# Claire's Birthday | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 00:41 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Claire's Birthday
- Visible lyric pages: 6

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `claires-birthday`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 00:41 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-5350257f994b12ea
- Visible lyric pages: 6
- Pages with stored lyric text: 6
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 4552
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Eighties Coming Back, Every Little Girl, Natural Blonde Girls, Sidewalks, The Next Big Thing, and You
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Claire's Birthday formed in Portland, Oregon in 1997 with Dan Johnson on vocals and guitar, Tolan Shaw on bass, and Jennifer Finch on keyboards. Their name came from a John Hughes film, which gave an early hint at their nostalgic leanings. They released their first album 'Happy Hour' the following year. Their sound pulled from 1980s new wave and synth-pop, with clear nods to bands like Depeche Mode and New...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Eighties Coming Back — https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/eighties-coming-back
2. Every Little Girl — https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/every-little-girl
3. Natural Blonde Girls — https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/natural-blonde-girls
4. Sidewalks — https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/sidewalks
5. The Next Big Thing — https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/the-next-big-thing
6. You — https://lyroverse.com/claires-birthday/you