Valentine’s Day
He takes out the trash, warms the car and never asks for credit. On a Tuesday, it's easy to forget to notice.
A Valentine’s song for your husband, about the man behind the routine
Husbands are easy to take for granted on a Tuesday and hard to surprise on February 14. Three lines about him become a two-minute song that does both jobs, with his name at the center.
Hear the second a name lands
Oh Joaquin, you make my whole world bright.
You wrote“Still texts me good morning from the kitchen when I am upstairs.”
The song singsYou text me good morning while I'm still upstairs.
From a real song made here: “Good Morning, Joaquin”, for Joaquin, from what his wife typed.
The moment you give it
He goes out early to warm up your car, like every cold morning, and finds a note under the wiper. He listens sitting in the driver's seat, heater running, and comes back inside without saying why.
February 14, under the wiper
You warmed my car again.
I noticed. I always notice.
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
A real song for a husband
Joaquin’s wife wrote it for his 40th birthday; the good-morning texts in it would suit Valentine’s Day too.
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
- Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.
- It stays a surprise: the preview goes only to your email, and nothing reaches them until you send the link.
What to tell us
- The small daily thing he does that you never mention.
- How he proposed, or how you did.
- His role in the family: the cook, the driver, the fixer, the comedian.
- A hard year you came through together.
- The way he says your name.
- What you want the next ten Valentine’s Days to look like.
A husband song is about ordinary days
Married couples have history to draw on, so the strongest lines are about the ordinary days rather than the big ones. A line like he warms the car for me every winter morning says more on February 14 than any declaration.
Voice and setting
A female voice makes the song yours. Upbeat pop keeps it playful, acoustic pop makes it tender, and country suits a husband who would rather be outside. Play it after the kids are asleep, or text it to him at work with no explanation.
For example
For example, a wife might send: he proposed in a parking lot because he could not wait until dinner; every morning he leaves my coffee on the nightstand before his shift; after twelve years he still holds my hand in the grocery store. Each line is small, and together they make a Valentine’s song that sounds exactly like your marriage.
Tender, or teasing
Plenty of husbands squirm at anything soppy. If yours is one of them, choose the funny tone and feed it the family legends: the flat-pack wardrobe he built upside down, the fishing trip with no fish. The song teases the story and still lands on why you married him.
If he is the quiet romantic who keeps every card, go the other way: a piano ballad, the year you met, and the promise you would make again. Either way he hears the first verse with his name before anything is paid, by you, on your phone.
More song ideas
Questions
The man behind the routine.
Write the thing he does every day that you never mention.