The "Happy Birthday" song like a funeral dirge — we can do better

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"Happy Birthday To You is a terrible song," says Uri Bram in Atoms vs Bits. "It's a terrible song in general and a terrible birthday song especially. It sounds like a dirge."

And that's not all, says Uri. It's hard to fit the birthday person's name into the song. And the octave jump in the third line is a challenge for most people who aren…