Can we include her kids?

Yes. Mention them in one line; her name stays in the chorus.

Can it be a joint gift from several siblings?

Yes. One person sends the brief with everyone’s best lines and mentions the group in one of them.

What if singers usually get her name wrong?

Type how the family says it. We respell it for the singer, and the lyric sheet still shows it the way she writes it.

Can the song be from a brother?

Yes. Pick a male voice if you want it to sound like you, and write the lines from your side of the story.

For your sister

She shared your bedroom, your clothes and your blame. Nobody else gets to tease her, and nobody knows her better.

A birthday song for your sister, from the one who shared her bedroom

Nobody can tease her like you can, and nobody else gets to. Use three lines from growing up together and we turn them into a birthday song with her name in the chorus.

Hear the second a name lands

Siobhan, you're shining bright today

You wrote“She still beats me at Mario Kart every Christmas.”

The song singsBesting me at Mario Kart, the toughest racer ever seen.

From a real song made here: “Thirty Years of Siobhan”, for Siobhan, from what her younger sibling typed.

The moment you give it

She's driving to work and puts you on speaker. The song brings up the game she always beats you at, and you can hear her slap the steering wheel laughing.

Her birthday, morning commute

Sis

On speaker

“Pull over. Or at least put me on speaker.”

Start with one memory

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

Birthday songs made on this site

One is an 18th birthday song for a daughter, the other a 40th for a husband; both started as three lines.

Your Gentle Way

for Niamh · daughter · Birthday · Piano ballad

Niamh is turning eighteen. She learned to swim in the cold lake at Grandpa’s house, paints tiny watercolour foxes, and once talked a whole bus into singing happy birthday to a stranger.

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: Posting it? The 15-second cut fits an Instagram story and the 30-second cut a Reel, with the lyrics already on screen.
: Send it to the family chat: the link plays on any phone, no app or account needed.

Sister material

The fight you had over the bathroom, the car or the phone.
A song you both screamed along to in the back seat.
The secret she kept for you.
What she was like at ten, in one sentence.
What she is like now, at work or as a mom or an aunt.
The thing she always says when she calls.

Older sister, younger sister

Writing up to an older sister, thank her for something she did first so you did not have to. Writing down to a younger one, tell her what you noticed her becoming. Either way, one line of honest pride makes the chorus land.

Choosing a style

Upbeat pop with a female voice makes it feel like the two of you singing in the car again. A piano ballad suits a milestone birthday or a hard year she came through.

For example

A brother might write for his sister’s birthday: she taught me to ride a bike by letting go without telling me; she still steals the last slice of pizza at every family dinner; she just opened her own bakery and works harder than anyone I know. The bike gives the song its first verse, the pizza its joke, and the bakery its pride.