This Aussie country star believes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Now grown up, Beyonce still honors that “man in my life that can’t be replaced.” Knowles recalls being “inseparable” as the two would “bike ride everyday on the bayou” and recalls the disappointment-turned-acceptance when she got her first tattoo.
38 on the Hot 100 chart in 2003.īeyonce takes a walk down memory lane as she recalls some of her fondest memories of being a daddy’s girl. Miley sings proudly about all the things she took from her father, including “the reasons to keep believing” and “that strength is something you choose.”Ī guaranteed tear-jerker, Vandross wears his emotions on his sleeve as he pines for the days “before life removed all the innocence” where he’d joyously dance with his late father before being carried to bed. This dad-daughter duet explores the coming-of-age frustrations when a child thinks they might know it all, but they ultimately realize that daddy knows best. 19 on the Hot 100 in 2005.īilly Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus, “I Learned From You” Mayer’s Grammy-winning smash single urged fathers to “be good” to their daughters while they’re young, so that they too can have positive relationships with their loved ones in the present and future. Madonna refuses to hold back her contempt for her dad with lines like “You never loved me” and “Maybe someday when I look back, I’ll be able to say ‘You didn’t mean to be cruel,” proving that not all Father’s Days are happy. ( Listen here.)įorever controversial, Madge reveals her scars in the stinging bitterness of her 1989 track. 63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at the end of January 2012. “Baby I’ll paint the sky blue / My greatest creation was you.” The song even opens with Blue Ivy’s heartbeat.
“Words can’t describe what I’m feeling, for real,” Jay confesses. Written in the days after with Beyonce birth to their daughter Blue Ivy, this song sees the rapper experiencing the joys of fatherhood for the first time. “I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then son / You know we’ll have a good time then.” The single was a No. The song hopes for the day when the two can connect, but it never comes. The singer-songwriter tracks the relationship of a father and son that cannot spend time with each other. 1 Hot 100 single in 1972.įrom Queen’s second album, the band sings from a father’s perspective as he tries to impart advice to his son, even though he won’t listen: “A word in your ear from father to son / Funny you don’t hear a single word I say / But my letter to you will stay by your side.” They sing, “Papa was a rollin’ stone /Wherever he laid his head was his home / And when he died, all he left us was alone.” It was a No. The Temptations, “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”įrom the 1972 album All Directions, this classic single is about an absent father. The Boss sings, “I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart / Will never again, sir, tear us from each other’s hearts.” Springsteen had an uneasy relationship with his father, but this song talks about overcoming these difficulties and embracing him. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1998. The heartbreaking song shows the singer longing for the experience of a father-song relationship: “Bit by bit, I’ve realized,” he sings, “That’s when I need them / That’s when I need my father’s eyes.” The single made it to No.
Busta Rhymes sings the sentimental chorus: “But in the end I hope you only turn out better than me / I hope you know I love you young’n, like father, like son.”Ĭlapton wrote this song to parallel looking in the eyes of his son, who died at age four, and the eyes of his father, who he never met. Closing out The Game’s debut album, this emotional song chronicles the birth of the Compton rapper’s son.
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