Happy Father’s Day! 25 Songs About Dad
Father’s Day is this Sunday June 21 and ” Billboard” has published a list of DAD songs. Some of these are about GOOD dad’s and some of them are about BAD dads. Madonna is the ONLY artist to get 2 songs on the list and she also holds the number 1 song.
As you celebrate with your dad, here’s good fodder for conversation. Please scroll to the bottom for my “Honorable mentions” that didn’t make the Billboard list.
1. Madonna, “Papa Don’t Preach”
2. The Game, “Like Father, Like Son”
3. Eric Clapton, “My Father’s Eyes”
4. Bruce Springsteen, “My Father’s House”
5. The Temptations, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”
6. Queen, “Father to Son”
7. Harry Chapin, “Cats in the Cradle”
8. Jay-Z, “Glory”
9. Madonna, “Oh Father”
10. John Mayer, “Daughters”
11. Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus, “I Learned From You”
12. Luther Vandross, “Dance With My Father”
13. Beyoncé, “Daddy”
14. Keith Urban, “Song for Dad”
15. Reba McEntire, “The Greatest Man I Never Knew”
16. Stevie Wonder, “Isn’t She Lovely”
17. James Brown, “Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
18. Will Smith, “Just the Two of Us”
19. Asher Roth, “His Dream”
20. 2Pac, “Papa’z Song”
21. Common featuring Lauryn Hill, “Retrospect for Life”
22. Nas, “Daughters”
23. Kanye West and Jay-Z, “New Day”
24. Birdman and Lil’ Wayne, “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy”
25. Kenny Chesney, “There Goes My Life”
This is a great list but a few that I expected to see here I didn’t. They get my “Honorable mentions” below.
Loudon Wainwright III “Daughter” *This is the song my daughter and I danced to at her wedding. Loudon never did an official video for this one so one of his fan’s did. It has close to 1.5 million views.
Cats Stevens “Father & Son” One of my all time favorites! Happy Father’s Day Everyone!
