"It's My Birthday" is a song by American hip hop recording artist and DJ will.i.am and American singer Cody Wise, who is signed to Interscope Records through will.i.am's imprint. The song was recorded in 2014 and released as a single on May 27, 2014. It samples the Tamil song "Urvasi Urvasi", from the 1995 Tamil film Kadhalan, composed by the Indian composer A. R. Rahman.

"It's My Birthday" topped the charts in the United Kingdom, becoming will.i.am's tenth chart-topper there (including five as a member of The Black Eyed Peas). The song also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, as well as the top 30 in Belgium, New Zealand and the Republic of Ireland.

The song was co-written with A. R. Rahman, composer of "Urvasi Urvasi" from the 1994 Tamil Indian film Kadhalan. "It's My Birthday" also samples the popular Jamaican songs "Pull Up to Mi Bumper" by Konshens & J Capri, "Fi Di Jockey" by Aidonia and Bounty Killer chanting 'Big Ship Sailing'.

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song a moderate review stating, saying: "The final result doesn't wander too far away from his recent successful offerings, but with a hint of the new here and there, will.i.am proves once again he can have his cake and eat it whether it's his birthday or not."

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