Sisters are there for each other through every good day and disaster. Their bond is unbreakable and infectious, with the strength to withstand any torment or tragedy in life.
Our playlist of songs about sisters delves into the hidden corners of a sisterly relationship, from the things you could never talk to your parents about, to the insatiably positive energy of a love-bound family.
Songs About Sisters
1. Eurythmics FT. Aretha Franklin – Sisters Are Doin’It For Themselves
This captivating collab exhibits a superhuman message of women’s independence and gaining strength in the face of opposition.
Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves is armoured with the message “There was a time when they used to say that behind every great man, there had to be a great woman, but in these times of change… Sisters are doing it for themselves, standing on their own two feet.”
This song is a celebration of femininity which rallies womankind together through sisterly love and the sharing of bright-burning power.
2. Rowan Drake – Hey Little Sister
Rising star Rowan Drake’s new track Hey Little Sister is a heart-aching letter from a big brother to his sibling.
His lyrics are moulded around an abusive father who leaves his family in ruins, shattering the little sister’s innocence with the cruelty she witnessed.
Rowan Drake summons the protective energy any big brother should keep close to him, bearing his own hurt in turn with reassurance, “Hey little sister, sometimes I still wish I’d just covered your eyes from the start … With the life you were given, it’s easy to give in, I promise that you’re not alone.”
This song is imbued with the close, unique comfort that siblings share in times of family distress when your bond is strengthened by the breaking of your parents’.
3. Sister Moon – Sting
Sting’s track is laced with the seductive ambience of an enchanting moonlit night. He calls to the moon as his sister; as the sister to the earth and to humankind.
His song is backlit with beauty, shrouded by synths and the soft scenery of dusk, “Sister moon will be my guide, in your blue, blue shadows I would hide, all good people asleep tonight, I’m all by myself in your silver light.”
Sister Moon shows every quality of our cosmic sister, from her eternal brightness upon the dark skies, to her guidance, wisdom and protection throughout every tide of being.
4. Taylor Edwards – Call Your Sister
Call Your Sister is a fresh pop song written from the perspective of an older sister. As many big sisters move away from home, they fear losing the new-found bond with their younger siblings.
Taylor sings to her much-smaller sister that she will always be there no matter how miles separate them, “You can call your sister, when it feels like no one understands, I’ll be your secret keeper, when you can’t tell mom or trust your friends.”
Taylor Edward’s sound is as sweet as her lyrics, which contain the guidance from experience that an elder sister often shares such as, “Don’t trust a boy who plays the guitar, don’t mix your wine with liquor.”
5. Little Mix – Little Me
Although Little Mix’s Little Me talks to the younger, insecure girls they used to be, their song summons the motivating big-sister energy we all need through its many streaks of empowerment.
Their chorus lists the things the girls wish they could have known in youth, clearly reflects the unconditional guidance of an elder sister;
“I’d tell her to speak up, tell her to shout out, talk a bit louder, be a bit prouder, tell her she’s beautiful, wonderful, everything she doesn’t see.” The natural sisterly bond Little Mix found as a girl-group streamlines their message of a sister’s strength and encouragement.
6. Mickey Guyton – Sister
Sister is a catchy pop song which details the unique friendship and companionship sisters share.
She draws closely on how sisters will always be there to pick each other up when they’re feeling down, her lyrics splashed with cutely relatable scenes such as “You’re my ‘where you at?’ text when I run into my ex” and “I’m your late-night cry, I’m your shotgun seat, I’m your ride or die.”
They also show how a sisterly bond is like no other as you grow together from children to adults, “You got a lot of dirt on me, you know every sin, every secret, tell me the cold hard truth, a little white lie when I need it.”
Sister has a stunning, uplifting message of reassurance and positivity that any sisterhood should let flourish.
7. Coldplay – Brothers & Sisters
This early Coldplay track, Brothers & Sisters is drowned with breathtaking melodic, rainy day ambience. Their nostalgic sound blends glimmers of hope with sorrow and a strange, overarching theme of persecution.
The sister concept is woven through the most repeated lines in the song, “Brothers and sisters unite” and “It’s gonna be alright,” as they encourage love to be spread exponentially, while warning of the dangers lurking deep in the distance; the terror that any family will inevitably have to face, and without breaking.
8. The Pointers – I’m So Excited
The Pointer Sisters capture the party spirit of a girls’ night out. With their video showing the sister trio adventuring through the city’s night-life, they raise the vibrant community energy that any close-knit pack of sisters share and transmit infectiously across the room.
Their classic disco phenomena pulsates with the boundless euphoria of any long-overdue sisterly get-together.
9. Shaybo ft. Jorja Smith – My Sister
Queen of South London grime, Shaybo writes her hypnotic song to a struggling sister. Her track is webbed with the disorientation of heartbreak as she preaches with painful honesty to her sister trapped in an abusive relationship.
She cuts clear through the fog of manipulated thought, contouring her words with the true love, insight and guidance shared between two sisters,
“There’s money in this world to be made, my sister, yet you sitting there crying over a broke n**** … You got a beautiful smile like a Mona Lisa painting, but he likes to see you cry ‘cause it’s entertaining.”
Shaybo’s breathtaking, spot-on lines are padded by My Sister’s captivatingly sparse, trance-like track.
It keeps you waiting for a drop but instead retains a soft sense of comfort rather than an explosion of emotion, reflecting a sister’s support through the hardest conversations, while completing Shaybo’s artful song with absolute beauty.