16 Songs About Children and Parenthood
For the vast majority of people, parenthood is mostly accompanied by a feeling of joy and excitement. Children can be one of the most fulfilling journeys one can have in their life. Here is a list of songs that talk about kids and describe what parenthood feels like.
1. Westlife – My Blood
This is the fourth track of the album Spectrum which was written by Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran. Generally, the message in it is to celebrate their kids assuring them of support and protection. All they have to do is ask for help when they need it instead of just suffering in silence.
2. Jay Z – Glory
This was a celebration by Jay Z when he had his first child (Blue Ivy Carter) with Beyonce. Blue’s vocals were featured in the song thus making her the youngest person to appear on the Billboard Top 200. Before conceiving her, Jay Z and Beyonce were rumored to have had significant problems conceiving. They even had a miscarriage at some point but the eventual birth of his daughter erased all the heartbreak he had.
3. Ciara – I Got You
5. Rascal Flatts – My Wish
Lead singer Gary LeVox sings about good wishes upon someone in his life. It is believed to possibly be for his daughter. Some of the wishes he has for her include: life becoming all that she wants it to be, never needing to carry more than she can hold, never looking back but never forgetting and many others.
6. John Lennon – Beautiful Boy
John wrote the song to dedicate to his son Sean who was his only child with Yoko Ono. Lyrically, it sounds like a lullaby and the message is just trying to comfort him. When Sean was born, John retired from the music industry so as to raise him as a house husband while Yoko ran their business interests.
7. Billy Joel – Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)
Billy Joe gives an expression of the simple yet profound relationship between a parent and child in a bedtime lullaby. It was inspired by Alexa Ray Joel, his daughter by Christie Brinkle.
8. Celine Dion – A New Day Has Come
Celine Dion recorded the track when she took some time off to be with her son Rene-Charles Dion Angelil. She shares how her lifelong dream of becoming a parent has been fulfilled. She had a lot of trouble conceiving and her struggles with fertility were very public.
9. Martina McBride – In My Daughter’s Eyes
The song tells the story of a mother rediscovering what life is about through her daughter’s eyes. It peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs.
10. Adele – Sweetest Devotion
The song is appears as the final song on her third album, 25. In an interview with USA Today, she stated that it is about being a parent to her song Angelo who was born in 2012. She has tried to protect him from the consequences of her own fame.
The song is all about my kid. The way I’ve described it is that something much bigger has happened in my life. I love that my life is now about someone else.
11. Britney Spears – My baby
The track is part of Britney’s sixth studio album Circus. She sings about her two sons Sean Preston and Jayden James. The message is about how Britney can’t see life without her children and wonders how she was able to overcome all the problems she faced without them.
12. Carrie Underwood – What I Never Knew I Always Wanted
The song is a tribute to her husband Mike and son Isaiah. It is part of her album Storyteller (2015).
13. Jennifer Nettles – This Angel
Jennifer released this song after she gave birth to her son and sang about the transformative experience of becoming a mother. She though she was really happy alone till her baby was born. She had never pictured herself singing lullabies on a rocking chair in the middle of the night. She has finally found what she never knew she always wanted.
14. Madonna – Little Star
The singer recorded the song after giving birth to her daughter Lourdes Ciccone and she dedicated it to her. It is part of the album Ray Of Light.
15. Shakira – The One Thing
The song is about her motherhood after she gave birth to her son Milan. She tells him that he is the one thing she got right in her life. He brings joy and sunshine in her life making it a fairytale.
16. Sheryl Crow – Lullaby for Wyatt
The song is dedicated to her son Wyatt whom she adopted in 2007. She wrote it after having watched ‘Grace Is Gone’ when he was 3 weeks old. The theme of the movie was that parents want to protect out children from hurt and loss. She had this to say about the song:
“There’s an urgent feeling about what’s going on in the world. This song is really about, as a parent, you just want to protect your children from the pain that they’re going to ultimately experience in their lives.”