For your parents
You learned what love looks like by watching two people argue about the thermostat for thirty years.
A song for your parents, from all the years they gave you
Some things you want to say to both of them at once. Give us the house, the traditions and the way they are as a couple, and we write a song that names them both.
Hear the second a name lands
Saoirse, my love, you are my home.
You wrote“Ten years this October.”
The song singsNow ten Octobers have flown quickly by.
From a real song made here: “Ten Octobers with You”, for Saoirse, from what her husband typed.
The moment you give it
Dad holds the phone too close and Mom moves it back. When the song names them both, they stop correcting each other's grip and just listen, shoulders touching.
Video call, both of them squeezed into frame
Mom & Dad
On speaker
“Can you both sit down? Turn the volume up.”
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
Songs for parents you can play today
A few songs that work for both of them at once.
| Song | Artist | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Humble and Kind | Tim McGraw | The lessons they taught |
| Forever Young | Rod Stewart | Their blessing, sung back |
| A Song for Mama | Boyz II Men | Mainly for mom |
| Daddy's Hands | Holly Dunn | Mainly for dad |
Closest sample: a song about a long marriage
"Ten Octobers with You" is a couple's song; one for your parents sounds similar, told by their child.
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.
- Send it to the family chat: the link plays on any phone, no app or account needed.
Two names in one song
Type both names in the name field, for example Linda and Tom, or simply Mom and Dad. Keep it short enough to sing, and tell us how to pronounce either name if needed.
Family stories that work
- The house you grew up in, and one room in particular.
- A family tradition, like Friday pizza or summer road trips.
- How they met, the way they tell it.
- A hard year they got through together.
- What they are like as grandparents now.
For example
A meeting, a tradition and the small habit that says the rest.
- They met at a church picnic and argued about baseball the whole afternoon.
- Every summer they packed four kids into a station wagon and drove to the lake.
- Forty years later, Dad still brings Mom her coffee first.
When to give it
An anniversary is the classic moment, but it works at Thanksgiving, a retirement or a family reunion as well. Play it with everyone in the room.
If your parents are no longer together
Families come in many shapes. If your parents are separated, you can make a song for each of them instead of one for both. If one of them has remarried, you can include a stepparent in the name field and write about the family you have now.
If the family is gathering, ask everyone to stay quiet as it starts so your parents hear their names in the first chorus. Have someone ready to film their faces, then send the MP3 to the family group so every sibling has a copy.