When 'thanks' isn't nearly enough
For the friend who drove through the night, the neighbour who fed the cat for a month, the teacher who changed the trajectory. Some debts deserve a chorus.
From A$39 · Hear two versions before you pay · Usually ready in 3–8 minutes
Some thank-yous are too big for a card and too awkward for a speech. A personalised thank-you song says exactly what the person did — the lift to every appointment, the month of dinners, the reference that got you the job — and what it told you about who they are. It suits a teacher at the end of the year, a nurse, a neighbour, a friend who has never once asked for anything back.
Write what happened, plainly. Read the lyrics, hear two recordings, and choose one. Sign the gift page with your name or with 'a grateful friend', and send the link. It's three minutes long, which is about how long it takes them to realise what it is.
Hear one first
What a thank you song sounds like
No Reason, Just Sam
Lo-Fi ChillThe Last Trolley
Pop RockSam burns the toast most every day
We laugh at floods and mop them up
Our card game's terrible, we still play
These ordinary weeks fill my cup
The ordinary weeks with you
Are the best part, that's the truth
Rating takeaways out of ten
Nowhere else I'd rather have been
Every line came from a story someone typed in. Yours will read like this — with their name, their details, in the genre you choose.
Ideas
Thank you song ideas
What actually goes in one. Pick a couple — the song only needs two or three true things to stand on.
What they did, and the date
Specific gratitude is the only kind that lands. The song can name the Tuesday.
For a teacher, from the class
Every kid's name, the thing they'll remember, and a chorus the class can sing at the last assembly.
For the carer, the nurse, the neighbour
The people who are thanked least. Sentimental acoustic, and don't be polite about how much it mattered.
What it saved you from
The bit you didn't say at the time. It's the second verse.
Anonymous, if you'd rather
Sign it 'someone you helped' and let the song do the talking.
Pick a direction
Choose the tone, we'll set the dials
Each option starts the wizard with the occasion, genre and mood already selected — you just tell the story.
What to write
Story prompts that make it theirs
You don't need to be a writer — answer two or three of these in plain sentences and the lyrics will do the rest.
- Exactly what they did, and when
- What it saved you from
- What it told you about who they are
- What you'd do for them in return
How it works
Making a thank you song, start to finish
Step 1
Tell the story
Answer a few questions about them in plain sentences — the story prompts above are a start. Pick a genre, a voice and a mood, or take one of the thank you tones.
Step 2
Read the lyrics
The words come back first. Change any line, swap a name, cut a verse — nothing is sung until you've said yes to every word.
Step 3
Hear it, then choose
Two full recordings of your approved lyrics, usually within 3–8 minutes, each about two minutes (one to three, depending on how much you write). Hear the first minute of both free; pay A$39 for the one you keep. It arrives as a gift page and an MP3.
The full price list, what each tier includes and who owns the song are on the pricing page.
Who it's for
A thank you song for…
Each of these pages has its own prompts, tones and a sample written for that relationship.
Questions
Thank you questions
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