My gf and her family went to a coworker of her moms birthday party. It was a bunch of older black people, we were the only white people there. It got pretty awkward when this song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYJPIZ-C-9c came on and EVERYONE immediately stood up and starting singing. We had never heard the song before, is this a black thing or are we just uncultured white people who don't know enough Stevie Wonder?

12/12/2008 10:31:06 AM

cmon someone black answer

12/12/2008 10:45:49 AM

happy birthday?

12/12/2008 10:46:29 AM

haha if everyone started singing that at a birthday party i was at i would look around all weird and then start laughing

12/12/2008 10:47:20 AM

My boyfriend sings me this

12/12/2008 10:47:27 AM

As long as you got home safely, why does it matter?

12/12/2008 10:48:27 AM

Oh this happens all the time! I hope they just sang the chorus though

12/12/2008 10:48:44 AM

Because I was just curious if this was something done by the older black crowd or if this is a general black thing. Because seriously everyone in the room except the 4 white people knew what song it was the second it came on.

12/12/2008 10:49:14 AM

Usually it starts off as the usual birthday song and ends with some stevie wonder. All the white people I've been around have heard this and sang along.

You guys are just weird.

12/12/2008 10:50:45 AM

i have never heard that song. wtf

i try to avoid the whole singing/be sung to thing, but it's always the regular normal good ol happy birthday song.

12/12/2008 10:51:37 AM

I too, have never heard of it

12/12/2008 10:58:09 AM

I too, have never heard of it

12/12/2008 10:59:49 AM

We usually ambush people on their phones at random times during their birthday and sing
"THHHHHIIIIIIIIISSSSSSS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS YOOOOOUUUUURRRRR
Birthday Song,
It's isn't very long!"

*and then hang up the phone before they can answer*

The explanation is kinda useless alone but Gamecat and probably even Sayer can vouche for it.

12/12/2008 11:19:24 AM

i knew what song it was right after the first post.

how do you not know this song. its Stevie for christ's sake

Quote :

"are we just uncultured white people"

yes and why was it awkward
i swear white people get on my nerves almost as bad as mexicans

12/12/2008 11:24:21 AM

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12/12/2008 11:26:19 AM

I sing "Put it in my mouth"

12/12/2008 11:29:46 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IryGFJqo9eg

12/12/2008 11:44:47 AM

Not a goddamn thing.

One of my presents to people is not trying to sing.

12/12/2008 11:51:29 AM

Don't sing Happy Birthday. The Boyscouts will sue you.

12/12/2008 11:53:10 AM

i think you are just uncultured people in general. you can take the colors out of it

12/12/2008 11:59:10 AM

i do everything i can to avoid singing all together.

12/12/2008 12:07:20 PM

Happy Spirit Journey Transformation

12/12/2008 12:10:21 PM

http://birthdaysongathf.ytmnd.com/

12/12/2008 12:11:15 PM

welcome home (sanitarium)

12/12/2008 12:12:19 PM

Happy birthday Mr. Hood, happy birthday to you! To make your birthday turn out good I give this present to you!

12/12/2008 5:06:21 PM

I, too, have never heard of it

12/12/2008 5:29:31 PM

to the op...that is how I sing it. I love it! It is so fun!

12/12/2008 5:42:54 PM