Do you have Xennial lullabies?

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siejay@reddit

The world has more for you than it seems...

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Left-Eye183@reddit

I’ve used Dreams by the Cranberries and I love you always forever by Donna Lewis.

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cerealkilla718@reddit

Yeah "Go to fuckin bed before I beat you" was my mom's favorite.

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ddayam@reddit

I sang a lot of James Taylor and The Band to my daughter when she was little. The Weight and Sweet Baby James.

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C_est_la_vie9707@reddit

https://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/collections/music

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Maniac1978@reddit

Yes! 10 albums of these have been my go to baby shower gifts since my kids were in their cribs.

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Grouchy-Reflection97@reddit

Beat me to it!

I don't have kids, but I do have indoor guinea pigs who are terrified of storms, fireworks, etc.

They have an 'it's ok, you're safe' playlist for such events, which is mostly white noise, but also has the Prince and Outkast Rockabye Baby albums in the mix.

(Yes, they are ridiculously spoilt, lol)

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heyitscory@reddit

This is awesome. My go-to songs when someone handed me a baby were Mad World and Soul to Squeeze.

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BananaHamPanther@reddit

My dad used to always sing Frankie Valli’s Can’t Take My Eyes Off You. I don’t have kids, but I do sing the Lauryn Hill version of the song to my cats while holding them like tiny babies.

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Ok-Sign5678@reddit

Look up Rockabye Baby! It’s instrumental versions of songs from all kinds of artists and genres. We used that for our kids when they were little.

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-piso_mojado-@reddit

I don’t know if it’s this one, but I once came across a channel on Amazon music that was lullaby-style instrumental versions of tool songs.

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I always sing Don McLean’s American Pie because it’s long af and they’re usually asleep by the end. That way I don’t risk having to think of another song when the first one ends, because I’ll inevitably choke under the pressure and not be able to think of one, stop singing, and they’ll wake up.

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JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit

Got a cd for my sister when she was pregnant with her first. It was lullaby versions of Pink Floyd classics. The company had cds of many different artists. I seem to remember Rolling Stones & Smashing Pumpkins.

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PlumSome3101@reddit

I'm partial to Hallelujah. I know that's originally Leonard Cohen but I go by the Shrek version.

Also as a mom it's been an absolute blast breaking into Bohemian Rhapsody every time my kid would call me mama instead of mom. I get that Queen is definitely not Xennial but for those of us that watched Wayne's World and got really into Queen I think it kind of qualifies. I adore the Muppet version too.

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SherbertPerfect5858@reddit

I also sang Bohemian Rhapsody to my baby but had to stop with the lyrics once he was old enough to understand the words. Could still hum it though.

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Neobenedenia@reddit

…movin’ to the country, gonna eat me a lot of peaches

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Ginger_Snaps_Back@reddit

Funnily enough, the singer from The Presidents has a thing where he sings songs for kids, calls himself Caspar Babypants.

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SherbertPerfect5858@reddit

Stompy the Bear was my kid’s fave!

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Glittering-Grab7547@reddit

What? They are the same? Crazy, my daughter loves Caspar Babypants

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uscarbinecal30m1@reddit

Don't know if you're familiar with country punk band Jason and the Scorchers, but their lead singer Jason Ringenberg also has a children's music alter ego as Farmer Jason.

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helikophis@reddit

He’s my daughter’s favorite. I heard some of it and I was like … wait a minute … I know that guy … he’s my favorite too!!!

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Independent-Pack5144@reddit

Now he records as Caspar Babypants, and my kids loved his Beatles renditions

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Gravelroad__@reddit (OP)

Hah! Maybe a little Dune Buggy too

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Ok-Concert-6475@reddit

I sang "Goodnight, My Angel" by Billy Joel to my daughter every night for at least 5 years.

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briannadaley@reddit

Not exactly an xennial anthem, but I sang High Tide or Low Tide by Bob Marley to my kid.

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Intelligent_Serve_30@reddit

I sang Bob Marley to my daughter as well but it was Three Little Birds. Such a nice chill vibe.

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DaffodilLuminary@reddit

This was my song for my son, too! Another nice thing about "Three Little Birds" is that it repeats the same lyrics, so you can keep on singing it in an endless loop if you need to. ☺️

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TeddyAtTheReady@reddit

Aww that’s a good one. The Ben Harper/Jack Johnson cover always gives me feels.

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briannadaley@reddit

I’ve never heard that one, but Ben Harper is essential to my xennial heart! Heading to Spotify now…

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TeddyAtTheReady@reddit

Not sure if it’s on Spotify, but here’s the YouTube link:

https://youtu.be/MFrRqjMhiC4?si=hQo5K9FFNpW0ai5M

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briannadaley@reddit

Dude. That was beautiful.

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TeddyAtTheReady@reddit

Right? I saw them both separately in concert around 2008-2010 and I would love to see them onstage together if I ever got the opportunity.

Also, I bought Live From Mars on vinyl back when it was released, but I’m waiting for a special occasion to crack it open and put it on the turntable.

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ancilla1998@reddit

Sweet Baby James, Uncle John's Band, and Blackbird

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ManInTheMorning@reddit

Buy "Go The Fuck To Sleep".

Thank me later.

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Jclark36816@reddit

And also “Don’t Be a Cockblock”

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Important_silence@reddit

https://youtu.be/teIbh8hFQos?si=nk7L1n6XDnfHziCW

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Express-Cow190@reddit

My first I sang Yellow Submarine one night because I was tired and couldn’t think of the lyrics to any other songs. I ended up singing it every night for 5 years

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I_Dream_Of_Oranges@reddit

This was me with the Good Night song from the White Album. My kid asked me to sing her a song before bed and that was all I could think of. It ended up being our nightly ritual for years.

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emmianni@reddit

My first kid scrambled my brains so badly I couldn’t think of a single lullaby. I ended up singing Beyoncé’s Flaws and All. Eventually I remembered You Are My Sunshine.

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briannadaley@reddit

My kid loved Yellow Submarine as a toddler. He made friends with another tiny human at the museum one day after both boys started loudly singing it in the lobby. We ended up getting pizza with the other kid and his mom where she and I quickly deduced we had actually known each other, 3000 miles and a decade removed. She’s still one of my favorite people.

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Cinderhazed15@reddit

After the birth of our daughter, the only thing that would come to my sleep deprived mind was humming the ‘pink panther’ theme…

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The_Curvy_Unicorn@reddit

Hey, whatever works! A friend of mine once desperately hummed and sang our high school’s fight song to her baby. He loved it and she had to sing it for years.

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PlumSome3101@reddit

Lmao this is honestly delightful. Thank you for sharing.

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Outrageous_Lettuce44@reddit

I sing a lot of Wilco, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, and Indigo Girls to my munchkin.

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msheehan418@reddit

My mom sang “the lion sleeps tonight”

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KinderPup@reddit

Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, I give you... 8 Bit Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Mega Man II.

https://open.spotify.com/album/0YE14ZrGIk7Br4hlP9t6WW?si=ifD5TP7HTiaDWIwYc1BWig

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doyoulikemyladysuit@reddit

Little Star, Stina Nordenstam (shout out to the Romeo+Juliet OST)

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

Not lullabies, but be sure to check our TMBG’s and Barenaked Ladies’ kids albums. They’ll keep you sane.

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Thereminz@reddit

the alphabet of nations is a pretty good song

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

I literally sang this out loud yesterday to see if I could remember them all. I’d love to visit West Xylophone one day.

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AffectionateQuail965@reddit

Roy g biv is a colorful man, and he proudly stands, at the rainbows end!!

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pls_send_caffeine@reddit

Not sure if it counts as an Xennial song, but I sang "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley and the Wailers a LOT to my son when he was a baby

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SnooPies246@reddit

Rainbow Connection

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ReagleRamen@reddit

I sang this to each of my babies

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delphine1041@reddit

Tom Petty's Wildflower album was my kids' nursery soundtrack for years.

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Lcky22@reddit

I sang “my little buttercup” from three amigos; does that count?

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Every_Instruction775@reddit

Not really Xennial songs but I always sang “Danny’s Song” by Kenny Loggins. It came out in 1971 so close enough. Very sweet song.

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Adventurous_Pin_344@reddit

Not a Xennial artist per se, but I love to sing John Prine songs to my kid

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AngstWithBenefits@reddit

Enter Sandman feels like an obvious choice

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alices_red_rabbit@reddit

Not sure if it counts, but I used to sing eidelweiss and a bunch of old songs from Disney movies and shows to my niece as a baby

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jasonlawson01@reddit

Sir Rockabye by Frank Black & The Sweetness by Jimmy Eat Word made great lullabies for my 2 sons.Wish i could go back. Magic

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IYFS88@reddit

I knew a bunch of 80s and 90s tv jingles and would sing them as lullabies sometimes, my favorite to sing was Small Wonder haha.

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BlindMouse2of3@reddit

Not a song but don't forget artwork for the walls.

https://vigothecarpathian.com/product/vigo-the-carpathian-replica-canvas-print/

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Telgar321@reddit

Lower the pitch and slow the tempo of your favorite songs, hum them, and both you and baby will do just fine. For a while I worked through various TV show show themes: A-Team, DuckTales, Cheers, Golden Girls, etc. Play "Name That Tune" with your spouse while pacing around the room trying to put the baby to sleep.

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ZipperJJ@reddit

Cake songs are pretty chill.

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briannadaley@reddit

My kid got so revved up listening to The Distance when he was little, it was like winding a top. He’d run in tight little circles till he tired himself out.

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jgntrash@reddit

Saaaayyy taannnn izz my moh terrrr, hear my motor purrrererr

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

Going to lull my daughter to sleep to Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle

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Gravelroad__@reddit (OP)

Sheep go to heaven, goats… go there too 🎵

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Left_Maize816@reddit

I sang Ruby Tuesday to my kids. All because it got stuck in my head from seeing a ruby tuesdays at the mall one day.

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Thereminz@reddit

i would beatbox when my nephew was a baby and he would just look at me like 'how is this possible....how is this possible??!!'

if you want pop /rock songs, you can just search pop lullabies on youtube,.. a lot of them are instrumental but there are some ones where people are singing.

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWm6Pw0PXs

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

I sang Sweet Child of Mine to my girls when they were small.

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Left_Maize816@reddit

I used that song to wake mine up

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CerebralAssassin88@reddit

Lea Michele from Glee does a lovely cover of this on her lullabies album.

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Mom2Dos@reddit

Couldn’t love this more.

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Sad_Researcher_3344@reddit

This is honestly really sweet.

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Ravkav@reddit

Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. Used to sing that to my babies.

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smokiechick@reddit

When my 20 year old was a baby, I would sing the three "traditional" ones my mom sang to me and then I would flounder. Turns out I knew all the words to Bobby McGee, which is not bad for a lullaby. Then I started singing Whiskey in the Jar... I told her father and he would sing the Pixies/Chieftain's lyrics and I was doing Metallica. She also got the Sesame Street song I Don't Want to Live on the Moon.

My little dude never liked singing. He liked the radio, but not live people singing. Santana and Prince were favorites - except Kiss. But, I wanted a bedtime routine with him so I started reading Sandra Boynton books to him. One night, just after we'd moved, I couldn't find The Going to Bed Book, so I winged it and tried to remember it. I recited that book to him every night from about 18 months until this past April. He turned 13 this summer.

Congratulations on the little one! Just remember: the days are really fucking long, but the years fly by. Stop every so often to let it all soak in.

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Vivid-Imagination-13@reddit

I sing Little Black Submarine by the Black Keys all slow and bluesy. We had to tell them to stop asking babysitters for it, bc they just play the rock song and think we're crazy.

My regular rotation also includes Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Yesterday, Blackbird, Baby Beluga, My Favorite Things, Rainbow Connection, & California Dreamin'.

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Quackoverride@reddit

My poor kids got a lot of Radiohead songs as lullabies. “Let Down”, “Scatterbrain”, and “Sail to the Moon” were the ones I sang the most. “Tender” by Blur was also a go-to.

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PlaceboRoshambo@reddit

My son loved Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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Expensive-Day-3551@reddit

I sang one headlight and slide, and a lot of third eye blind. And I’m now realizing maybe I’m a bad parent? None of those songs have kid friendly subject matter.

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Lucky-Doubt8843@reddit

We sing a song from the little golden book "What was that!"

Day is done, little one Close your eyes now sweet dreamer Every star is a light Watching over you tonight

We sing it together every night before bed. There is a cute read along on youtube for it. We also have the book but there are many versions and the one we have doesn't include the song. It's super cute thought and my son loves it.

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digitalHalcyon@reddit

Hey you. 💙😊 Day is done, little one

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Lucky-Doubt8843@reddit

Thank you, sweetheart! We sing it every night ❤️

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Lucky-Doubt8843@reddit

https://youtu.be/I91J6xSxw4o?si=unJV_bGDFNARDZ7h

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OrizaRayne@reddit

I sang Summertime to my daughter when she was small. The Sublime version, lol. Although I know the Porgy and Bess version well.

She showed me the Lana cover of a cover the other day and said she remembers me singing it when she was little which was weird because it "like, just came out" so I had to show her all the versions. 🥰

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

I sing No Rain by Blind Melon and Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis to my bebe

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angry_eccentric@reddit

look up rockabye baby, they're lullabye covers of many of our fave bands such as weezer, nirvana, etc. (they have literally every kind of popular music from beyonce to queen to bon jovi to david bowie!)

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gullyfoyle777@reddit

I have a dream by bad religion, One by U2, The sweater song by Weezer, Blister in the sun by Violent Femmes, Freshman by Verve Pipe, If you could only see by Tonic, Just like heaven by The Cure, Hunger Strike by Temple of the dog, The Big empty by STP, Have you seen mary by Sponge, Disarm by Smashing Pumpkins, 3 strange days by School of Fish, Otherside by Red hot chili peppers... I started singing all these and others to my kid when they were born. I also sang older stuff like Starshine Angelwine by The Strawbs or Solitude by Black Sabbath or The tide rushes in by the moody blues. Sorry if this was hard to read I'm very tired.

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karatekate@reddit

The theme song to Growing Pains was a favorite that I didn't realize I knew until I started singing it to KarateBabe

🎶 Show me that smile again Don't waste another minute on your crying 🎶

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TheDnBDawl@reddit

My son loved Bob Marley. My mom used to sing Puff the magic dragon to me a lot.

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penguinwife@reddit

When my babies and I were in the hospital after they were born, I started turning 80s hair metal ballads into lullabies. lol The one that soothed them the best/quickest became “our song”. My oldest son’s & my song is Poison’s “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”, and my youngest son’s & my song is Guns & Roses “Patience”.

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SavingsMonk158@reddit

My parents used to duet the other day there was a bear. A great big bear a way up there. …. He said to me. Why don’t you run. Etc. the last verse was changed to and now it is. Your night night time. Into your cribs. You both must climb (for my older sis and I).

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Independent-Pack5144@reddit

Tom Petty's Wildflowers was a favorite for ours

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Clear-Concern2247@reddit

That entire album works for babies!

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Independent-Pack5144@reddit

It really does. Such a good album

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Gravelroad__@reddit (OP)

Oh nice call. We got engaged with Tom Petty playing in the background

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

I would sing Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm to my daughter when she was a baby. His baritone was just the right kind of voice!

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digitalHalcyon@reddit

I've sung 'Little Deuce Coupe' to my little boy since birth. He's 4, 5 on Halloween this year, and he still asks for it. After stories are read, we three always sing a song together - we sing a song from the Little Golden Book 'What Was That!" video. Here's a link to the song. Happy parenting, all, and congrats, OP!

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Gravelroad__@reddit (OP)

Thanks, and congrats on your little one too. Cheers

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CommentMundane@reddit

I used to sing Sophie B Hawkins As I Lay Me Down to my son

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GrandBet4177@reddit

I had a babysitter who sang Moon Shadow by Cat Stevens to me, it was kind of perfect

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LoveBy137@reddit

I used to sing Closing Time to my babies, especially after watching the video where Dan explains he wrote it about having a kid.

I'd also sing Goodnight, My Angel from Billy Joel to them. But lots of songs slowed down enough can be a lovely lullaby.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

When my daughter was a baby (2011/12) , I would sing slipping through my fingers by Abba, if we hold on together from land before time, forever young from the carebears 2 movie and hunger games had just come out around then so I would sing safe and sound by Taylor swift too.

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Clear-Concern2247@reddit

Curtis Lowe was my go-to lullaby.

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GrammaticalObject@reddit

Dead, by They Might Be Giants, was my go-to. Definitely got some weird looks from extended family for that one. But it wouldnt be the first children's song to obliquely touch upon the topic of beheading, I'd wager.

Anyway, before my daughter could talk, she was singing allong to the last two words of "or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do." I still hear her voice every time I hear (or think of) that line.

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bldrgn@reddit

My oldest son used to fall asleep to the O Brother Where Art tho soundtrack. My younger fell asleep to curious George.

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pdfsmail@reddit

Intro to the mysterious cities of gold cartoon.

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atlmobs@reddit

I used to sing this song to my kids, it goes: “brush brush brush while I sing this song, brush brush brush all day long, brush brush brush I’m going to make them shine, take off the plaque with turpentine.”

It’s based off of this: https://youtu.be/pKvcS6MVk10?si=Td75gGfLo9nkebfn

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lesliev2001@reddit

Billy Joel Lullabye ❤️

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Purple-Sherbert8803@reddit

Bah bah black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir yes sir 3 bags full. 1 for my master 1 for my Dane 1 for the little boy that lives down the lane.....oh shit! Writing this just made me realize this song might be racist. OK Reddit, what's your opinion?

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beggargirl@reddit

Him the A Team theme in a slow loving way

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Honest_Award_8708@reddit

The middle by jimmy eat world

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Sensitive_Turnip_199@reddit

Love, it seems like only yesterday You were just a child at play Now you're all grown up inside of me Oh how fast those moments flee Once we watched a lazy world go by Now the days seem to fly Life is brief, but when it's gone Love goes on and on

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liplander@reddit

Dog Days are Over and others from Florence + the Machine, Skinny Love or others from Bon Iver, Blink 182 or The Killers

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Stonk_Lord86@reddit

“Learn your rules, you better learn yours, if you don’t you’ll be eaten in your sleep… chomp!”- Dwight Schrute

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Throw-away17465@reddit

Closer - NIN

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481126@reddit

Come Sail away Come sail away...

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Clear-Journalist3095@reddit

I'm a Tori Amos fan, and I sang my babies songs from her albums a lot.

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Just-a-Guy-4242@reddit

Check out Rock-a-Bye! It’s a collection of different artists music (they have lots of artists) in lullaby form (music only, no lyrics). You can get everything from Bob Marley to Nine Inch Nails… Nirvana to Journey… Beatles to Black Sabbath… my kids loved them.

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blood_bones_hearts@reddit

My kiddo is early 20s now but when she was smol I got her Mary Had A Little Amp and she still adores it to this day. She also still likes hearing about how I bounced and rocked her many a night to Incubus' Aqueous Transmission. ❤️

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kondsaga@reddit

Castle on a Cloud, from Les Mis

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LeilaB34@reddit

Elizabeth’s Mitchell is nice

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BigRagu79@reddit

She is great. I have wonderful memories of rocking my first born back to sleep to her music. I especially loved her versions of Blue Skies by the Allman Brothers and Kooks by David Bowie.

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kieran_dvarr@reddit

Theme songs to a bunch of old shows from Nick at Night would probably work. Gilligan's Island, Mr. Ed, Addam's Family, etc.

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YourGuyK@reddit

I sang some Counting Crows, mainly Sullivan Street. Also "Whole Heap of Little Horses," which is traditional, but I learned it from The Chieftain's Down the Olad Plank Road album, which came out in 2002.

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Ph4ntorn@reddit

I think Basket Case is a fun song to use as a lullaby.

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Impossible-Leek-2830@reddit

My friend was a teen mom. We would drive her son around to get him to sleep when he was extra fussy. The only song that calmed him was Big Pimpin’ by JayZ.

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larryb78@reddit

John Lennon’s “beautiful boy” and Kenny Rogers’ “handprints on the wall” are my standards. If we’re still not asleep after that I’ll typically bust out a little Dave Matthews

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clipbored@reddit

Check out Renee and Jeremy's cover of Sweet Child of Mine. Actually, all their songs are great lullabies.

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Aerocat08@reddit

We practically wore out a Renee and Jeremy cd getting our kids to sleep. It was the “It’s a big world” cd.

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clipbored@reddit

Oh yeah we were Night Mantra on repeat every night for a year.

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Aerocat08@reddit

Powder Blue Reprise for us.

And I used to sing them Edelweiss from the Sound of Music.

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Gravelroad__@reddit (OP)

Oh nice, I like their cover of Kids, but never looked past that really. Thanks!

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MeatPopsicle10@reddit

Wtf cares as long as you feel genuine singing the song. My personal go-to’s are “Moon River,” “Hallelujah,” and “You Belong to Me.” But I’ve also sang Brandi Carlisle, Sarah Barellias, & Billie Eilish.

Congratulations on your little one!

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Ginger_Snaps_Back@reddit

Yup! Do you have Spotify? Look up ‘Sparrow Sleeps,’ my favorite of theirs is the cover of “Buddy Holly.”

Also, ‘Renee & Jeremy’, they do soothing covers of songs of many genres.

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unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit

I mean, when we were too young and thought we were edgey, we had Andrew Dice Clay nursery rhymes....

" Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey, along came miss spider and sat down beside her. Said, "Hey, what’s in the bowl bitch?" Oh!"

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SteelpointPigeon@reddit

I recommend Follow Your Heart, from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Out of Their Shells tour.

https://youtu.be/gk7BjM8-7w4

Are there better songs? Maybe. Is there anything more Xennial than this? Absolutely not.

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