Song · Things of Stone and Wood
“Happy Birthday Helen” by Things of Stone and Wood
From the EP Happy Birthday Helen EP (1992)
“Happy Birthday Helen” by Things of Stone and Wood appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1993. It was first released in 1992 on the EP Happy Birthday Helen EP. Its best result is #91 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #278 alternative song of 1993.
Greg Arnold wrote "Happy Birthday Helen", and Australian folk-rock band Things of Stone and Wood made it their second single, sending it out in November 1992 from their first album, The Yearning, and on the Happy Birthday Helen EP through Sony Music Australia.
It turned into a genuine hit at home, climbing to number 9 on the ARIA Charts by February 1993, and it even earned a send-up on television, where The Late Show parodied it as "We've Just Run Out of Melbourne Cliches".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 91 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 | 100 |
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