Inside: Looking for baby shower songs that won’t make you gag? Here’s a playlist worthy of listening to long after the non-alcoholic punch bowl has gone dry.
Last year, I helped plan a baby shower for a friend, and my job was to provide the playlist.
Easy peasy, I thought.
I searched for “baby shower songs” online and got a ton of results.
JACKPOT.
But as I started going through the suggested baby shower music, I got a little sick to my stomach. And no, it wasn’t sympathy morning sickness.
The baby shower playlists mostly consisted of songs with “baby” in the title. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want Ice Ice Baby playing in the background as I celebrate bringing a new life into the world. Plus, babies can totally hear what’s going on around them from inside the womb. Think of that poor baby!
And the other playlists?
Sickeningly sweet kids’ music.
The mama-to-be has YEARS of cheesy kids’ music ahead of her. Might as well preserve her sanity a little while longer.
So I made my own playlist of baby shower songs.
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This baby shower playlist is upbeat, contemporary, and worthy of listening to long after all the presents are unwrapped and the non-alcoholic punch bowl has gone dry.
These songs aren’t all explicitly about babies and kids, but they manage to be sweet without being gag-worthy.
Sprinkle in a few of your own favorite recent songs with this music, and your baby shower playlist is done. Or combine this playlist with my other playlists of more baby shower songs, and spend your free time figuring out which newborn must haves or funny baby shower gifts you’ll be getting your friend.
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1. Brave by Sara Bareilles
“Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
2. Ho Hey by The Lumineers
“I belong with you
You belong with me
You’re my sweetheart”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
3. 1234 by Feist
“One, two, three, four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless long nights
That is what my youth was for”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
4. You Are the Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne
“Oh because, you are the best thing
You are the best thing
You are the best thing
Ever happened to me”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
5. Lucky by Kat Edmonson
“Happiness
Feels like this
Your heart upon your sleeve
There’s a place,
In time and space,
We can all be free”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
6. Fireflies by Owl City
“I’d like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
7. Heaven by Brandi Carlisle
“When you’re lyin’ here in my arms
I’m findin’ it hard to believe
We’re in heaven”
Listen: iTunes
8. I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
“Look into your heart and you’ll find love, love, love, love.
Listen to the music of the moment, people dance and sing, we’re just one big family
And it’s our God-forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved, loved, loved”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
9. Beauty in the World by Macy Gray
“Stop and smell the flowers
And lose it the sweet music and dance with me
There is beauty in the world
So much beauty in the world”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
10. The Best Day by Taylor Swift
“Past the pumpkin patch
And the tractor rides
Look now – the sky is gold
I hug your legs and fall asleep
On the way home”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
11. First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes
“Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am
I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
12. What I Wouldn’t Do by A Fine Frenzy
“If we were children I would bake you a mud pie
Warm and brown beneath the sun
Never learned to climb a tree but I would try
Just to show you what I’d done”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
13. Far Away by Ingrid Michaelson
“I will bear three girls all with strawberry curls, little Ella and Nelly and Faye
While I’m combing their hair, I will catch his warm stare
On our island in the blue bay”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
14. Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars
“And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
‘Cause, girl, you’re amazing
Just the way you are”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
15. Who’s My Pretty Baby? by Elizabeth Mitchell
“Who’ll be my little man
Who’ll be my nice lady
Who’ll be my funny little buddy
Hey hey pretty babe”
Listen: iTunes | Amazon MP3
Want More?
Combine this list with 20 Songs for an Awesome Baby Shower Playlist. And don’t forget to surprise the mom-to-be with one of these newborn must haves to make her life easier or one of these funny baby shower gifts.
Your Turn
What song makes you think of babies and kids without being sickeningly sweet? Share your pick in a comment below!
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I didn’t know this and haven’t tried arranging a playlist for baby shower because I’m afraid to pick the wrong song. I do believe that the baby inside the womb of the mother can hear everything. The songs that you chose are so nice and I’m sure they’re going to be a perfect playlist for a sweet celebration. Thanks.
Just wanted to let you know, #7 Heaven is by Belinda Carlisle. 🙂
And Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson always reminds me of my kids.
No, it’s Brandi. It’s a Bryan Adam’s song.
Lovely pick of songs, thank you so much. I have added some of my own…love Feist and so also added Mushaboom. Van Morrison- Sweet Thing. Billy Joel- She’s always a woman (cos we need to celebrate US too). Stevie Wonder- signed sealed delivered. Bob Marley 3 Little Birds (3 is the magic no. in our case!) Xxx
Thank you!! Incredible playlist!!