For your mom
She still answers on the first ring. You still hang up without saying the thing you mean.
A song for mom: one to play her, or one made for her
Moms keep every card, so give her something she can keep listening to. Tell us the lunches, the drives and the advice that stuck, and we write an original song that sings her name.
Hear the second a name lands
Linda, your love is in the cards you play,
You wrote“She still mails me care packages with her lemon bars.”
The song singsAnd the sweet lemon bars you send my way.
From a real song made here: “Every Thursday with Linda”, for Linda, from what her son typed.
The moment you give it
She puts you on speaker because her hands are in the sink. The first verse starts and the water shuts off. By the time her name comes in, she has stopped pretending she isn't crying.
Sunday, 6:10 pm
Mom
On speaker
“Don't say anything yet. Just listen.”
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
Songs for mom you can play today
If you want something she already knows, these are the songs people dedicate to their mothers most often. None of them has her name in it.
| Song | Artist | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| A Song for Mama | Boyz II Men | A slow thank-you she can cry to |
| Mama's Song | Carrie Underwood | A daughter telling her mom she is happy |
| The Best Day | Taylor Swift | Childhood memories with mom |
| Dear Mama | 2Pac | A son’s tribute in rap (the album version has explicit lyrics) |
| Mama | Spice Girls | A pop sing-along for Mother’s Day |
| Because You Loved Me | Céline Dion | Saying she carried you through |
| You Raise Me Up | Josh Groban | A big, grateful ballad |
| Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Midler | Thanking the person behind you |
A real song for a mom
"Every Thursday with Linda" was made for a mom from her son's memories: early hockey mornings, care packages, and the card games she now plays with her granddaughter.
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.
Memories that work in a song for mom
- A meal she makes that nobody else can get right.
- Something she said when you were scared, word for word if you remember it.
- The car she drove you around in, and where you were usually headed.
- A sacrifice she made and never once mentioned.
- How she is with your own kids, if you have them.
- What you want to thank her for and have never said.
Her name or 'Mom'?
You can enter her first name, or simply type Mom in the name field. Her first name makes the song feel like it is about her as a person; Mom makes it feel like it comes straight from you. Either one becomes the word in the chorus.
If you would rather have a funny song for mom than a tearjerker, choose upbeat pop and give us the line she says every single time.
Style and voice
Piano ballads and acoustic pop are the usual choices for a mother, because they keep the words in front. If she loved dancing in the kitchen, upbeat pop can be the better tribute. Choose the voice closest to your own so it feels like your song.
For example
Three lines like these give the song a morning, a kitchen and a confession.
- She drove me to swim practice before sunrise for six years.
- Her lasagna is the reason my friends still visit.
- I never told her how much her letters got me through college.
If words are hard between you
Some families do not say 'I love you' easily. A song can carry what feels awkward in person: you write the lines once, and the singer says them for you. Keep your lines factual, about what she did, and the feeling comes through without you having to explain it.