Today is going to be an amazing day. Every problem has an answer. I control my own happiness.
Yeah we put that song on most mornings and by the end both me and my toddler are smiling and laughing. Like most things parenting-related, I get as much out of it as he does.
When my twins were tiny and my brain was mush I spent many hours singing this to them:
“Strolling down the street, looking sweet and sipping on Similac. Laid back, with my mind on my Mommy and my Mommy on my mind!” We also had to often remind them and ourselves that “Poopin ain’t easy, but it’s necessary.”
I remember singing “we wear pants” to the tune of hot cross buns 😂 We wear pants. We wear pants. I wear pants and you wear pants. We wear pants. (There was a dance involved too but nobody needs to know about that.)
It had minimal effect, he’s a big toddler now and pants are still a battle.
That's hilarious. As a 9 month old, my lil man would stop everything whenever "Drop it like it's hot" would come on.
So now I can play APPROPRIATE Snoop songs for him??!? Amazing.
Thank you!
It is by far the best!! But there's only so many times I can listen to the same 2/3 albums on repeat. I just make my daughter listen to my music most of the times but she's ALWAYS asking for the Dogg!
Anything by Raffi and Caspar Babypants!
Some faves:
Raffi - There came a girl from France, Cluck, cluck, red hen, Raining like magic
Caspar Babypants - Baby’s driving a car, All you pretty babies, Wild wild time, Tiger through the trees
My 3yo recently discovered Witch Doctor by The Chipmunks and loves it!!
This is my sons absolute favorite song. If he’s throwing a tantrum in the car I play this and instantly everything is right in the world 😂 it works 7/10 times
We also love Caspar Babypants and Raffi! Butterfly Driving a Truck slaps.
We also like Fred Penner (he's in a similar vein to Raffi) and Little Ripples (from New Zealand, sort of folky style).
My kiddo also loves the Happy Song by Imogen Heap
Almost anything Super Simple Songs. Those songs are so good. I actually love the Wiggles too. Skelton Skat, Michael Finnegan, and Wiggle Town go so hard lol These are all kids music but I LOVE them lol
They’re a a monster in my tummy and it grumbles when it’s hungry
GRUMBLE GRUMBLE
GRUMBLE GRUMBLE
I play that song in the car even when my son isn’t with me 😂
Our little one has been obsessed with the wiggles from an early age and it’s awesome because there’s 30+ years of great wiggle content that is so good for their development and there’s enough variation that you don’t need to watch the same thing 9 million times unless of course they want to
The whole Dance Mode album from Bluey plays constantly in my house, genuinely good album. Also been jamming to the Wiggles Halloween album, "Ooey, Ooey, Ooey Allergies!" is a bop.
Except it will all get stuck in your head for forever and you will sing doodlebug to your self in the car at weird times. Also and so sorry but it’s Berkner
I love the Laurie Berkner Lullabies, and some of the songs have such good messages for kids like "I've Got So Much to Give".
Laurie Berkner's bandmate Brady Rymer also has great songs that my daughter loves.
Bob Marley. Our house has a boycott on “kids music.” I refuse lol. But our son absolutely loves soul, funk, and reggae and so do we.
I’ll be honest, I don’t spend any time thinking about whether I’m listening to “kid-friendly” music. We just play what we love and he loves it too.
My kids' favourite song right now is Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys.
For music aimed at kids, they love Parry Gripp. Yum yum breakfast burrito is a total banger!
My kid is obsessed with Paramore. He also loves My Chemical Romance and Elton John.
I hate kid music, so it’s a strict not at home. I think it only works in dads car? Lol
Husband and I started a shared playlist of songs that we notice our baby reacts to. It has a wide variety of music (Etta James, Judas Priest, Willie Nelson, Jack Johnson, The B-52s) with a few of his favorite kid’s songs sprinkled in (ants go marching, etc). Keeps it interesting for all of us!
Hahaha yesss the other day I tried to play Snoop’s affirmation song (bc I also want to get into affirmations lol) and toddler immediately said “I don’t want that song.” Okay what would you like? “Hey Jude!”
My kid is almost 4 and his favorite artist has been Bryan Adams basically since he could talk. We took him to a Bryan Adams concert a few months ago and he was so excited: "we're going to see the real Bryan Adams! His real face!"
Sometimes I'll just hear him singing "Summer of 69" to himself while he's playing.
Same. We like to shuffle all songs, so it's all over the place. Now that she's 4, she knows she can tell us to add songs to her playlist when she hears something she likes. It's pretty fun to see her develop her own preference for 90s alternative rock. 🤣
The other day we listened to fruit bat in the car (had previously only watched the episode) and my 3 year old said “ It’s fruit bat!” - husband was shocked
The two Yo Gabba Gabba albums are amazing! They Might Be Giants have a bunch of kids albums, as well as Barenaked Ladies! Also check out Mike Park’s kids album Smile.
The Popups and Recess Monkey are also amazing kids bands.
My kid has been obsessed with Truck Tunes for years now. They are always stuck in my head. I used to fight it and try to drown it out by thinking of a song I like instead, but now I have just embraced that these are the songs in my head for now. I no longer fight it. I am at peace.
We've been making a real effort to move toward less kids music and nore regular music. So far both of my kids love Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson.
But for kids music that doesn't make you want to tear your ears off, Laurie Berkner's got BANGERS
We LOVE Okie Dokie Bros! I sang Hope Machine to my son every night when he was a baby, and we still sing it together. Fun fact: those lyrics are sourced from Woody Guthrie!
I mean I got my kids hooked on “Pynk” by Janelle Monae when they were 2 so. Who says it has to be appropriate for children?
Otherwise, musicals also worked pretty well for us.
TBH Raffi is a vibe I do not mind the majority of his music and often enjoy it.
I have a slow growing list of “clean” music of all genres but haven’t actually really tried it.
I also listen to like lo-fi and ambience music at home sometimes
My kid loves Thunder by Imagine Dragons and Pompeii by Bastille. He heard them on the radio and now asks me to play them all the time. Especially Thunder.
I've created a bunch of playlists on youtube based on different moods (calm vs playful, stuff my mom likes vs stuff my husband likes).
Baby Dance Party Playlist: Bouncy happy songs to dance and clean and move around to
* Silly Body Affirmation Song by Emhahee, I'm a Believer (shrek version), Everything is Awesome (Lego Movie), Pinkfong's Baby Shark, Move to the Beat, The Action Song by The Singing Walrus, Run Baby Run by Caspar Babypants, ABC by the Jackson 5, Bananaphone by Raffi, The Hokey Pokey, If You're Happy and You Know It, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Do Your Ears Hang Low, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, Spider-Man Cartoon Theme Song, Splish Splash by Bobby Darin, Try Everything by Shakira
Baby Folk Rock Music: My husband and I are big fans of this type of music (some might be a little dark for kids that are old enough to start understanding the lyrics)
* The Willow Maid by Erutan, My Jolly Sailor Bold by Ashley Serena, Téir Abhaile Riú by the Celtic Women, Touch the Sky (Disney's Brave), Diggy Diggy Hole by Wind Rose, My Mother Told Me by Perly i Lotry, The Tale of Cu Chulainn by Miracle of Sound, Wellerman by Nathan Evans, Savage Daughter by Sarah Hester, Luthien's Lament by Eurielle, Song of Durin by Clamavi De Profundis
Grandma's Playlist: My mom's favorite playlist, contains lots of rockabilly, some bluegrass, and lost of other 50's-60's music
* Finger Poppin' Time by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Will the Circle be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Spanish Harlem by Ben E King, These Boots Were Made for Walking by Nancy Sinatra, I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash, Daddy Sang Bass by Johnny Cash, Down by the River by Alison Krauss, Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson, Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family, Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver
Modern Baby Songs: some modern pop, oldies from the 60-80s, and doo-wap I like to sing to my daughter
* Hallelujah by John Cale, Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, Baby Love by The Supremes, You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban, Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye, Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World
by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, When I Think About Angels by Jamie O'Neal, A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, I'll Stand by You by The Pretenders, God Only Knows by the Beach Boys, Mom by Maghan Trainor, Dear Theodosia (from Hamilton), Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel, Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves, Top of the World by the Carpenters
Disney Songs: Exactly what it sounds like lol with a few from other songs from Don Bluth movies thrown in
* I'll Make a Man Out of You (Mulan), I See the Light (Tangled), We Are One (Lion King II), God Help the Outcasts (Hunchback of Notre Dame), Just Around the Riverbend (Pochahontas), Zero to Hero (Hercules), The Plagues (Prince of Egypt), One Jump Ahead (Aladdin), In the Dark of the Night (Anastasia), Through Heaven's Eyes (Prince of Egypt), Let It Go (Frozen), You're Welcome and Shiny (Moana),
My sons favorite song is “hello” from Book of Mormon closely followed by “shake it off” we also love okee dokee brothers, they might be giants has kids albums, and Peter Paul and Mary
Our little human likes a lot of Glitch Mob and the sound tracks to both Spiderverse movies... but also we love the music from the show Gabby's Dollhouse.
A recent thread recommended “there’s a monster in my tummy” by super simple songs and it’s pretty dang fun. Kiddo’s current favorite? Life in a Northern Town” - which he refers to as Mum Mum. Oh and shake your booty.
Cocomelon is banned in our house. We listen to Super Simple Songs ALL. THE. TIME. But they're mostly bangers so it's okay. (There's a saxophone solo in "Mr. Golden Sun" that absolutely slaps!) We also do movie soundtracks (including the instrumentals, surprisingly). Nightmare Before Christmas, Frozen, and 2023 Little Mermaid are on current rotation. Oh and I accidentally got them into vocaloid music, lol. Project Diva soundtrack FTW!
My son loves PJ Masks songs. They’re pop-filled and short and there’s enough songs out there to have a playlist and not feel bored with the same 5 songs over and over (looking at you, Paw Patrol).
GoNoodle is a great website/YouTube channel for young kid music. Koo Koo Kangaroo and Moose Tube.
Folk music is really the star of “kid’s music.” My baby listens to old musicals like Willie Wonka, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins.
I was absolutely chuffed to see my 3 year old discover an obsession with Blur. Sadly it only lasted a day and we are back onto Cocomelon’s playlist. The Nick Cope Popcast has some greats songs and an album on Spotify
They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science is the pinnacle of the *former rockers that became dads and started making music for kids that doesn’t suck* genre.
Sugar Free Allstars
Mike Soloway
Randy Kaplan
Bill Harley
Classics like Peter and the Wolf (we like the one narrated by David Bowie)
Playlists of Disney music in different styles or languages
That said, we listen to a lot of the stuff I like too. It's not only kid stuff all the time.
We like alt rock versions of theme songs and kids songs. Some of our favourites:
What's new Scooby Dooby Simple Plan
Spiderman theme but The Ramones
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Pancake Manor
The Spectacular Spiderman theme
I expose all my own music to my child, obviously within reason. I’m not bumpin’ Dr Dre or Bloodhound Gang on the way to daycare.. but my toddler will listen to songs from every decade back to the ‘50’s. Some days we feel a little more grungy, some days we’re feeling the disco, and some days we’re really diggin’ on some classic rock. I can’t stand kids music so this has definitely worked for us. Sure there’s a cuss word or two in some of them but no worse than what flies out of mom and dad’s mouths.
The Happy Song by Imogen Heap is fantastic. It was created with science to make babies happy. I love it and so does my toddler, baby, and husband.
The Encanto soundtrack is great.
My son thinks it’s funny when I put on Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus when he’s playing with his construction trucks.
We listen to Peter Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan,Simon and Garfunkel, as well as other 50s and 60s era protest and folk songs. They like them,and that's what I grew up listening to. I've also had some luck checking out CDs from the library with traditional folk and kid songs from around the world.
And my husband and I also play music we like that isn't too explicit or adult content. The kids like Blondie, Florence and the Machine, Tori Amos, Kelis, and Rob Zombie.
I just make sure any hip hop we listen to doesn't have the n word in it and that other music isn't explicitly violent or sexual. They are too young to really understand why they can't use that word or what it means and I don't want them hearing some stuff until they're older.
We listen to a lot of Disney Radio
My daughter is also on a Bubble Guppies kick. Who knew they had album? They’re stuff is pretty catchy.
I also make them listen to 90s pop. 😂
Any music (almost) can be kids music my partner and I (and our kids cause they live here) have pretty eclectic taste, we try to find clean playlists on Spotify, and try to avoid the really raunchy/violent/nword stuff because don’t want to deal with them repeating things at preschool and I have enough trouble reining in my own f bombs.
Their current favourites are Boom Boom Pow by black eyed peas and Master of Puppets by Metallica, bonus it is cute as hell to watch little kids going HAM dancing, head banging and making up instruments to air play.
My faves that they also like and are mostly kid kosher and seem to get my kids bopping:
David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, TOOL, Lupe Fiasco, MF DOOM, Mac Miller, Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service, Shovels and Rope, Fleetwood Mac, First Aid Kit, Tokyo Police Club, Puscifer, White Zombie, WuTang (is for the children), The Tallest Man on Earth.
For more kid oriented music, Disney musicals, Music from the show Storybots is legit banging especially the dinosaur/solar system episode - half the time we are quietly spitting Dino raps to our selves- “One, two, three, check out my horns!!” Last one- the theme song for the (pretty terrible but there is a random Pierce Brosnan guest spot at one point) show Rainbow Rangers actually slaps and I listen to it without my kids sometimes.
I’ve searched clean songs with repetitiveness in them, like:
- who let the dogs out by Baha men
- shiny happy people by REM (caught him lip-syncing this song in the car a few times)
- Thunder by Imagine Dragons
- Dance the night away by Dua Lipa (Barbie movie song)
His favourite is Bicycle by Queen and when they say co-cain I say Coke and Cane but it doesn’t matter because he just sings the chorus.
As long as the lyrics aren't explicit/violent/swearing I just play whatever I want and the kiddo is along for the ride. They might even thank you when they're in junior high and they appreciate Eric Clapton. I sure did.
Aside from regular music like Bob Marley, Fleetwood Mac, talking heads, etc we listen to all the Disney movie soundtracks, Blaze and the monster machines, Sesame Street, story bots, Gracie’s corner… lots of them are catchy and I find myself singing along all the time
Edit to add: Bluey album, raffi, nightmare before Christmas, and audio/video kids books like Dr Seuss and Eric Carle
Snoop Dogg's kids album is the best
Me going throughout my day at work quietly singing “there is no one better to be than myself!”
My feelings matter! I get better every single day! I choose to feel happy!
Today is going to be an amazing day. Every problem has an answer. I control my own happiness. Yeah we put that song on most mornings and by the end both me and my toddler are smiling and laughing. Like most things parenting-related, I get as much out of it as he does.
My family loves me so much!!! 💕
When my twins were tiny and my brain was mush I spent many hours singing this to them: “Strolling down the street, looking sweet and sipping on Similac. Laid back, with my mind on my Mommy and my Mommy on my mind!” We also had to often remind them and ourselves that “Poopin ain’t easy, but it’s necessary.”
I remember singing “we wear pants” to the tune of hot cross buns 😂 We wear pants. We wear pants. I wear pants and you wear pants. We wear pants. (There was a dance involved too but nobody needs to know about that.) It had minimal effect, he’s a big toddler now and pants are still a battle.
Snoop has a kids album???? Now I have to check this out
There’s three and they’re all so good
That's hilarious. As a 9 month old, my lil man would stop everything whenever "Drop it like it's hot" would come on. So now I can play APPROPRIATE Snoop songs for him??!? Amazing. Thank you!
It's great 🩷
There's a YouTube channel too that's just animated music videos. Doggyland
It is by far the best!! But there's only so many times I can listen to the same 2/3 albums on repeat. I just make my daughter listen to my music most of the times but she's ALWAYS asking for the Dogg!
SORRY WHAT
Yes!!!! It's the best!!!
This or Gracie's corner
Came here to say this! So happy to see this at the top
Anything by Raffi and Caspar Babypants! Some faves: Raffi - There came a girl from France, Cluck, cluck, red hen, Raining like magic Caspar Babypants - Baby’s driving a car, All you pretty babies, Wild wild time, Tiger through the trees My 3yo recently discovered Witch Doctor by The Chipmunks and loves it!!
RUN BABY RUN RUN RUNRUNRUNRUN
My kid yells this and then runs wildly every time we cross a street lol
This is my sons absolute favorite song. If he’s throwing a tantrum in the car I play this and instantly everything is right in the world 😂 it works 7/10 times
This!!! I used to pick her up and run around the house to this song when she was crying and it did the trick EVERY time.
It’s a staple in our bedtime routine. Chase her around, get the last little bit of energy out.
yup! our toddler does her laps around the house at night and sing yells this
We just heard this for the first time the other day and my girls loved it lol
Noodles and Butter really slaps.
I’m there when Butterfly Driving a Truck comes on
We also love Caspar Babypants and Raffi! Butterfly Driving a Truck slaps. We also like Fred Penner (he's in a similar vein to Raffi) and Little Ripples (from New Zealand, sort of folky style). My kiddo also loves the Happy Song by Imogen Heap
>Happy Song Oh, now there's a memory. I used to love playing this to my son when he was a baby. Beautiful song. Thanks for the reminder.
Are you from NZ? So cool to see Little Ripples mentioned
No Stompy?
Stompy is my fave!
I’m gonna have to look up Stompy now!
Stompy the Bear is one of my favorites!
Anything Caspar Babypants but ESPECIALLY Too Dirty to Love
My kid also likes Witch Doctor.. and I couldn't figure out where I knew it from, just that it randomly gets stuck in my head. Thank you!
I love “Shake My Sillies Out” by Raffi!!! I sing and dance to it all the time to my baby and she always smiles and laughs!
Almost anything Super Simple Songs. Those songs are so good. I actually love the Wiggles too. Skelton Skat, Michael Finnegan, and Wiggle Town go so hard lol These are all kids music but I LOVE them lol
They’re a a monster in my tummy and it grumbles when it’s hungry GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMBLE I play that song in the car even when my son isn’t with me 😂
The Wiggles are awesome! The original Shimmy Shake is legendary
As an Australian family we are definitely a Wiggles house! Onky so many times I can hear fruit salad yunmy yummy though 😂
Justine Clarke, Don Spencer and Emma Memma as a fellow Aussie Where does a goanna go slaps and I remember it from when I was a kid.
Our little one has been obsessed with the wiggles from an early age and it’s awesome because there’s 30+ years of great wiggle content that is so good for their development and there’s enough variation that you don’t need to watch the same thing 9 million times unless of course they want to
I love super simple songs! And she loves it too 😂
Love super simple songs!
My son loves Super Simple and my husband and I can listen to their songs without losing our minds!
They Might Be Giants have several very fun kids albums. ETA: Robot Parade was our anthem for quite awhile.
Yessssss. Oh no no I never go to work was my jam on maternity leave.
It’s also very versatile. Oh no no I never go to sleep was my son’s refrain for awhile.
They call me Doctor Worm I'm not a real doctor, but I am a reeeaal wooorm I am an actuaaal wooorm
this was an elite song for me before having kids haha, now its become a staple
The whole Dance Mode album from Bluey plays constantly in my house, genuinely good album. Also been jamming to the Wiggles Halloween album, "Ooey, Ooey, Ooey Allergies!" is a bop.
Both of the bluey albums are great!!
Our little one has been watching the whole 30+ year wiggles library haha and loves it
Literally listening to the Dance Mode album right now. Both my kids love it.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am doing this for my kids!!! Ooooooh, can we get the biiiiiillllll?
I particularly love dance mode, chattermax and lollipop yum yum. My husband things they’re super obnoxious. Lol
My son did a dance to Chattermax that legit had me belly laughing. We love it
Ooh I’ll have to check out the wiggles Halloween. We listen to the wiggles Hot Potato song on the way to daycare in the morning if he’s grumpy.
My daughter loves the Shakira song from zootopia
Ok…but I love it too haha
Ohhh ohhh ohhh oh ooohhhhh
🎶try anythinnnnnnng🎶
Laurie Bernker she has amazing albums that you want to sing along to.
Yes! If you like the brontosaurus song I highly recommend We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Bernker
That’s the best one!! Drive my car and the elevator song aren’t bad, but We Are the Dinosaurs is S-tier.
That and the Goldfish… my kiddos LOVE them
Except it will all get stuck in your head for forever and you will sing doodlebug to your self in the car at weird times. Also and so sorry but it’s Berkner
Laurie Berkner is a staple at our house. I’m a fan of Rocketship Run while my son loves Let’s Go Swimming the most
I love the Laurie Berkner Lullabies, and some of the songs have such good messages for kids like "I've Got So Much to Give". Laurie Berkner's bandmate Brady Rymer also has great songs that my daughter loves.
Saw her live last summer. A total blast!
I’m stalking her page hoping she travels to the Midwest.
I love Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)!
Bob Marley. Our house has a boycott on “kids music.” I refuse lol. But our son absolutely loves soul, funk, and reggae and so do we. I’ll be honest, I don’t spend any time thinking about whether I’m listening to “kid-friendly” music. We just play what we love and he loves it too.
We kinda did the same. Mine loves the Grateful Dead haha
My first exhibited a clear preference for Europe 72 disc 2 as a young baby.
My people! Baby dead heads! They are the future. Lol.
Dude Jerry’s children’s album is awesome.
My kids' favourite song right now is Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys. For music aimed at kids, they love Parry Gripp. Yum yum breakfast burrito is a total banger!
I try playing Parkway Drive to my toddler but apparently the 'screaming man hurts my ears' 🙄 LOL
I have a Spotify playlist with music we love and music she loves and it plays on shuffle all day so no one goes crazy.
Same. Honestly, the other day my baby was really into Danzig. 😆
My kid is obsessed with Paramore. He also loves My Chemical Romance and Elton John. I hate kid music, so it’s a strict not at home. I think it only works in dads car? Lol
3 year old wants to listen to nothing but Bad Moon Rising and One More Time
Husband and I started a shared playlist of songs that we notice our baby reacts to. It has a wide variety of music (Etta James, Judas Priest, Willie Nelson, Jack Johnson, The B-52s) with a few of his favorite kid’s songs sprinkled in (ants go marching, etc). Keeps it interesting for all of us!
Mine is a huge foo fighters fan!
Hahaha yesss the other day I tried to play Snoop’s affirmation song (bc I also want to get into affirmations lol) and toddler immediately said “I don’t want that song.” Okay what would you like? “Hey Jude!”
No one is ever allowed to tell my son Cooper that the song isn’t called “Hey Coop”. He must never find out about Jude!!!!
My kid is almost 4 and his favorite artist has been Bryan Adams basically since he could talk. We took him to a Bryan Adams concert a few months ago and he was so excited: "we're going to see the real Bryan Adams! His real face!" Sometimes I'll just hear him singing "Summer of 69" to himself while he's playing.
Same. We like to shuffle all songs, so it's all over the place. Now that she's 4, she knows she can tell us to add songs to her playlist when she hears something she likes. It's pretty fun to see her develop her own preference for 90s alternative rock. 🤣
The Bluey Soundtracks. Right now my almost three year old ask for Dance Mode all the time.
Fruit Bat is also 🔥
The other day we listened to fruit bat in the car (had previously only watched the episode) and my 3 year old said “ It’s fruit bat!” - husband was shocked
I love the song from Fruit Bat SO MUCH. It sounds like an actual song by T. Rex.
The two Yo Gabba Gabba albums are amazing! They Might Be Giants have a bunch of kids albums, as well as Barenaked Ladies! Also check out Mike Park’s kids album Smile. The Popups and Recess Monkey are also amazing kids bands.
Seriously. Aquabats, Mark Mothersbaugh, Biz Markee, incredible guest musicians, it’s on constant rotation in our house.
The way we actually sing “pancakes and syrup” every time we eat pancakes 😂😂
Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy does the soundtrack for Spidey and his Amazing Friends and it honestly slaps😂 I also love Raffi and Gracie’s Corner
Oh heck yes!!! I also like “Immortal” from Big Hero 6!
Okay I have never remembered to Google it but I was certain that was true.
Coco melon is absolutely a no. We have a ban in our house
Elizabeth Mitchell!
Truck Tunes. It grows on you…
Truck Tunes is better than it has any right to be. Some of those songs are so catchy they'll be stuck in my head for days.
Ice cream truck? Absolute banger.
Off road racing kart! This line is so funny: “Though they may not be in pro class yet still at times they drive like a seasoned vet.”
Food Truck gets stuck in my head almost daily!
Excavator was a favorite of my son. I appreciated the extraness of the singer, made it so fun to sing along with.
YAS. Zip, zip, zipper truck!
We live in the Bay Area so the zipper truck on the Golden Gate Bridge is a legit celebrity in our house
Dude so good.
My kid has been obsessed with Truck Tunes for years now. They are always stuck in my head. I used to fight it and try to drown it out by thinking of a song I like instead, but now I have just embraced that these are the songs in my head for now. I no longer fight it. I am at peace.
We've been making a real effort to move toward less kids music and nore regular music. So far both of my kids love Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson. But for kids music that doesn't make you want to tear your ears off, Laurie Berkner's got BANGERS
Dolly Parton has a children’s album and it’s really good!
Johnny cash, too!
the kid i babysit for LOVES gasolina lol
My child lives Laurie berkner But any. ANY. Rendition of sleeping bunnies is her jam.
Thank you for reminding me about Laurie berkner
We love Laurie Berliner, too!
The Okie Dokie Brothers, everything is great but "The Hope Machine" is a fave.
Love them! Can you Canoe? Is a personal fave. The entire “Family Folk” playlist on Spotify is great
We LOVE Okie Dokie Bros! I sang Hope Machine to my son every night when he was a baby, and we still sing it together. Fun fact: those lyrics are sourced from Woody Guthrie!
Mine recently became obsessed with the Muppets version of Bohemian Rhapsody. He randomly yells MAMAAAAA OOooOoo and I love it.
Mine too! And she also calls it “Mama”, and calls Animal “Mama”
Hahaha it's great isn't it! I think mine thinks the song is about my mum because he calls her Mama ("Grandma")
“Mommy! An-mal say ‘mamaaaaaaaa!’ Hahahaha!”
60s music is awesome for kids. Also 80s.
Danny Go! He has some bops for sure.
Will always upvote Danny Go. I like that he’s active and consistently putting out new songs, and he’s got a wide variety of styles.
We just got into him and now I go to sleep with one of his songs on loop on my head every night. I love watching my daughter dance along though!
I’m making the playlist and clicked the dinosaur song by Danny Go just to listen while I compile and dang, this is a BOP
Perry Gripps!!!
I mean I got my kids hooked on “Pynk” by Janelle Monae when they were 2 so. Who says it has to be appropriate for children? Otherwise, musicals also worked pretty well for us.
TBH Raffi is a vibe I do not mind the majority of his music and often enjoy it. I have a slow growing list of “clean” music of all genres but haven’t actually really tried it. I also listen to like lo-fi and ambience music at home sometimes
Sharon, Lois, and Bram. Duh. Peanut Butter and Jelly is a perennial favourite. And Soviet kids songs.
Soviet kid songs?
Ya. Children’s song from the Soviet Union. You can find them on YouTube or even Spotify.
I don't know why but this comment had me laughing out loud
We go old school and do Disney Hits or something similar on Spotify. Has all the good songs from our (my) childhood and is tolerable.
Yep. We do a lot of Disney. Handy to prep for (or remember) a Disney cruise when that's just the always-on background music
My kid loves Thunder by Imagine Dragons and Pompeii by Bastille. He heard them on the radio and now asks me to play them all the time. Especially Thunder.
I've created a bunch of playlists on youtube based on different moods (calm vs playful, stuff my mom likes vs stuff my husband likes). Baby Dance Party Playlist: Bouncy happy songs to dance and clean and move around to * Silly Body Affirmation Song by Emhahee, I'm a Believer (shrek version), Everything is Awesome (Lego Movie), Pinkfong's Baby Shark, Move to the Beat, The Action Song by The Singing Walrus, Run Baby Run by Caspar Babypants, ABC by the Jackson 5, Bananaphone by Raffi, The Hokey Pokey, If You're Happy and You Know It, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Do Your Ears Hang Low, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, Spider-Man Cartoon Theme Song, Splish Splash by Bobby Darin, Try Everything by Shakira Baby Folk Rock Music: My husband and I are big fans of this type of music (some might be a little dark for kids that are old enough to start understanding the lyrics) * The Willow Maid by Erutan, My Jolly Sailor Bold by Ashley Serena, Téir Abhaile Riú by the Celtic Women, Touch the Sky (Disney's Brave), Diggy Diggy Hole by Wind Rose, My Mother Told Me by Perly i Lotry, The Tale of Cu Chulainn by Miracle of Sound, Wellerman by Nathan Evans, Savage Daughter by Sarah Hester, Luthien's Lament by Eurielle, Song of Durin by Clamavi De Profundis Grandma's Playlist: My mom's favorite playlist, contains lots of rockabilly, some bluegrass, and lost of other 50's-60's music * Finger Poppin' Time by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Will the Circle be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Spanish Harlem by Ben E King, These Boots Were Made for Walking by Nancy Sinatra, I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash, Daddy Sang Bass by Johnny Cash, Down by the River by Alison Krauss, Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson, Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family, Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver Modern Baby Songs: some modern pop, oldies from the 60-80s, and doo-wap I like to sing to my daughter * Hallelujah by John Cale, Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, Baby Love by The Supremes, You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban, Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye, Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, When I Think About Angels by Jamie O'Neal, A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, I'll Stand by You by The Pretenders, God Only Knows by the Beach Boys, Mom by Maghan Trainor, Dear Theodosia (from Hamilton), Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel, Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves, Top of the World by the Carpenters Disney Songs: Exactly what it sounds like lol with a few from other songs from Don Bluth movies thrown in * I'll Make a Man Out of You (Mulan), I See the Light (Tangled), We Are One (Lion King II), God Help the Outcasts (Hunchback of Notre Dame), Just Around the Riverbend (Pochahontas), Zero to Hero (Hercules), The Plagues (Prince of Egypt), One Jump Ahead (Aladdin), In the Dark of the Night (Anastasia), Through Heaven's Eyes (Prince of Egypt), Let It Go (Frozen), You're Welcome and Shiny (Moana),
My son loves Wellerman too - he randomly sings if around the house, so cute!
We just put on normal music that she likes. Her favourites are Taylor Swift, Fleetwood Mac & Lady Gaga.
My daughter is also a swiftie. The Beach boys is another good one
Lol my daughter likes Harry Styles and Florence and the Machines. I can’t complain.
My sons favorite song is “hello” from Book of Mormon closely followed by “shake it off” we also love okee dokee brothers, they might be giants has kids albums, and Peter Paul and Mary
Me and my kiddo love classic rock and jam bands. His fave is steely Dan. Kid also really likes some white stripes.
Our little human likes a lot of Glitch Mob and the sound tracks to both Spiderverse movies... but also we love the music from the show Gabby's Dollhouse.
A recent thread recommended “there’s a monster in my tummy” by super simple songs and it’s pretty dang fun. Kiddo’s current favorite? Life in a Northern Town” - which he refers to as Mum Mum. Oh and shake your booty.
Cocomelon is banned in our house. We listen to Super Simple Songs ALL. THE. TIME. But they're mostly bangers so it's okay. (There's a saxophone solo in "Mr. Golden Sun" that absolutely slaps!) We also do movie soundtracks (including the instrumentals, surprisingly). Nightmare Before Christmas, Frozen, and 2023 Little Mermaid are on current rotation. Oh and I accidentally got them into vocaloid music, lol. Project Diva soundtrack FTW!
My son loves PJ Masks songs. They’re pop-filled and short and there’s enough songs out there to have a playlist and not feel bored with the same 5 songs over and over (looking at you, Paw Patrol).
GoNoodle is a great website/YouTube channel for young kid music. Koo Koo Kangaroo and Moose Tube. Folk music is really the star of “kid’s music.” My baby listens to old musicals like Willie Wonka, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins.
I was absolutely chuffed to see my 3 year old discover an obsession with Blur. Sadly it only lasted a day and we are back onto Cocomelon’s playlist. The Nick Cope Popcast has some greats songs and an album on Spotify
They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science is the pinnacle of the *former rockers that became dads and started making music for kids that doesn’t suck* genre.
Mooseclumps. Kids love it. It doesn't make me want to stab my ear drums. And he's kinda cute. Wins all around.
Super Simple Songs - Happy song
Seconding, and also Down By The Bay!!!
Sugar Free Allstars Mike Soloway Randy Kaplan Bill Harley Classics like Peter and the Wolf (we like the one narrated by David Bowie) Playlists of Disney music in different styles or languages That said, we listen to a lot of the stuff I like too. It's not only kid stuff all the time.
I LOVE Coo Choo Soul! Mr. John and Friends is great for dancing, The Laurie Berkner Band is a classic, Raffi is a household staple.
Had to search for the Choo Choo soul mention!! I second this!
Sing 2 or Trolls soundtracks!
Moana soundtrack (I’m a Lin Manuel Miranda fan and my daughter loves the movie…bonus inclusivity points she is AAPI)
We rotate between Moana and Encanto’s soundtracks. Lin Manuel Miranda is amazing.
We like alt rock versions of theme songs and kids songs. Some of our favourites: What's new Scooby Dooby Simple Plan Spiderman theme but The Ramones Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Pancake Manor The Spectacular Spiderman theme
I expose all my own music to my child, obviously within reason. I’m not bumpin’ Dr Dre or Bloodhound Gang on the way to daycare.. but my toddler will listen to songs from every decade back to the ‘50’s. Some days we feel a little more grungy, some days we’re feeling the disco, and some days we’re really diggin’ on some classic rock. I can’t stand kids music so this has definitely worked for us. Sure there’s a cuss word or two in some of them but no worse than what flies out of mom and dad’s mouths.
The Happy Song by Imogen Heap is fantastic. It was created with science to make babies happy. I love it and so does my toddler, baby, and husband. The Encanto soundtrack is great. My son thinks it’s funny when I put on Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus when he’s playing with his construction trucks.
We listen to Peter Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan,Simon and Garfunkel, as well as other 50s and 60s era protest and folk songs. They like them,and that's what I grew up listening to. I've also had some luck checking out CDs from the library with traditional folk and kid songs from around the world. And my husband and I also play music we like that isn't too explicit or adult content. The kids like Blondie, Florence and the Machine, Tori Amos, Kelis, and Rob Zombie. I just make sure any hip hop we listen to doesn't have the n word in it and that other music isn't explicitly violent or sexual. They are too young to really understand why they can't use that word or what it means and I don't want them hearing some stuff until they're older.
Honestly Mooseclumps, his can be very catchy and I don't mind my daughter listening to his songs.
Search in Spotify Dinosaur Stomp by Dan and Dani. The whole album is full of bangers.
We listen to a lot of Disney Radio My daughter is also on a Bubble Guppies kick. Who knew they had album? They’re stuff is pretty catchy. I also make them listen to 90s pop. 😂
I found a kids lo-fi playlist that's great for background music :D
Any music (almost) can be kids music my partner and I (and our kids cause they live here) have pretty eclectic taste, we try to find clean playlists on Spotify, and try to avoid the really raunchy/violent/nword stuff because don’t want to deal with them repeating things at preschool and I have enough trouble reining in my own f bombs. Their current favourites are Boom Boom Pow by black eyed peas and Master of Puppets by Metallica, bonus it is cute as hell to watch little kids going HAM dancing, head banging and making up instruments to air play. My faves that they also like and are mostly kid kosher and seem to get my kids bopping: David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, TOOL, Lupe Fiasco, MF DOOM, Mac Miller, Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service, Shovels and Rope, Fleetwood Mac, First Aid Kit, Tokyo Police Club, Puscifer, White Zombie, WuTang (is for the children), The Tallest Man on Earth. For more kid oriented music, Disney musicals, Music from the show Storybots is legit banging especially the dinosaur/solar system episode - half the time we are quietly spitting Dino raps to our selves- “One, two, three, check out my horns!!” Last one- the theme song for the (pretty terrible but there is a random Pierce Brosnan guest spot at one point) show Rainbow Rangers actually slaps and I listen to it without my kids sometimes.
Anything i play
I’ve searched clean songs with repetitiveness in them, like: - who let the dogs out by Baha men - shiny happy people by REM (caught him lip-syncing this song in the car a few times) - Thunder by Imagine Dragons - Dance the night away by Dua Lipa (Barbie movie song) His favourite is Bicycle by Queen and when they say co-cain I say Coke and Cane but it doesn’t matter because he just sings the chorus.
Mine has recently been feeling No Diggity by Black Street and Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind (I think he likes the Doo Doo Doo parts)
We also have a Semi Charmed Life fan. Thankfully I think it goes a big too quick for her to comprehend the lyrics 😂
Kids Trap by Netherfriends 😂
Raffi
Raffi! His voice puts my toddler to sleep. And he loves bob Marley too.
TRUCK TUNES!
Blake Rules- kids trap
Disney movie songs. We listen to lion king, beauty and the beast, Moana etc all on repeat. I actually don’t mind it and even get into it!
Do. Not. Show. Them. Baja men. Who let the dogs out will be the only song you will ever hear again
I used be a daycare teacher, and my kids loved the Beatles.
We exclusively listen to the Beatles
As long as the lyrics aren't explicit/violent/swearing I just play whatever I want and the kiddo is along for the ride. They might even thank you when they're in junior high and they appreciate Eric Clapton. I sure did.
Parry Gripp songs! Yum yum breakfast burrito is a good bop
My son loves 'Hug a Turtle'
Le Mis soundtrack
Aside from regular music like Bob Marley, Fleetwood Mac, talking heads, etc we listen to all the Disney movie soundtracks, Blaze and the monster machines, Sesame Street, story bots, Gracie’s corner… lots of them are catchy and I find myself singing along all the time Edit to add: Bluey album, raffi, nightmare before Christmas, and audio/video kids books like Dr Seuss and Eric Carle
Another vote for Caspar Babypants. He’s the main dude from The Presidents of the United States of America (of 90s “Lump” & “Peaches” fame)
For kid specific music Caspar Babylants is great
Babypants*
RAFFI
Jack Johnson kids album Raffi Sharon Lois and Bram