For your son
This year it is dinosaurs, or soccer, or one best friend he talks about nonstop. Pin this year down before it changes.
A birthday song for your son, about who he is this year
Boys change fast, and a song is a good way to pin down this exact year: the obsession, the best friend, the new skill. Send three lines and hear the first minute before deciding.
Hear the second a name lands
Oh Joaquin, you make my whole world bright.
You wrote“Runs the Brooklyn half marathon every spring.”
The song singsEvery spring you run the Brooklyn half with pride.
From a real song made here: “Good Morning, Joaquin”, for Joaquin, from what his wife typed.
The moment you give it
The kids are sugar high and the speaker is loud. When his name comes on, ten kids shout it at once and he stands on the couch like it's his concert.
BIRTHDAY BOY · TURN IT UP · BIRTHDAY BOY · TURN IT UP ·
Birthday party, after the cake · Living room, ten kids, frosting on everything
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
Birthday songs from this site
One for a daughter’s 18th and one for a husband’s 40th; a son’s song is built the same way.
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
- From mom or dad: pick daughter or son in the form and the lyrics are written in a parent's voice.
- Posting it? The 15-second cut fits an Instagram story and the 30-second cut a Reel, with the lyrics already on screen.
His year in three lines
- The thing he is obsessed with right now: trucks, dinosaurs, a game, a team.
- A word he says wrong that you secretly hope he never fixes.
- His best friend and what they do together.
- The first time he did something on his own.
- For an older son, the job, the move or the goal he is chasing.
- What you see in him that reminds you of someone in the family.
Make it one he’ll replay
For a young son, a song that names his favorite things will get requested in the car for weeks. For a teenager, go easy on embarrassing baby stories and long on what he is good at. For a grown son, tell him what you have watched him become.
Style and voice
Pick the voice of the parent giving it, or the other one for a little variety.
| Age | Try |
|---|---|
| Under 8 | Upbeat pop |
| 8 to 15 | Upbeat pop or country |
| 16 to 25 | R&B / soul or acoustic pop |
| Grown sons | Acoustic pop or piano ballad |
For example
A mom writing for her seven-year-old might send: he names every dinosaur and corrects me when I get one wrong; his best friend Leo lives two doors down and they share walkie-talkies; this year he learned to swim without the floaties. Each line is something he would point at proudly, so the song feels like it is on his side.
More song ideas
Questions
This year’s obsession, in a chorus.
Tell us what he loves right now and hear the first minute of his song.