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People: they pay tribute to their children in music
Often tinged with melancholy or tenderness, many stars have dedicated songs to their children. Discover the most beautiful tribute pieces …
Céline Dion, Victoria Beckham, Shakira, Kanye West… these artists all have one thing in common: that of having dedicated a song to their offspring. Yes, when you have a beautiful voice and know how to write beautiful texts, what better way than to declare your love in music to the people who are dear to us. Often tinged with melancholy or tenderness, these tribute songs were for the most part true hits., like “Winning Mistral” by Renaud, “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder or “Millésime” by Pascal Obispo. Still others choose to record their baby’s voice on their song. And we never tire of listening to these hymns to love again …
Mom of two boys, singer Britney Spears has gone through some hardships in her life as a mom. She had to fight in particular to regain their custody. In order to prove her love to her sons, the singer dedicated the song “My Baby” to them, in her album “Circus”, released in 2008.
At the head of a tribe of 9 children, Stevie Wonder is a real daddy hen. Her hit, known to all, “Isn’t She Lovely”, released in 1976, is in fact a tribute to daughter Aisha. Moreover, from the first notes, we hear the cries of the baby. Too cute !
Beyonce and Jay-Z are the most powerful couple in the music industry. When their daughter Blue Ivy was born in January 2012, Jay-Z, a happy dad, dedicated the song “Glory” to her.
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In 2009, Katherine Heigl adopted with her husband a first baby girl, named Nancy Leigh. To celebrate this happy event, the dad wrote a tribute song to his daughter, called “Naleigh Moon”.
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To wish his daughter a Happy New Year 2015, Kanye West dedicates the title “Only One” to her. The ballad evokes his late mother, but also little North.
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The flagship boy band of the 2000s, the Backstreet Boys were also inspired by their fatherhood. The title “Show Em What You’re Made Of” is a tribute to the children of the members of the group.
In 1963, Claude Nougaro, then the father of a one-year-old girl, wrote the song “Cécile, ma fille” in which he evoked his fatherhood.
Two of singer Renaud’s greatest hits were written in homage to his daughter, Lolita Séchan. The singer made him a first statement in 1983 with the song “Morgane de toi”. In 1985, he reiterated by composing the sublime song: “Mistral winner”.
It is through the song “Ma fille”, in 1971, that Serge Reggiani expresses the love he has for his children. Indeed, the title is probably inspired by the singer’s relationship with each of his three daughters.
In 1986, Serge Gainsbourg wrote for his beloved daughter, the album “Charlotte forever”. In this opus, the father and the 15-year-old teenager meet for four duets, including the famous eponymous track “Charlotte forever”.
Charlotte’s half-brother Lucien Gainsbourg was also treated to his own song. But it is not his famous father who interprets him, but his mother Bambou.
The favorite rocker of the French has often been inspired by his fatherhood during his musical career. In 1986, a few months after his separation from Nathalie Baye, Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote him the title “Laura”, in tribute to his eldest daughter, then aged 3. Thirteen years later, David Hallyday composes for his dad the album “Sang pour sang”, which has for theme the reunion between the father and the son. In order not to make people jealous, “the idol of young people” dedicates, in 2005, the title “My most beautiful Christmas”, to Jade, a little Vietnamese girl adopted in 2004 with his wife Laëticia. Now all that’s missing is a song for little Joy, adopted by the couple in 2008.
Lionel Richie’s granddaughter also had a song just for her! The rocker Joel Madden, leader of the group Good Charlotte and husband of Nicole Richie, has indeed recorded the title “Harlow’s Song” in homage to his daughter Harlow, born in 2008.
In 1991, Eric Clapton lost his 4-year-old son, after a fatal fall from the 53e floor of a New York building. In 1992, he released the very moving “Tears in heaven” in homage to his young deceased son. Moving.
After the Spice Girls stop, David Beckham’s wife decides to go solo. The singer, now a stylist, takes the opportunity to dedicate a song to her son. The title “Every Part Of Me”, taken from his first album, is a tribute to his elder brother Brooklyn.
The performer of the famous hit “Sensuality” has chosen to celebrate her motherhood in the title “Si tu savais”, which appears in her album “Secret Garden”, released in 2006. In this song, Axelle Red confides to be “so fusional” with her daughter that she might well “suffocate” him. This is love!
In 2000, Pascal Obispo became a father for the first time. A talented composer, the artist writes the title ” Vintage »for his son Sean. In a few weeks, this song becomes a real hit.
In 1990, Lionel Richie adopted Nicole, the daughter of his wife Brenda Harvey. Two years later, he composed an entire album in tribute to his little princess: “Back to Front”. A way of saying that the bonds of the heart are as strong as the bonds of blood …