What if I call him Pop or Papa?

Type exactly that in the name field. The chorus sings what you type.

Can my siblings add lines?

Yes. Gather everyone’s ideas and pick the three most specific; one person types them in.

Can I pick the voice?

Yes, a female or male voice. Daughters often pick a female voice so it sounds like it comes from them.

For Dad’s birthday

He fixed your bike, your car and your first apartment's sink. He's never asked for a thing back.

A birthday song for your dad, built from the things he taught you

Dads rarely say what they want and almost never want another tie. Tell us what he taught you, what he fixed and what he still says, and the song does the talking he would never ask for.

Hear the second a name lands

Nguyen, you are the anchor of my life.

You wrote“Drove a taxi in Houston for twenty years and never missed one of my soccer games.”

The song singsYou drove that Houston taxi day and night, but you made every soccer game look bright.

From a real song made here: “My Anchor, Nguyen”, for Nguyen, from what his daughter typed.

The moment you give it

He critiques your driving for the first mile. The song starts with his name and twenty years of early shifts, and for the next two minutes he doesn't say a word about your lane changes.

Now playing

A song with your name in it

Taking him to his favorite diner

Passenger seat: Dad, telling you to watch the lane

Birthday lunch, you drive for once

Start with one memory

Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.

A real song for a dad

Made for Father’s Day rather than a birthday, but it shows how a dad’s habits turn into a verse.

My Anchor, Nguyen

for Nguyen · dad · Father's Day · Country

Dad drove a taxi in Houston for twenty years and never missed one of my soccer games. He taught me to fish on Galveston pier and to fix a flat tire in the rain. He still calls me kiddo.

1:55

Good Morning, Joaquin

for Joaquin · husband · Birthday · Upbeat pop

Joaquin turns 40 on Friday. He makes pancakes shaped like dinosaurs for the kids, runs the Brooklyn half marathon every spring, and still texts me good morning from the kitchen when I am upstairs.

1:55

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: Family in another country? Pick the language they speak at home in the form, and the whole song, chorus and name included, is sung in it.
: Posting it? The 15-second cut fits an Instagram story and the 30-second cut a Reel, with the lyrics already on screen.

What dads remember hearing

The skill he taught you, and the day it finally worked.
His car, his truck, his tools: the object that is basically part of him.
The game or recital he never missed.
The thing he says when something goes wrong.
His job, described the way you saw it as a kid.
One sentence about the grandfather he has become, if he is one.

Briefing a song for a quiet man

Some dads squirm at praise. Write about what he did rather than what he is, and the song will feel respectful rather than gushing. The Father’s Day sample here came from four plain facts: a taxi he drove for twenty years, soccer games he never missed, fishing off a pier, and a nickname.

If he is the joking type, give one line of teasing so he has something to laugh at before the chorus gets him.

If you are after a birthday song for father that sounds like him rather than like a greeting card, give us three things only he does.

Country, folk or something else

Country with a male voice is the obvious pick for a lot of dads, and it is what the Nguyen sample uses. Indie folk suits the dad who still plays his old records; upbeat pop works for a big family party where the grandkids will dance.

Ways to give it

Play it on the drive to his birthday dinner.
Send it the morning of, with a one-line text.
Play it at the party, then hand him your phone so he can hear the second verse again.