SENTIMENTAL SONGS ABOUT GROWING UP FULL

For a truly unique gift, make him a sentimental playlist to act as a moving reminder of your love. With Father's Day fast approaching, here are 70 songs that capture the memorable road trips, advice, and sweet lullabies that so often connect dads and daughters, written from both perspectives with care and affection.

SENTIMENTAL SONGS ABOUT GROWING UP FULL

Just like every father-daughter relationship is different and full of nuance, no two songs approach the theme in the exact same way.

Others, like Tim McGraw's 'My Little Girl' and Darius Rucker's 'It Won't Be Like This For Long' take a bird's eye view on parenting, capturing everything from birth to college in sweeping, emotional verses. Several of these tracks are also ideal choices for a father-daughter wedding dance-Heartland's 'I Loved Her First' and Krystal Keith's 'Daddy Dance With Me' are actually about that very moment. But that mostly seems to undermine the religious references and poetic sounding lyrics like We’re burning down the highway skyline/On the back of a hurricane that started turning.

With chart-topping hits like Bette Midler's 'Wind Beneath My Wings,' acclaimed crossover moments like Beyoncé's 'Daddy Lessons,' and classics like Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole's 'Unforgettable' duet, many great artists have found the topic to be fertile ground. The ever popular and award-winning When You Were Young is basically a song about how our perception changes over time. In this songs Adele talks about a place where she spent a lot of time at as a youth. Adele described thing as a party with old friends and acquaintances. Father-daughter songs cover the musical gamut from country to hip-hop and soaring power ballads. Here are some songs that would be perfect for slideshows that show the growing up of person.

Sentimental songs about growing up