New Grandparents Announcement Songs: 15 Ways to Tell Them

You are about to change your parents' names. Telling them they're going to be grandparents deserves more than a group text — the right song turns thirty seconds of news into a moment they will replay for years. Below are 15 real new grandparents announcement songs, five ways to stage the reveal, and one song that says the words out loud; if you're planning how to announce the pregnancy to everyone else too, start with our pregnancy announcement songs hub.

Jump to: Listen to the reveal song · How to stage it · For grandma · For grandpa · Telling them together · Common questions

Quick picks

• Best for grandma: "Grandma's Hands" — Bill Withers
• Best for grandpa: "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" — The Judds
• Best modern tearjerker: "My Old Man" — Zac Brown Band
• Best for telling both at once: "I Hope You Dance" — Lee Ann Womack
• The one that says the actual words: a custom "you're going to be a grandma" song with her name in it, $39.90, delivered in 24 to 48 hours

Listen: "You're Gonna Be A Grandma"

This is what an announcement song sounds like when it is written to do the announcing. It opens with "Sit down, Mom," puts the heartbeat photo on the fridge door, starts the Nana-versus-Mimi name debate, and ends by sending her off to phone Dad — "Tell him Grandpa's next." A grandpa companion song is being written now, too. Two minutes and forty-two seconds, and the news is delivered.

How to stage the reveal

Whatever song you pick, the reveal is really about their face. Five setups that work:

1. The headphones handoff. Hand her your headphones and say "tell me what you think of this song." Stand where you can see her eyes, not the phone. The lyric does the telling; you just catch the moment it lands.
2. The car-stereo play. Queue the song as track one on a drive to lunch. A car is the perfect setting: nowhere to rush off to, speakers everywhere, and a passenger seat close enough to squeeze.
3. The framed ultrasound with a QR code. Wrap a framed sonogram print and tuck a small QR code into the corner of the mat that plays the song when scanned. They unwrap the picture, scan the code, and get the news twice — once for the eyes, once for the ears.
4. The video call. For long-distance parents, say you want to show them "a song someone sent us" and press play with the camera on their faces. Record the call. That clip becomes part of the baby's story.
5. The dinner-table reveal. A family dinner — a birthday, a Sunday roast, or Grandparents' Day itself — gives you everyone in one room. Wait for dessert, stand up like you are making a toast, and press play instead of speaking.

15 songs for telling them they're going to be grandparents

All fifteen are real, well-known songs about mothers, fathers, grandparents, and the turning of generations. Reach for one when you want a familiar tune to carry the news, and pair it with the ultrasound, the tiny onesie, or the grandparents-to-be announcement gift of your choosing.

For grandma

1. "Grandma's Hands" — Bill Withers. From his 1971 debut Just As I Am, written about the grandmother who helped raise him in West Virginia. Two warm minutes about everything a grandmother's hands do — play it for the woman about to inherit the title.
2. "A Song for Mama" — Boyz II Men. Written and produced by Babyface as the theme to 1997's Soul Food, a No. 1 R&B thank-you to the woman who did everything. Tell her the job just came with a promotion.
3. "The Best Day" — Taylor Swift. Swift recorded it in secret for Fearless as a surprise for her mom, Andrea — a scrapbook of childhood memories from a grateful daughter. Made for a daughter-to-mother reveal.
4. "Mother Like Mine" — The Band Perry. The siblings' 2013 ballad imagines how gentle the world would be if their mother had raised everyone in it. The next line is yours to deliver: she gets one more to help raise.
5. "In My Daughter's Eyes" — Martina McBride. A 2003 ballad about a mother seeing her best self reflected in her child, looking ahead to the day that child starts a family of her own. That day is today.

For grandpa

6. "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" — The Judds. Jamie O'Hara's Grammy-winning 1986 No. 1 is the rare famous song with "Grandpa" in the very first breath. Hand him the aux cord and count the seconds until it clicks.
7. "My Old Man" — Zac Brown Band. A 2017 ballad about the father who seemed like a giant, ending with the singer stepping into fatherhood himself. The full circle your dad is about to feel.
8. "Song for Dad" — Keith Urban. From 2002's Golden Road, Urban's tribute to his father about catching your dad's words coming out of your own mouth. Perfect for saying "I'm about to find out how you felt."
9. "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" — Alan Jackson. Jackson's 2002 No. 1 about the beat-up truck and old boat his daddy let him drive, with a final verse where his own kids take the wheel. The generational handoff, in three verses.
10. "Daddy's Hands" — Holly Dunn. Dunn wrote it in 1986 as a Father's Day gift for her father, and it became her breakout hit. Soft, reverent, and exactly right for the man about to become somebody's grandpa.

For telling them together

11. "Humble and Kind" — Tim McGraw. Lori McKenna wrote it as a prayer of life lessons for her five kids; McGraw's 2016 recording won the Grammy for Best Country Song. The passing-down-values song — and now there is someone new to pass them to.
12. "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" — Reba McEntire. Reba's 2005 single is a first-time mom's promise to her brand-new baby. The title does half of your announcing for you.
13. "I Hope You Dance" — Lee Ann Womack. The 2000 crossover No. 1 is a mother's blessing over her children's whole lives. Exactly the blessing you are inviting your parents to start giving all over again.
14. "The Circle Game" — Joni Mitchell. From 1970's Ladies of the Canyon, a carousel of seasons watching a child grow year by year. For the moment the carousel comes back around to your family.
15. "You Are My Sunshine" — Jimmie Davis (standard). First recorded in 1939 and sung to babies ever since — very likely the first song they will sing to this grandbaby. It sits on our main pregnancy announcement list too, because it fits every generation.

The lyrics

Common questions

How do I tell my parents they're going to be grandparents?

Make it a moment they can keep, not just a message. Pick a song from the list above, choose one of the five reveal setups — headphones, car stereo, framed ultrasound with a QR code, video call, or family dinner — and film their reaction. The song gives the news a soundtrack, the ultrasound gives it proof, and the video lets everyone else cry along later.

What song says "you're going to be a grandma"?

Almost no famous song says the actual sentence — the closest classics are about grandparents rather than to a brand-new one. That is why we had "You're Gonna Be A Grandma" written: it delivers the news line by line, and it is the song in the player above. A grandpa companion song is being written now.

Can the song use her name?

Yes — that is the point of a custom version. Tell us her name, what she might be called — Nana, Mimi, Granny — the due date, and how you found out, and the song is written around your actual news. No famous track can sing to your mother by name; a song written for her can.

How much does a custom announcement song cost, and how fast does it arrive?

A custom song from Songbond is $39.90 and arrives in 24 to 48 hours, with unlimited revisions until it is right. Fill out a short questionnaire with your news and the details you want sung, and an original song comes back before the weekend plans are even set.

Say it with her name in it

A famous song sets the mood. A custom song delivers the news — her name, the due date, the nickname debate — and becomes the keepsake she plays for everyone who visits. Have a custom "you're going to be a grandma" song written for $39.90, delivered in 24 to 48 hours, revised until it is perfect. Telling Dad too, or telling both sides at once? Start a custom song for anyone and we will write it around your reveal.

From the same series: first-time grandparent songs and grandparents day songs.