The Whole World Wants to Wish You Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse

"The Whole World Wants to Wish You Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse" is a song written in honor of Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday in 1978.

It was heard as the finale to the TV special Mickey's 50 and was also heard in a special parade honoring Mickey's 50th at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, mixed in with the song "(Hey Ra Ra Ra) Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse)". The first verse of the song was heard in the 1988 TV special Walt Disney World's 4th of July Spectacular for a segment honoring Mickey's 60th birthday, in which the word "fifty" was changed to "sixty".

Lyrics
The whole world wants to wish you happy birthday, Mickey Mouse

Everybody wants to toast you with a song

The whole world wants to wish you happy birthday, Mickey Mouse

Listen while your friends all join and sing along

Well it isn't very hard to understand what all the shoutin' is for

Just want you to know that we love you and we wish you fifty birthdays more

People everywhere are saying thank you, Mickey Mouse

For all of the troubled times you helped us through

It may seem strange to say this 'cause you're such a little mouse

This world needs a lot more men like you

This crazy world's a-changin' every day, you know it's true

But everything's gonna be okay, 'cause we can still depend on you

The whole world wants to wish you happy birthday, Mickey Mouse

Everybody wants to toast you with a song

The whole world wants to wish you happy birthday, Mickey Mouse

Listen while your friends all join and sing along

The whole world wants to wish you happy birthday, Mickey Mouse

Everybody wants to sing your birthday song