Birthday gifts, made to order
Tell us their habits, their in-jokes and the year they've had. We write and record an original song around it; you hear two versions, then give it on the day.
What went into it
Pop · Happy · Male voice
You swore no dogs, now Biscuit steals the bed
Who it's for
The songs people replay are built from three to five true details. Here is where to look for them, depending on who's opening it, and a sound to start from.
To
Skip “amazing.” Describe an ordinary Tuesday with them.
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Parents keep every card. Give them one they can replay.
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If it makes the group chat cry-laugh, it belongs in the song.
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Name this year's obsession. Kids listen for their own world.
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Collect one memory from each grandchild, and say who sent it.
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Keep it kind, specific and safe to play in the office.
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Write the distance in. It makes the chorus land harder.
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Starting points, not rules: every genre, mood and voice works for anyone, and you can change them after the first two versions.
Inside one real song
One real order, start to finish. Maya's best friend since ninth grade sent a few stories about her. Here is where each one ended up.
Curious where her name lands in the song? Hear the happy birthday song with name version
From the storyThey were lab partners in ninth-grade chemistry and nearly set the sink on fire
They paired us up as lab partnersWe nearly set the sink on fire
From the storyHer puns are awful, and they still get a laugh
You make the world's worst punsAnd somehow, I still laugh each time
From the storyShe turns thirty this year
Thirty years of joy and laughter
From the storyShe sings off-key in the car
You sing off-key in the carAnd turn each drive into a stage
From the storyShe drove four hours through a snowstorm to help with the move to Denver
You drove four hours in a snowstormTo help me move to Denver
Story details are summarized from the order; the lines are exactly as sung.
A second real order
Emma, from her husband, for their tenth anniversary. A love song rather than a birthday one, built the same way.
On the day
Once you've paid, the song goes wherever suits them. Most people pick one of these, and some do all five.
7:00 a.m.
Schedule it the night before for an exact time. It opens a private gift page with the song, your photos and your note.
12:30 p.m.
Paste the gift link into a text or WhatsApp thread so everyone hears it on their lunch break.
7:30 p.m.
Play the MP3 on a speaker, or the lyric video on the TV so the table can follow the words.
Any time zone
Share your screen with the gift page and watch their face when the first verse starts.
Inside the present
Print the QR code in a birthday card. It plays the song long after the wrapping paper is gone.
Running late?
About ten minutes to write the story, two or three more until both versions are ready, and the email can still go out later today.
Gift ideas, compared
Custom happy birthday songs cost about what a nice bouquet or a dinner out does. The difference is what's still there the week after.
Opened on the day
Husband · 36thHe is impossible to shop for. I wrote about his tragic garden tomatoes and our first apartment. He played it four times, then sent it to his mom.
Mom · 60thMom keeps every card we have ever given her. This one she plays. She had me put it on her phone so it comes on in the car.
Dad · 58thDad doesn't do feelings. The verse about teaching me to drive in the church parking lot got him anyway. He blamed the sawdust.
Best friend · 27thTen years of inside jokes in one chorus. Our whole friend group knows the words now, which is honestly a threat.
Son · 9thEvery detail was his: the goalie gloves, the lizard, the joke he always tells wrong. He made us play it at breakfast, at the party and at bedtime.
Grandpa · 85thFive grandkids each sent in one memory. We played it after lunch and he tapped the table through every chorus, then asked for it again.
Coworker · 40thWe gathered stories from the whole team for a week and played the lyric video on the meeting room screen. Best Monday stand-up we have ever had.
Sister · far awayShe lives in Melbourne now. We opened the gift page together on a video call, and I watched her face when the bridge got to our old treehouse.
How it works
Most people finish in one sitting, usually on their phone.
Step 1
Their name, who it's from, the occasion, and three to five details you'd want them to hear.
Step 2
A genre, a mood, a male voice, a female voice or a duet, and the language it's sung in.
Step 3
Both arrive a few minutes later with a light preview watermark. Change a line or the style and two fresh versions come back.
Step 4
Pay for the version you love, add photos and a note to the gift page, then send it now or schedule it for their day.
Pricing
A happy birthday song customized around one person, paid for once and only after both versions have played. No subscription.
Personalized birthday song
FromOffer price$34$69-50%
Hear both versions first, and pay only for the one you keep.
FAQ
Straight answers about what we write, how fast, and how it reaches them.
Anyone you can tell a few true stories about: a partner, a parent, a best friend, your child, a grandparent, a coworker. Pick the relationship on the form, or choose Other and say who they are to you. It can come from you alone or from a whole group.
Three to five specifics beat a list of adjectives: a habit, a phrase they always say, a place, something that happened this year, and how you want them to feel. You don't write any lyrics; that part is ours.
Not quite. There is nothing to arrange or mix. You write a short story about them, we write and record an original song from it, and you hear two full versions before deciding. If a line is off, edit it and two new versions come back.
Both versions are usually ready two to three minutes after you send the story. The downloads and the gift page unlock as soon as you pay.
Schedule the gift email for the date and time you choose, or share the gift link yourself in a text or chat. You can also play the MP3 at the party or print the QR code inside a card.
Usually, yes. For an unusual name, add how it sounds in parentheses, like Niamh (NEEV), and check both versions before paying. Our page on happy birthday songs with a name goes deeper.
Yes. Choose the song language along with the style: English, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian. For a grandparent, their first language can make the whole song feel like home.
Then you don't pay. Change a line, the mood or the voice and two new versions come back; the app shows how many edit rounds you have left. After payment, purchases are final except as our refund policy describes.
An MP3, an MP4 lyric video and a lyrics PDF, plus a private gift page with a link and a QR code. We transfer our rights in the song to you, so you can keep it, play it at the party and post it.
