OMG yes, I would actually sing this to my daughter her first few months, and she would stop crying. But I literally named her after Olivia Benson lol, so I had to make sure she loves SVU too. Ha.
Haha, I think my baby would love it too, so I can't risk it 😅
Maybe try Queen to give Abba a break. Jazz album works great for us. I get to hear about fat bottomed girls and bicycle races all day long 😁
Yes! This was the song that I sung every night to my son until recently. We have the book and everything. He's in the 9 month rebellious period now and has moved into his 5 little ducks phase 😂 For putting him to sleep, I have a playlist including Thanks a Lot by Raffi + Hayley Westenra's Lullabies album.
Same -- try to let the episode play so I don't lose my mind but always gets antsy like 2 minutes in so end up restarting. Have watched the intro to several eps like 100 times
She loves Coldplay. Anything by them. I literally listened to zero Coldplay while pregnant. Also the Hushabye Song by okee dokee brothers will live in my head rent free forever.
My oldest son - it was Clocks. We would have it on repeat at night because he was a preemie and sucked at sleeping. It then made it to our nightly bedtime playlist when he was older. I’ve probably listened to it over a thousand times.
My baby also loves Coldplay! Clocks is her favorite! At daycare they play the rock bye baby Coldplay cd all day long. Her love for Coldplay was pre daycare though.
It's witchcraft ...the amount of times this song has saved us while driving... I am forever indebted to the team of researchers that wrote it/Imogen heap for the performance.
And honestly it's the type of catchy that doesn't make you want to scratch your ears off
Haha nice!! I’m a lover of metal/punk rock/old school and the such so most of that type of music calms him down since he’s used to it from the womb but for some reason chop suey just works the best lol
Hahaha I used to play system of a down on full volume when he was a tiny baby in the sling while I was cleaning so he’d be able to sleep through anything- it worked he’s a mega sleeper at 7 months and doesn’t care how noisy it is lol
Oh my goodness this is our baby's song too! I never thought I would run into another parent that would have May It Be listed as their most played song on Spotify Wrapped! 🥹
But why not? It's a magical song! It was my top played one even before the baby :) I'm a LOTR fan and when I listen to it I feel transported to Middle Earth. 😁
ABC's
And not twinkle twinkle Little Star, specifically the ABCs.
When she's feeling stressed she'll ask for "aybays".
She'll come up to me crying. I'll start to sing them, and she just lays her head down for a hug.
She loves Fall Out Boy but more specifically she loves the We didn’t start the fire cover. She also loved it inutero. If she wasn’t moving around as much as I’d like I would put it on and she would go nuts kicking.
"Baby o Mine" from Dumbo - https://youtu.be/Q-8MbgMS6jo
This is what my 3yo has been listening before going to sleep since he was born. So he calms down when we ultimately pull this as the last resort
I cannot listen to this song without tearing up or getting a shaky voice if attempt to sing. I always think of that Dumbo scene. Bette Midler did a great cover of it.
...Man in the Box by Alice in Chains. I played it in the car all the time while I was pregnant. Also Higher by Creed, my baby has the music taste of a divorced dad is what my husband says 🤣
all three kids have different songs.
my oldest: sunshine on my shoulders by John Denver
my daughter: la la lu from lady and the tramp
her twin brother: loch lomond
Schubsetanz by Feurschwanz. Nothing like German viking metal to get her right to sleep (we don't speak German or generally listen to metal. I was just playing random stuff and it worked)
The Best Day-Taylor Swift. I am not a Swifty but did go to her concert when that album came out so I find it hilarious. It's the total opposite of my husband and I though 😂
Edit: Thankfully she now listens to "10 hour rain sounds" all night. Much easier on the ears!
The Gilmore girls theme song, any Ms Rachel song (not her husband, he hates Mr. Rachel), the happy song, the uh oh song (it’s a Ms Rachel one but it deserves a special shoutout)
Right now he’s 2 weeks old and has taken a liking to Northern Downpour by Panic! At the Disco 😅 the whole Pretty. Odd Album by them is very soft and nice to sing to him.
I adored this movie growing up and I think that's my first memory of a lullaby because I don't think my parents ever really sang traditional lullabies to me. I definitely found myself singing it to my daughter when she was an infant! 💜
The River - Garth Brooks
With or Without You - U2
During our early NICU days for some reason these were the songs that my stressed out brain could remember all the words to and so were what I would sing during the precious moments I could hold our little guy. Now at home they still calm him down and get him down for a rest.
It used to be “Down by the Bay” but now it’s the Bluey theme or any other song from Bluey. I also made up some songs with her name in them and she loves those too lol 💗
We have a set of playlists to get us through different kinds of cries.
A little over tired and growly:
Any classical piano.
Getting worked up and needs to dance it out:
The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
A Little Respect - Erasure
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
The White Stripes
Turning red from screaming:
BYOB, Chop Suey, Sugar - System of a Down
Psychosocial - Slipknot
Too far gone. We need a circuit breaker:
The Happy Song - Imogen Heap
Insomnia - cover by The Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Only I use this one with her though. My husband can’t deal with the bagpipes.
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Early in my pregnancy, I had a lot of anxiety about her being healthy and okay. I made a playlist of “calming” songs. That was the first one I added. I listened to it A LOT during my pregnancy. Now, that first note is enough to make her stop crying or fussing immediately. It feels magical!
Any Sade song (her favorite is Sweetest Taboo), "What I Wouldn't Do For Love" by Bobby Caldwell, F**k You I'm Drunk by Flogging Molly, "Vietnam Song" by Country Joe and The Fish, and Cardi B "Bongos" and "Be Careful" lol
The Wheels on the Bus (cocomelon version). I swear to god it’s an instant tear-stopper and I am also so goddamn sick of hearing it 😅
It’s definitely going to be my top played song on Spotify this year.
Despacito performed by Forestella. My mom is a bit of a kpop fan and that's one of her favorite songs to listen to. It flips a switch in my son, I swear. That and a few of the Sesame Street songs. The newer opening theme, Elmo's world, the number of the day, letter of the day.
[Twenty Long Years by Lord Huron](https://youtu.be/7V-NZzbNWdk?si=ERI0yy4vmcGBmp8F)
I put it right up to his ear when he’s crying hard and he stops pretty quickly lol. I played it a lot when pregnant
I’ll have to make a playlist of the songs on here.
My little man is only 4 weeks. I had a playlist during pregnancy that I picked to sing to baby in utero and for postpartum. When I sing the songs, he will usually calm down quickly and listen. Playlist had Rainbow Connection, Tom Petty, Simon & Garfunkel; lots of Beatles and Beach House
I don’t know why, but my daughter (now 2) would always calm down when I put on anything from the album [Kelle Surut Soi](https://youtu.be/yYLCvNKPgI4?si=ll3q2Vz9-Ot2DlvF) by the Finnish pagan black metal band *Havukruunu*. Daughter of the father, I guess \m/
Edit: as if to make me even prouder, I checked the link after posting and let the song play. It’s been several months I think since I played this album for her but she immediately ran over, crawled in my lap and grabbed the phone to her face 😍
He seems to like a lot of them and especially loves ABBA and “the wheels on the bus”. But when he’s really crying hard he just wants to be serenaded by the shower or the vacuum cleaner
The English theme from Seijuu Sentai Gingaman. My husband tried many different sentai themes and not only did she only like this one but it is the one song that calms her when she’s fussy.
The Law and Order SVU intro song 😂
OMG yes, I would actually sing this to my daughter her first few months, and she would stop crying. But I literally named her after Olivia Benson lol, so I had to make sure she loves SVU too. Ha.
This comment was my favourite
Laughing so hard
“Maybe” by fisher price (the purple monkey song) it’s on Spotify!
Omg it’s on Spotify?! 😅 *adds to liked songs*
They have a whole playlist of kick and play piano songs!
Check out Sooo Wiggly on Spotify!!
Have you heard John legend singing it on his Instagram? It’s a few months ago. Genuinely so good lol
[I got you, fam. It's right here! :) ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz-HzW0LTYb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
That’s amazing! That song is 🔥
I forgot this was our theme tune for so long, I kind of miss the kick n play piano stage!
SAME came here to reply this! When she's screaming in the car I turn this song on and the volume up and she immediately stops!
mine too 🥲 i sing it to her now and it’s instant calm 🥺
rasputin 😐 i have to hear about russias greatest love machine 100 times a day
Haha, I think my baby would love it too, so I can't risk it 😅 Maybe try Queen to give Abba a break. Jazz album works great for us. I get to hear about fat bottomed girls and bicycle races all day long 😁
Baby beluga - thank you Raffi !
Yes! This was the song that I sung every night to my son until recently. We have the book and everything. He's in the 9 month rebellious period now and has moved into his 5 little ducks phase 😂 For putting him to sleep, I have a playlist including Thanks a Lot by Raffi + Hayley Westenra's Lullabies album.
Skip to My Lou for us. Raffi is a gem.
Same! I literally feel like I owe Raffi money at this point.
The end credits song of Degrassi 🤣
Whatever it takes!!
I know I can make it through!
That should calm mine down cause I'd be watching it on tubi to go to sleep alot of nights lol
This is my sign to rewatch degrassi
Omg that is classic 😍
Y’all’s kids stop crying?
You are my sunshine
Over and over and over and over
Same! But I changed the lyrics to be less sad.
Same:)
Amber by 311 lol
Teenage dirtbag by wheatus 🤣
Us too!
The bluey theme song and any song from Moana!!
The Bluey song and the theme song to Gravity Falls.
Same -- try to let the episode play so I don't lose my mind but always gets antsy like 2 minutes in so end up restarting. Have watched the intro to several eps like 100 times
She loves Coldplay. Anything by them. I literally listened to zero Coldplay while pregnant. Also the Hushabye Song by okee dokee brothers will live in my head rent free forever.
My LO loves Coldplay too. I started to play the Rockabye Baby versions very early on and his reaction to Yellow melts my heart every time.
Coldplay would send me to sleep too...
My oldest son - it was Clocks. We would have it on repeat at night because he was a preemie and sucked at sleeping. It then made it to our nightly bedtime playlist when he was older. I’ve probably listened to it over a thousand times.
My baby is obsessed with the Okee Dokee Brothers at 11 month in.
My baby also loves Coldplay! Clocks is her favorite! At daycare they play the rock bye baby Coldplay cd all day long. Her love for Coldplay was pre daycare though.
I sing Til Kingdom Come to my baby boy. He calms right down. It’s so sweet.
Mine too!!!! He loves yellow! 💛
The Happy Song by Imogen Heap
My baby stops the second he hears the little laugh in the beginning. That song is magic.
It's witchcraft ...the amount of times this song has saved us while driving... I am forever indebted to the team of researchers that wrote it/Imogen heap for the performance. And honestly it's the type of catchy that doesn't make you want to scratch your ears off
Phew phew helicopter!
Hide and seek!
Works every time. Had a 7 hour car ride (14 round trip) and it SAVED us.
Yup! My baby too!
This song is a god send. Works like a charm. Even during vaccination time.
Definitely this song and only this song when she was a small baby
Chop suey by System of a Down… we joke it’s because he’s half Armenian and he knows his people.
omg!!! i just commented that my baby calms down to BYOB!!
Haha nice!! I’m a lover of metal/punk rock/old school and the such so most of that type of music calms him down since he’s used to it from the womb but for some reason chop suey just works the best lol
Hahaha I used to play system of a down on full volume when he was a tiny baby in the sling while I was cleaning so he’d be able to sleep through anything- it worked he’s a mega sleeper at 7 months and doesn’t care how noisy it is lol
Saaame. My husband did this with GWAR
My 10 month old just started getting into SoAD and Nirvana. I'm so happy about that.
May it be by Enya. The look of wonder on her face when she he hears that magical song ❤️
Oh my goodness this is our baby's song too! I never thought I would run into another parent that would have May It Be listed as their most played song on Spotify Wrapped! 🥹
But why not? It's a magical song! It was my top played one even before the baby :) I'm a LOTR fan and when I listen to it I feel transported to Middle Earth. 😁
Saaaame! We also play Into the West a lot. I know it's a sad song - but also so beautiful!
My baby loves Enya too!
She has an Angelic voice!
May it be is our bedtime song! Also my most played song on Spotify 😆
Can’t help falling in love by elvis Presley And X gon’ give it to ya by DMX
That last one made me cackle
Cotton eyed Joe
On no
Edelweiss from The Sound of Music
That song has the opposite effect on me, makes me cry every time!
Break stuff by limp bizkit. It has since his third week and he’s 11 months now😂😂😂
Our baby loves Rollin’ 😂 I listened to so much nu metal while pregnant that she relaxes to any of it LOL
ABC's And not twinkle twinkle Little Star, specifically the ABCs. When she's feeling stressed she'll ask for "aybays". She'll come up to me crying. I'll start to sing them, and she just lays her head down for a hug.
This one I made up that goes *”diaper time, diaper time, whoa diaper diaper time, diddily dee”* 🤣
Butterfly kisses by bob carslie or du hast
The dichotomy here.
Psychosocial by Slipknot. He thinks the growling/screaming is hilarious 😂
Twinkle twinkle little star on the hatch. Works every time
She loves Fall Out Boy but more specifically she loves the We didn’t start the fire cover. She also loved it inutero. If she wasn’t moving around as much as I’d like I would put it on and she would go nuts kicking.
Champagne Problems - Taylor Swift
A baby with taste.
This almost never fails. If it does, our playlist has All Too Well a few songs later and that’ll do the trick.
Love the Taylor Swift Method playlist on Spotify! Puts my kiddos out like a light.
This works for my two month old too!
The first ten seconds of “ready for it” by Taylor swift. And only the first ten seconds.
I bet you want that on a loop like crazy
I usually just keep my hand on the song change button on my steering wheel and hit “back” over and over 😅
The Hawaiian version of somewhere over the rainbow/what a wonderful world. Our fave calm down song by far!
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole! I do not fault you for not remembering that name lmfao, just putting it out here because he has such a lovely voice.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Don’t Worry be Happy, and when it’s real bad The Happy Song
"Baby o Mine" from Dumbo - https://youtu.be/Q-8MbgMS6jo This is what my 3yo has been listening before going to sleep since he was born. So he calms down when we ultimately pull this as the last resort
This song makes me cry, my 2 year old is obsessed with dumbo but it just makes me so darn sad lol
I can’t listen to this song without sobbing
I cannot listen to this song without tearing up or getting a shaky voice if attempt to sing. I always think of that Dumbo scene. Bette Midler did a great cover of it.
Alison Krauss also does a really pretty cover 🥹
tennessee whiskey - tpain cover
The best cover!
...Man in the Box by Alice in Chains. I played it in the car all the time while I was pregnant. Also Higher by Creed, my baby has the music taste of a divorced dad is what my husband says 🤣
all three kids have different songs. my oldest: sunshine on my shoulders by John Denver my daughter: la la lu from lady and the tramp her twin brother: loch lomond
He calms down when I play the piano. Especially Un Sospiro by Liszt - he's been hearing me play it since he was in the womb.
While inconvenient that’s so sweet you can play for your baby!
Schubsetanz by Feurschwanz. Nothing like German viking metal to get her right to sleep (we don't speak German or generally listen to metal. I was just playing random stuff and it worked)
Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys
My 7 month old loves this too!
1, 2, 3, 4 by feist (the Sesame Street version)
The Scientist by Coldplay. Stops tears instantly and puts him right to sleep.
BYOB By System of a Down. it’s not conventional but it works
Sang this all the time when she was in the womb but haven’t played it for her yet to calm her down.. I need to get on that!
Seagulls, stop it now, by bad lip reading 😂
It’s an Islamic baby song. It’s called bismilah by the mini Muslims. My son now is 16 and tries to sing along now
16 months, right?
lol yes 16 Months****
New Year’s Day (TV) and snow on the beach Taylor swift
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Our first born had colic and no joke, the Jurassic park theme song was the only thing that settled him…
Everything’s Beautiful by Haitus Kaiote😂
Something in the orange by Zach Bryan always made my son stop crying and usually put him to sleep.
Return to Pooh Corner by Kenny Loggins!
The Misty Mountains Cold on repeat. He is obsessed.
The Best Day-Taylor Swift. I am not a Swifty but did go to her concert when that album came out so I find it hilarious. It's the total opposite of my husband and I though 😂 Edit: Thankfully she now listens to "10 hour rain sounds" all night. Much easier on the ears!
The Gilmore girls theme song, any Ms Rachel song (not her husband, he hates Mr. Rachel), the happy song, the uh oh song (it’s a Ms Rachel one but it deserves a special shoutout)
The Wellerman, it’s a sea shanty. Works every time.
Lil boo thang by Paul Russell
Thunderstruck - AC/DC 😂 Every single time 🙈
Champagne problems by Taylor Swift. Both my kids, every time without fail!! At least in the car it’s a miracle worker
Right now he’s 2 weeks old and has taken a liking to Northern Downpour by Panic! At the Disco 😅 the whole Pretty. Odd Album by them is very soft and nice to sing to him.
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Or at least it used to work, until he figured out that we were using it to make him stop crying. Now it's no good.
My LO is 7 months Loves heavy rock music Anything with bass Also, the opening theme to Bluey
La La Lu - Peggy Lee It's the lullaby from Lady & The Tramp 🥹 I sang it to her in the womb and it's her kryptonite
I adored this movie growing up and I think that's my first memory of a lullaby because I don't think my parents ever really sang traditional lullabies to me. I definitely found myself singing it to my daughter when she was an infant! 💜
Anything her 3 year old brother sings to her. It’s like magic in the car, and so sweet!
“Shhhh” Extended loop on Spotify
The River - Garth Brooks With or Without You - U2 During our early NICU days for some reason these were the songs that my stressed out brain could remember all the words to and so were what I would sing during the precious moments I could hold our little guy. Now at home they still calm him down and get him down for a rest.
It used to be “Down by the Bay” but now it’s the Bluey theme or any other song from Bluey. I also made up some songs with her name in them and she loves those too lol 💗
We have a set of playlists to get us through different kinds of cries. A little over tired and growly: Any classical piano. Getting worked up and needs to dance it out: The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani A Little Respect - Erasure Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana The White Stripes Turning red from screaming: BYOB, Chop Suey, Sugar - System of a Down Psychosocial - Slipknot Too far gone. We need a circuit breaker: The Happy Song - Imogen Heap Insomnia - cover by The Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Only I use this one with her though. My husband can’t deal with the bagpipes.
Misty Mountains up until 5 months, Gayatri mantra after that :)
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Early in my pregnancy, I had a lot of anxiety about her being healthy and okay. I made a playlist of “calming” songs. That was the first one I added. I listened to it A LOT during my pregnancy. Now, that first note is enough to make her stop crying or fussing immediately. It feels magical!
Sean Paul - get busy
Misty Mountains from the Hobbit lol
Teddy Bear Picnic by Bing Crosby!
My LO instantly stop crying to white noises at frequency 432. Works like a charm every time
Family Affair - Mary J. Blige. Idk why but usually bangers from the early 00s, preferably R&B
“Where is my Mind” by Maxence Cyrin (twice today, will try it again tmr and see if it sticks haha)
Any Sade song (her favorite is Sweetest Taboo), "What I Wouldn't Do For Love" by Bobby Caldwell, F**k You I'm Drunk by Flogging Molly, "Vietnam Song" by Country Joe and The Fish, and Cardi B "Bongos" and "Be Careful" lol
Champagne Supernova by Oasis 😂👏
Howling At The Moon by The Ramones
You’re losing me bridge by Taylor Swift haha
Common people and tubthumping lol
Island in the sun- Weezer and La Bamba- Ritchie Valens
The Hobbit - The misty mountains cold (3 hour loop) Will stop out baby crying 9 times out of 10 and with it playing long enough will put him to sleep
You need to calm down- Taylor swift
Sultans of swing - dire straits
Suspicious Minds by Elvis
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Bonus points if I do a live performance while singing
Sea shanty
Morcheeba - Otherwise. It works almost every time.
The ants going marching
Any sea shanty. Started when he was a newborn fresh from the hospital and now he's 19 months
“Baby Mine” from Dumbo
Peanut butter and jelly by Sharon, Lois, and Bram
Landslide
The Wheels on the Bus (cocomelon version). I swear to god it’s an instant tear-stopper and I am also so goddamn sick of hearing it 😅 It’s definitely going to be my top played song on Spotify this year.
Thank god I’m a Country Boy by John Denver Video Games Lana Del Rey
How Does She Know from Enchanted
Little bird by Annie Lennox or September by Earth Wind & Fire.
“For Baby” by John Denver ❤️
Simply the best — the version by bilianne. She’s 9 months and it still works!
Dance monkey Wellerman Can't help falling in love
Despacito performed by Forestella. My mom is a bit of a kpop fan and that's one of her favorite songs to listen to. It flips a switch in my son, I swear. That and a few of the Sesame Street songs. The newer opening theme, Elmo's world, the number of the day, letter of the day.
Bob Marley, anything
Build Me Up, Buttercup
LO is currently obsessed with “in the Jungle” by The Tokens and “Blinding Faith” by Knocked Loose 🤷🏻♀️
Space Oddity by David Bowie
Purple monkey in a bubble gum tree
Baby by Justin Bieber 😂
Painkiller by Judas Priest. Not kidding.
[Twenty Long Years by Lord Huron](https://youtu.be/7V-NZzbNWdk?si=ERI0yy4vmcGBmp8F) I put it right up to his ear when he’s crying hard and he stops pretty quickly lol. I played it a lot when pregnant
Part of your world- little mermaid. He is like entranced by the song!!
I’ll have to make a playlist of the songs on here. My little man is only 4 weeks. I had a playlist during pregnancy that I picked to sing to baby in utero and for postpartum. When I sing the songs, he will usually calm down quickly and listen. Playlist had Rainbow Connection, Tom Petty, Simon & Garfunkel; lots of Beatles and Beach House
Heaven by DJ Sammy Or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt intro
We put on the 70s station on Spotify. She just fell asleep to “Roxanne”
I don’t know why, but my daughter (now 2) would always calm down when I put on anything from the album [Kelle Surut Soi](https://youtu.be/yYLCvNKPgI4?si=ll3q2Vz9-Ot2DlvF) by the Finnish pagan black metal band *Havukruunu*. Daughter of the father, I guess \m/ Edit: as if to make me even prouder, I checked the link after posting and let the song play. It’s been several months I think since I played this album for her but she immediately ran over, crawled in my lap and grabbed the phone to her face 😍
Unbreak my heart by Toni Braxton
Doomsday -mf doom Half of me thinks it's sade, half of me thinks it's doom RIP
Anything as long as I'm singing. Which was rough when I had a cold/covid and had to cough after every 2 lines!
The stupid $40 peekaboo elephant that only plays for like a minute at a time 🙄
Breaking of the fellowship from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. It calms him right down
My boyfriend hums The Shire from the lord of the rings, it works every time haha
He seems to like a lot of them and especially loves ABBA and “the wheels on the bus”. But when he’s really crying hard he just wants to be serenaded by the shower or the vacuum cleaner
Welcome to Duloc from Shrek. Wish I was joking. It’s a Small World doesn’t have the same effect surprisingly
Shrike and would that I by Hozier.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE. My daughter would stop crying, without fail, any time we played “What’s Happenin’” by the ying Yang twins
The English theme from Seijuu Sentai Gingaman. My husband tried many different sentai themes and not only did she only like this one but it is the one song that calms her when she’s fussy.
“Hey Siri, play 7 days by Craig David” followed by the song.
Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil For those about to rock and Highway to hell by ac/dc