• • Max Martin • singles chronology ' (2013) ' Birthday' (2014) ' (2014) ' (2013) ' Birthday' (2014) ' (2014) Music video on ' Birthday' is a song recorded by American singer for her fourth, (2013). She co-wrote the song with and its producers,, and. Critics, as well as Perry herself, have compared the track to the music of and. Through in the lyrics of 'Birthday', Perry makes sexual references while celebrating a partner's birthday.
Sent the track to and radio on April 21, 2014 as the album's fourth single. Following the release of Prism, 'Birthday' entered the single charts of and. After being released as an official single, it reached the top 30 in Australia, UK, and Netherlands, number 17 on the US, and number 7 on the.
A 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. Covered the song on 's, and on. ( pictured) co-wrote 'Birthday'. 'Birthday' was written by Perry,,,, and.
The latter three produced the song and contributed to the instrumentation and programmed their respective instruments. The drums were played by, while the horns were played by the Saturday Night Live Band, arranged by 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, accompanied by the mixing engineer, John Hanes. The song itself was recorded at various studios, including Luke's in the Boo in, Conway Recording Studios in, Playback Recording Studio in, in and Secret Garden Studios in. The song online on October 16, 2013—two days prior to the official release of. On April 3, 2014, the singer announced on her account that 'Birthday' would be released as the album's fourth single, posting its cover art as well.
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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 ' onto the cover to spell out Perry's name. The song title appears in candles over a floral cake. To promote the single, a for 'Birthday' was uploaded onto Perry's 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. Composition [ ] At the length of three minutes and thirty-five seconds (3:35), 'Birthday' is primarily styled in the genre of. 'Birthday' is composed in the key of and follows a progression of E maj9–C ♯m 7–E maj9–C ♯m 7–B with a tempo of 126 beats per minute. Perry's vocals range from B 3 to F ♯ 5.
During a preview event for, held in, Perry described 'Birthday' as her 'attempt at writing' a song that American singer and songwriter would have included in her. Since its release, its musical composition has been strongly compared to that of other works of and duo. 'Birthday' contains elements of funk-pop,, and. The song is backed by a 'busy but buoyant' instrumentation featuring a 'deeply rhythmic impulse'. Randall Roberts of the felt 'Birthday' was a musically updated version of disco, achieved by replacing 'cheesy ' with 'jerky breaks and synth washes'. Its 'joyful' lyrics present the commemoration of her partner's birthday as a metaphor for. The bridge section of 'Birthday', which sees Perry singing 'Let me get you in your birthday suit / It's time to bring out the big balloons', was found by Ben Rattliff to resemble French duo 's works.
Perry performing 'Birthday' in Glasgow 's and from called 'Birthday' one of the best tracks from Prism: Erlewine described it as a 'glorious retro-disco explosion' and Empire found a 'girly simpatico' in the song that sustains it. Marah Eakin from felt the track was 'pure fun'. Jason Lipshutz of called it a 'stone-cold stunner', going on to say the song 'serves as pop music's (superior) answer to 's 'Everyday Birthday'. Vellithira Film Songs Free Download there.
He also felt it was the song with the 'most smash potential' included in Prism. Chris Bosman of wrote that the song was a 'irrepressible disco jam' and found it superior to 's album (2012).
Jon Dolan from noted that the 'sunny effervescence' from was present on the song. Sal Cinquemani from said that the 'sexy and playful' song was 'offset by brackish fare'. Alexis Petridis from considered that the song resembled a remix of a song, but complimented its melodies for being 'significantly stronger' than those of 's album, (2013).
Rob Harvilla from criticized the song's 'sensuality', which he described as being of 'an off-kilter, grade-school goofy, beanie-propeller sort of sensuality'. Evan Sawdey of deemed 'Birthday' the 'catchiest thing' on Prism, but he also thought it was a 'rewrite' of Jessie J's hit ' and Perry's former song '. Lewis Corner from classified it as a 'flirty pop-gem', while 's Melinda Newman awarded it a B+ grade, calling it a 'delectable pop confection'. James Reed from called the song's lyrics 'hilarious'. Chart performance [ ] Upon the release of Prism, due to strong digital download sales, 'Birthday' charted on the singles charts in and.
It debuted on the singles chart at number 160 where it stayed for one week. In South Korea, it peaked at number 51 on the with digital downloads of 3,089 copies. Before being released as a single, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart of April 16, 2014, at number 91. One week later, the song jumped to number 83. The following week, it went from 83 to 37. It peaked at 17 on the Hot 100. The song has peaked at the top of chart extending her record for most consecutive dance club no.1 songs to 14.
Music video [ ] Development and filming [ ]. Co-directed the music video for 'Birthday'. The official for 'Birthday' was directed by and Danny Lockwood; Dawn Rose served as a producer, while Nicole Acacio served as executive producer, Richard Alarcon sereved as the editor, Tony Gardner as the make-up artist, and Joseph Robbins was the director of photography. For the video, which was filmed in April 2014, Perry played the characters of five party, appearing in five parties. They consisted of a -like elderly woman named Goldie, a Jewish named Yosef Shulem, a named Kriss, an animal trainer named Ace, and a face-painter named Princess Mandee. In order to transform Perry physically to each character, she spent up to seven hours getting applied. The parties that Perry attended were real, and its participants were unaware of Perry's presence; the organizers believed they had signed up to star in a reality show called 'Birthday Blowouts'.
Similarly, the majority of events that took place during the visual were staged without the knowledge of the celebrations' organizers and guests. For example, the car crash that occurs in the video left several children who observed it frightened and crying. Perry deemed the video 'very intricate to make and shoot' and her 'most insane' to date. A teaser for the video which introduced the characters was released on April 22, 2014 whereas the complete video was revealed two days later.
Perry as Yosef Shulem, a character that was criticized by music critics. The music video begins with short introductions to the characters Goldie, Yosef, Kriss, Ace, and Mandee. Perry is then shown entering all of the parties as 'five of the world’s worst birthday entertainers' in disguise. At a man's 90th birthday, Goldie emerges from a large birthday cake and begins to give the man a lap dance. At a child's birthday party, Kriss the Clown attempts to create balloon animals, while Ace the Animal Trainer introduces a group of children to a box of mice before appearing to eat one, which makes a child cry. At another child's party, Princess Mandee paints a girl's face incompetently; Goldie begins to suffer from respiratory problems, and Yosef does at a boy's. Goldie pulls a man's prosthetic leg off and proceeds to play air guitar with it, and Kriss crashes into a table before drinking alcohol behind a tree.
At the elderly man's party, Goldie collapses and a woman tries to use a on her. While attempting to hit a, Kriss walks onto the road to cause a car crash which shocks the party attendees. At the petting cage, Ace lets a goat run wild which defecates and urinates on the ground; meanwhile Goldie drops a birthday cake on the 90-year-old man, Yosef is then shown beatboxing at the Bar Mitzvah to the disapproval of the guests. Princess Mandee takes off her hat, wig and mask and reveals herself to be Perry, to which the children scream in pleasure. Goldie eats cake with the elderly man, before straddling him on his wheelchair. At the end of the song, Princess Mandee and the children say 'happy birthday' to the camera.
During the credits, the characters dance and lip sync to a remixed version of the song. Reception [ ] Christina Garibaldi of wrote that Perry 'continues to top herself' with the video and billed the video's 'approach' as 'creative, fun and pretty hysterical'. 's Daniel D'Addario was critical of character Yosef Shulem, denouncing it as a '. He noted that Perry had already been the center of controversy due to being dressed as a geisha for a 2013 performance of ', and questioned her decision to portray Yosef. Writing for, Nolan Feeman quipped, 'Jewish people aren't costumes' and found the video distracting from the song.
Ariana Bacle from dubbed the character 'anti-Semitic' and suggested that Perry should stop impersonating members of other cultures. Java 1 6 Mac 10 4 Ppcd. For, Chris Coplan called the visual 'incredible' and described it as a 'less grating and tiresome' version of. Writer Zach Frydenlund positively remarked that the video 'deliver[ed]' and regarded the Goldie character look as 'quite nice'. Live performance [ ] At the 2014 via a pre-recorded performance, the single was promoted for the first time.
Track listing [ ] • Digital download (Cash Cash Remix) • 'Birthday' ( Remix) – 4:25 Credits and personnel [ ] Song credits adapted from the liner notes of Prism, Capitol Records. • – lead and background vocals, songwriting • Steve Turre – • Earl Gardner – trumpet • Lenny Pickett – tenor sax • Mike Masteller – alto sax • Ron Blake – baritone sax • Dr. Luke – instruments and programming, songwriting, production • Max Martin – instruments and programming, songwriting, production • Cirkut – instruments and programming, songwriting, production • – • Lenny Pickett – horn arrangement • Dave O'Donnell – horns engineer • – songwriting • Serban Ghenea – • Peter Carlsson – engineering • Clint Gibbs – engineering • Sam Holland – engineering • Michael Illbert – engineering • John Hanes – mixing engineer Music video [ ] Credits of the video production adapted from the visual.
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