Need a happy birthday message ASAP? Here's a list of the best happy birthday wishes for friends, parents, co-workers and everyone in between.

These birthday wishes for friends are thoughtful, sweet, and funny, just like your BFF! We have all the best short ways to say Happy Birthday to a best friend.

Send these birthday wishes to your best friend, mom, dad, brother, sister or special someone. Find a mix of funny, heartfelt and simple messages for their card.

Someone — we’re really not sure who — lit up “Happy Birthday,” changed it from a song into an event, and made social media go crazy. And for all of us, there is no turning back.

Happy Birthday generates an estimated $2 million a year in licensing fees, part of which goes to a children's education organization designated by the Hill family.

"Happy Birthday to You" is sung everywhere, but because it's copyrighted, it's rarely heard on TV or in movies. A filmmaker has filed a lawsuit seeking to make the song part of the public domain.

Stevie’s “Happy Birthday,” on the other hand, is joyful and raucous. It’s also incredibly corny. Maybe peak Stevie Corn, right alongside “ Ebony and Ivory.” ...

Over the years, I’ve found that these conversations often contain useful, surprising kernels of advice about how to be happy — how to live a good, fulfilling life.