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"Happy Birthday" has been covered by the Ting Tings for the children's television show Yo Gabba Gabba! in 2008, [15] by the Wedding Present for their 1993 compilation album John Peel Sessions 1987–1990, [16] and by Thomas Fagerlund (The Kissaway Trail) with Christian Hjelm for the Danish radio programme Det Elektriske Barometer (The Electric Barometer) in 2010.
Sega and McDonald's collaborated for Sonic-themed Happy Meal promotions in 1994 for Sonic 3 and in 2004 for Sonic Heroes. [28] [427] Sonic was the first video game franchise promoted in McDonald's, and over 50 million Sonic Happy Meal toys were sold worldwide. [428] A million pairs of Sonic trousers were sold by 1996. [429]
A third game, Sonic Free Riders, was released as a launch title for the Xbox 360's Kinect peripheral on November 4, 2010, with the gameplay once again altered to have players use motion controls to move around the board; critical reception to Free Riders was poor, primarily due to the unreliability of said motion controls. [69] [70]
The Sonic franchise is well known for its music; Tom's Guide wrote that it "has always had some of the best music in all of video gaming. From Sonic 2, to Secret Rings, to Zero Gravity, to Mania Plus, Sonic's always brought an S-Rank performance to his games' musical stylings." [1] Almost all Sonic games have received soundtrack album releases.
The first book including "Happy Birthday" lyrics set to the tune of "Good Morning to All" that bears a date of publication is The Elementary Worker and His Work, from 1911, but earlier references exist to a song called "Happy Birthday to You", including an article from 1901 in the Inland Educator and Indiana School Journal. [27]
As a part of promotions, an original song, "Boom" by X Ambassadors, appears on the soundtrack, the single was released on January 24, 2020, by Atlantic Records. [5] "Speed Me Up" by American musicians Wiz Khalifa, Lil Yachty, Ty Dolla Sign, and Sueco the Child received over 15 million streams, [6] along with 1.8 billion views for the "Speed Me Up" TikTok challenge.
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Featuring a cross-world and interstellar journey, Sonic X depicted Sonic and his human friend Chris Thorndyke in quests to save the world. Sonic: Night of the Werehog is a short film produced by Sega's VE Animation Studio, released to coincide with the release of Sonic Unleashed. In the film, Sonic and Chip enter a haunted house, and must deal ...