How do you REALLY fee.?

[BOomeek]

This is hilarious! So glad I found this video. :D

[BrittanyKing09]

hahahah i loved it!

[audrey479]

creative song... lol :-)

[garyfromwv40]

Nice hat. :)

[MonkeyTearsOfSympahy]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUTUBE :D

Well done mickeleh, youre one of the best contributers to this site!

[viking977]

what a shocking AWESOME HAT!! (you know, 2 months ago)

happy b-day utube (abbrv FTW)

[9l8i7n6k]

I like this one better than the copyrighted birthday song. More creative and funny as ever. Good going Mickeleh!

[SyedaA7]

I liked it. :) And yeah, I know I'm 2 months late....

By the way, I don't know if you know this but copyright of the song in the EU expires on December 31 2016. So you can come sing it over here in 6 years time :D

[funkymaniak]

Yey! dodging copyright violation using creativity, Nice job Mickeleh.

[jlo52bubbles]

You have an awesome voice!