For your parents
You grew up watching their marriage from the back seat. You know things about it they've never said out loud.
An anniversary song for your parents, from their kids
Children know things about their parents' marriage that the couple never says out loud: the notes on the fridge, the way Dad waits up, the dance in the kitchen. A song made from those observations is a gift only the kids could give.
Hear the second a name lands
Claire, you make the season feel so bright,
You wrote“Claire puts the tree up the day after Thanksgiving, no exceptions.”
The song singsThanksgiving is barely over and done,
From a real song made here: “Sweeter Than Cocoa”, for Claire, from what her husband typed.
The moment you give it
Their kids made it together on a group chat. Mom laughs at the verse about Dad and the Christmas tree, Dad pretends he has something in his eye, and they ask you to send it to the whole family.
Anniversary evening, from three states away
Mom & Dad
On speaker
“Put me on speaker. Both of you.”
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
An anniversary song from our samples
Written by a husband for his wife, but it shows how ordinary marriage details become verses.
What you get for $12.99
You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.
- Free preview
- The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
- The song
- The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
- Lyrics
- Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
- Their link
- A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
- Photo video
- Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
- The name
- Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
- Re-record
- One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
- Name sung wrong?
- After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
- Languages
- Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
- Teaser
- Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
- For this song
- Making an anniversary video? Download the MP3 and lay it under your own clips, or let the free photo video set your photos to it.
- Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.
What kids notice that parents do not
- The house or apartment they first lived in as a couple.
- The small daily thing one does for the other.
- How they act when they think nobody is watching.
- The argument they have every year and always laugh about.
- What they taught you about love without trying.
- The story of how they met, as they tell it at Thanksgiving.
- The number of years, and where they married.
Writing it together as siblings
Ask each sibling for one sentence and choose the three that work best side by side. Put one parent's name in the name field and the other in your lines, so the song addresses them both.
For example
Three siblings might send:
- Mom and Dad met in line at a Memphis record store in 1989.
- Dad still warms Mom's side of the car before she gets in every winter morning.
- They slow dance in the kitchen whenever the radio plays anything from the eighties.
Playing it for them
- Burn nothing, wrap nothing: just press play once the dessert arrives.
- At the anniversary dinner, right after the kids' toast, while everyone is still at the table.
- On a video call if the family is spread out; play the MP3 from one phone.
- At a milestone party for twenty-five, forty or fifty years.
More song ideas
Questions
Tell them what you saw growing up.
Type one parent's first name and how they met.