Hear it before you pay · one price, everything included

Surprise your loved ones with a custom song

Answer a few questions. Read the lyrics. Hear it in about two minutes — pay only if you love it.

Start their song — free to hear

Fixes are free. If two fixes don't get it right, full refund within 30 days.
Dedicated support answers every message within 24 hours.

Loved by families who turned their story into a song

“She knew it was about her by the second line”

Sarah M. · Birthday · Sample review

Forty Looks Good on You, Rina

Birthday · Feel-Good Pop

How it works

Here's how it works

About five minutes from first question to first listen. No account, no deposit, nothing to download before you've heard it.

Step 1: Tell us about them
Answer a few quick questions
Step 2: Read the lyrics, hear the song
Edit any line free, then hear both takes
Step 3: Give it on the day
A private gift page with your note and photo

Start their song

Reviews

How families turned their story into a song

What people said after they pressed play.

She cried before the first chorus
“I told her I’d forgotten our anniversary, then played the song I’d made from four sentences about us. She was crying before the first chorus.”
Dan R.
Anniversary
Sample review
“Honestly wasn’t sure what to expect. I wrote about the café where we met and how she still steals my chips. She asked to hear it again before it had finished.”
James R.
Anniversary
Sample review
We told Mom we forgot her 60th
“Then we pressed play. She sat at the kitchen table with her hands over her mouth for the whole song.”
Leah K.
Birthday
Sample review
Grandpa doesn’t cry. Grandpa cried.
“He says he never cries. Forty seconds into his song he was wiping his eyes and asking us to play it again.”
Noam S.
For Grandpa
Sample review
“Put in a few memories about Mum driving us to swimming at 6am. She rang me straight after listening. We both cried a little.”
Emily T.
Just because
Sample review
Our old flat, in a song
“I sent it to my best friend as a ‘voice note’. It was a song about the tiny flat we shared at uni — she called me back laughing and crying.”
Jess M.
Friendship
Sample review
“My best friend moved away, so I made her a song about our flat and the broken kettle. Her reply was a voice note of her laughing and crying.”
Olivia B.
Friendship
Sample review
A lullaby before he was born
“We played it at the baby shower for a boy who isn’t here yet. Neither of us made it through the first verse.”
Shira C.
New baby
Sample review

Start their song — free to hear

Sample reviews — the names and stories are fictional and the people pictured are models. Real reviews from verified purchases replace them.

Song examples

Real songs. Real reactions.

Every song is written from a few sentences someone told us. Here's what they became — and how it landed.

Avi L.

Her husband · Birthday · Sample review

“She sang the wrong words to her own chorus — on purpose, I think.”

Forty Looks Good on You, Rina

A song for Rina · Feel-Good Pop

0:00 / 0:45

Avi L.

Her husband · Birthday · Sample review

“She sang the wrong words to her own chorus — on purpose, I think.”

Forty Looks Good on You, Rina

A song for Rina · Feel-Good Pop

0:00 / 0:45

Tom B.

Her husband · Anniversary · Sample review

“She caught the umbrella line before I could explain it. Then she found the tissues.”

Half Your Umbrella (For Yael)

A song for Yael · Heartfelt Acoustic

0:00 / 0:45

Make yours too

Previews are 45 seconds; the full song is yours after purchase. Reaction photos show models; the reviews beside them are samples.

Every occasion

Gift a song for anyone

Pick who it's for — we'll ask the right questions.

Something else? Retirement, graduation, an apology — start here

The gift

Not a file. A moment.

Your song arrives on a private gift page you can schedule for the day — with your note and a photo. They press play, and can send a reaction back.

Private gift page, scheduled for the day you choose
Your note and a photo, above the song
Karaoke-style lyrics they can sing along to
They can send you a video reaction
MP3, WAV and lyric sheet are yours to keep — no expiry

Start their song

No shipping, no download needed for them.

Birthday · May 12

A song for Rina, from Avi

“Forty looks good on you. Press play with headphones on. — A”

0:00 / 0:45

Send Avi your reaction

Pricing

One price. Everything included.

Hear 45 seconds of both takes before you pay a thing.

Everything included

The Song

$69one-time

Full song, both takes
MP3 + WAV, yours forever
Private song page + gift page
Lyric sheet (PDF)
Free name & fact fixes, 1 new take

Start their song — free to hear

Upgrade at checkout

The Keepsake

$79one-time

Everything in The Song
Lyric video (9:16 + 16:9), with pictures drawn from your photos
Second style version
Lyric poster with your photo
Business use allowed under our terms (no copyright warranty, no broadcast/paid-ads use)

See what's in the Keepsake

Fixes are free. If two fixes don't get it right, full refund within 30 days.

Our promise

Our promise, signed.

Each of these answers something people complain about with custom-song sites: a name sung wrong, a download that costs extra, a song you cannot hear until you have paid. If we fall short on any of them, write to us and we will put it right.

We’ll sing their name right.
You tell us how it sounds, you see how we’ll sing it before we record, and fixes to a name are always free.
One price. The file is yours.
One payment includes the MP3, the WAV, the lyrics and a private page that never expires. No “download fee”, no “own it” upgrade.
You hear it before you pay.
45 seconds of the actual song, both takes, full lyrics.
Fix a word, keep the take.
We re-record only that line where we can; otherwise we record a new take in the same style. Your original is never deleted — it stays in your history, always playable.
Support answers within 24 hours.
By email, from our support team, on fixes and anything else.
It’s made with AI music tools and we say so.
Written from your words, produced with AI music tools, checked automatically for the name and every line — and a person reads every fix request.

Name, pronunciation and fact fixes are free, always. One new take is included. If two fixes still don't get it right, full refund within 30 days.

— The SpecialSong team · SpecialSong Ltd

Compare

How a custom song is made elsewhere, honestly.

Studio-written songs are lovely and slow. Ours is written from your words, you hear it before you pay, and the files are yours the same day.

How a custom song from SpecialSong compares
Option	Delivery	Before you pay	Edits
Studio-written custom song	4–7 days	Pay first	$10/line
SpecialSong	About 2 minutes	45 seconds of both takes, full lyrics, before you pay	Name and fact fixes free, always

One price, everything included: the full song with both takes, MP3 + WAV, lyric sheet and a private gift page.

Before you start

Is a custom song the right gift?

Usually. Not always. Here is the honest version so you do not spend five minutes finding out.

It is, when

A milestone where the words matter more than the wrapping: a big birthday, an anniversary, a wedding, a graduation.
Someone far away. A song travels better than a parcel and arrives on the morning you choose.
A parent or grandparent who keeps everything. The lyric sheet ends up on the fridge or the nightstand.
A memorial or a hard year. Gentle by default, in your words, no cheer forced on it.

It is not, when

Someone who hates surprises or being the centre of attention. A song in front of the family is exactly that.
You need something in their hands tomorrow and nothing else will do. The song is ready in minutes, but it is a file and a page, not a parcel.
You cannot think of four true sentences about them. We prompt you, but the song can only be as specific as you are.
You want a radio-ready track or a pro vocal for an ad. This is a keepsake, made with AI music tools, and we say so.

FAQ

Questions people ask before they start.

How much is it?

One payment, everything included: the full song with both takes, the MP3 and WAV, the lyric sheet, a private gift page, and free name and fact fixes. The Keepsake adds the lyric video, a second style and a printable poster. The only add-on at checkout is the lyric video, unticked by default. You see the exact amount on the checkout page before you pay, and it does not change after the preview. See pricing.

How long does it take?

About three minutes to answer the questions, a minute to read the lyrics, and the recording takes around two minutes. Most people press play on the real song inside ten minutes of starting. There is no rush fee because there is nothing to rush.

What if I don’t love it?

You hear 45 seconds of both takes before you pay, so you only buy it if it already works. After purchase:

Name, pronunciation and fact fixes are free, always. One new take is included. If two fixes still don't get it right, full refund within 30 days.

Can I download it?

Yes, that is the point. The MP3 (320 kbps) and the WAV are on your page the moment you pay, with no expiry and no “download fee”. The private song page and the gift page stay up for as long as we exist.

Is it really unique?

The lyrics are written from your answers only: their name, the thing they always say, the memory you chose. Nothing is filled in from a template, which is why we ask you for real specifics and nudge you when a memory is too short. The recording is made fresh for that lyric; no two songs share a line.

Is it AI?

Written from your words, produced with AI music tools, checked automatically for the name and every line — and a person reads every fix request.

There are no session musicians and we will not pretend otherwise. What you get is a song that is specifically about them, in minutes, that you can hear before you pay.

Will you pronounce the name right?

The first step asks how the name sounds, and the lyric sheet shows you exactly how it will be sung (“Siobhán, sung as shi-VAWN”) before anything is recorded. Every take is checked automatically for the name. If it is still wrong, name fixes are free, always, with no limit.

What do I get, exactly?

A full song of about two and a half to three minutes: two verses, a chorus you hear twice and a bridge that ends on your sign-off. Two takes of it (A and B), the MP3 and WAV of whichever you choose, a typeset lyric sheet as PDF, a private song page and a gift page with a note, a photo and scheduled delivery. Keepsake adds the lyric video, a second style version and an A3 poster.

Hear it before you pay · one price, everything included