Nothing makes you envision the future like finding out you’re expecting a baby boy.
A whirlpool of emotion and love opens right in the heart of your life, as you imagine their first steps, their first day at school and the person they will grow up to be, all with the pressure of consolidating your positive morals which you’ll one day instil within your son.
From newborn babies to grown-up sons, our playlist of songs about baby boys is certain to imbue you with the soft feeling of unconditional love.
Songs About Baby Boys
1. David Bowie – Kooks
Bowie wrote this song for his baby boy, Zowie, gazing at the kaleidoscopic potential that lay in his future, like any new parent might.
Kooks’ lyrics are blanketed in love for a new baby and the inviolable belief in family harmony that lays the foundations for any newborn’s life.
Kooks also draws on parental love during its quirky chorus, painting himself and his partner as colourful but well-meaning eccentrics wrapped in the wonder of how long their child might live in the family home, once they grow and realise the couple’s slight madness;
“Will you stay in our lovers’ story? If you stay you won’t be sorry, ‘cause we believe in you. Soon you’ll grow, so take a chance with a couple of kooks hung up on romancing.”
2. Michael Buble – Forever Now
Forever Now is a dad’s nostalgic reminiscing on his baby boy while he’s growing into a man.
Michael Buble’s personally inspired lyrics, such as “We’re gonna keep you safe, first time I held you in my arms I knew I’d love you all the way” can be felt across the world by any new parent.
His child’s age progresses in equilibrium with the song, “It wasn’t so long ago we walked together and you held my hand, and now you’re getting too big to want to,” interspersed with a parent’s everlasting support, “You’ve got so much strength inside you, a strength I pray you’ll never need.”
The video beautifully and stylistically showcases Buble’s sentiment through the unique lens of a bedroom which changes and morphs with a child’s growth; from crib boxes to bean bags, TVs to moving out boxes.
Forever Now reflects the eternal, unconditional love and support of a parent all throughout their children’s unending personal transformation.
3. Chris Lane – Ain’t Even Met You Yet
Chris Lane’s warm country track is enough to melt you into tears. Like Buble’s Forever Now, Lane’s Aint Even Met You Yet looks forth into the long future that lies ahead of your baby boy, but from a contrasting perspective.
Lane writes his song to his unborn son, detailing the excitement and wonder that keeps him up at night as he impatiently awaits his arrival.
From imagining his son’s first toy truck, to the day he eventually hands his son his first beer, Lane’s track lists every heartfelt vision that rests in the mind of a parent-to-be.
Lane even references the emotional distance that might settle in years to come, but covers this sentiment with the instinctive team-like bond between a father and son: “Just between us two, sometimes momma’s crazy.”
There are so many captivating lyrics in this song that any father can relate to, but our favourites are, “You’re gonna make this old boy your old man … I wonder what your first words will be, I wonder if you’ll look like me, I wonder what the dogs will think the day we bring you home … I feel ready but I feel scared to death, all I know is I love you and I aint even met you yet.”
3. John Lennon – Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
John Lennon’s posthumous 1981 record, Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy), was written to his only son with Yoko Ono: Sean Lennon.
Described by Paul McCartney as his favourite post-Beatles Lennon track, Beautiful Boy sings every essence of love to a son, laced with the unending encouragement and support of a father.
Lennon unifies a childhood metaphor of fear with the overarching love and protection of a father, “Close your eyes, have no fear, the monster’s gone, he’s on the run, and daddy’s here,” while conjuring a seascape to poetically reflect the changing tides of life, “Out on the ocean sailing away, I can hardly wait to see you come of age.”
But the most profound lyric by far is Lennon’s quote which has since transcended the Beatle himself; “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
Beautiful Boy’s steel drum accompaniment bestows a tropical beach atmosphere which is quite distinct against Lennon’s other work, painting a perfect landscape for his ocean-scattered lyrics.
4. Boney M. – Mary’s Boy Child
Boney M’s Christmas song Mary’s Boy Child puts a Christian spin on the baby boy concept.
Their reggae-inspired pop track is illuminated by the Nativity story; their lyrics describing the ancient story of Jesus’ birth with a dancing modern spirit that’s enough to enliven anyone who believes.
Mary’s Boy Child surpasses its Christian symbolism, becoming a song of pure, enlivening celebration over the birth of a miraculous child.
While your baby might not be the saviour of the world, the song exhibits many lyrics which any parent celebrating the birth of their son could relate to, such as, “Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today … For a moment the world was aglow, the bells rang out, there were tears of joy and laughter, people shouted ‘Let everyone know, there is hope for all to find peace.”
Through this sentiment, Boney M also weave in how the new life of a baby boy can give a fresh air of new life and hope to the parents and family too.
5. Ciara – I Got You
Ciara’s I Got You matches the destructive forces of the world that might one day hurt her baby boy with the insurmountably powerful force of a protective mother, frenzied by the danger that threatens her child.
Any mom would move a mountain to help their child – a message that Ciara implants with elegant ferocity in her chorus;
“I take your side, I lay down my life for you, I’ll crawl over broken glass, I will stand in the flame, take the bullet, take the blows, I would take all the pain, anything, anything that you gotta get through. I got you.”
Her verses prepare her growing son for all the negativity life might throw at him, using phrasing which a child might understand to display a message clear in comfort;
“It can push you over the edge sometimes, make you wanna stand up and scream, make you feel like there is no one listening … Sometimes you just break down. When this world tries to end you, I defend you, I got your back, I got you.”