Album · Cage The Elephant
Thank You, Happy Birthday by Cage The Elephant
Thank You, Happy Birthday is an album by Cage The Elephant, released in 2011. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 102 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Shake Me Down”, on 55 lists with a best position of #2.
Thank You, Happy Birthday, Cage the Elephant's second album, came out on January 11, 2011, with Jay Joyce back producing after the Kentucky band's self-titled debut. Having relocated to London in 2008, the band came back with something rawer and more unhinged, pulling hard from punk rock and from the Pixies and Nirvana.
Matt Shultz yelps and snarls like he's being chased, his brother Brad Shultz and Lincoln Parish throw jagged guitars at each other, and Daniel Tichenor and Jared Champion keep the floor from caving in. "Shake Me Down" is the big, swaying singalong, while "Around My Head", "Aberdeen" and "Always Something" rounded out the singles. It sold over 39,000 copies in its first US week and debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, their highest chart placing yet.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Thank You, Happy Birthday on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake Me Down | 55 | #2 | – | 2010–2026 | |
| 2 | Around My Head | 22 | #13 | – | 2011–2014 | |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 20 | #7 | – | 2011–2014 | |
| 4 | Always Something | 4 | #41 | – | 2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.