A Ditty — a personalized song & matching e-card, created for someone special, delivered to them in just a few minutes.

A unique birthday song &personalized e-carddelivered in minutes, just for your son!

Nothing to pay until you have heard the first verse and chorus.

Ready in minutes, not weeks · Complete with personalized greeting e-card · From just $9

Better than an e-card that plays a tinny tune: a real song about the birthday person, with their name in the chorus, their quirks in the verses, sung and delivered in minutes.

Hear real birthday songs

Whole songs, start to finish, made here. Press play — nothing loads until you do.

More birthday songs in the Ditty Showcase →

How it works

Make and send their birthday Ditty in 3 simple steps.

You tell us about them, we do the rest.

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Step 01

Tell the story

Who it’s for, the occasion, the details that make them them. Two minutes.

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Step 02

We write the song

Original music and lyrics in the style you pick. Ready in minutes.

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Step 03

Send it with an e-card

Choose an e-card, personalize it, add a note, deliver it to their inbox.

What you get

Everything that arrives, from $9.

Written and sung by AI from what you tell us. We say so plainly, because you will hear it and because the part that matters — the details — came from you.

Prices shown in US dollars. In the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada and New Zealand you are charged in your own currency at checkout.

What it does with them

How one detail becomes a line.

The kind of thing people type about a birthday, and the kind of line it comes back as. Written examples — the songs above are the real ones.

You writeShe still calls the TV remote the doofer

It singsYou have a word for everything, and the doofer is still lost

You writeTurned forty and booked a tattoo the same week

It singsForty came around and you answered it in ink

You writeAlways the last one dancing

It singsThe lights come up, the music stops, and you keep going

Before you ask

Questions people ask.

How long does a personalized birthday song take?

Minutes, not weeks. You answer a short set of questions, read the first verse and chorus free, and the finished song lands in a digital card you can send the same day. Most people start it the night before the birthday.

What if I leave it to the last minute?

That is the normal case, and it is what this is built for. There is no shipping, no proof to approve and no songwriter waiting on your reply, the whole thing happens between you and the page.

What do you need to know about the birthday person?

Three concrete things beat a paragraph of praise. Something they always say, a moment you both bring up, and why they matter to you. "Kind and funny" could be anyone; "still calls the remote the doofer" is them, and that is the line that ends up in the chorus.

Can I put an inside joke in a birthday song?

That is the best use of it. The songs people replay are the ones carrying something only two or three people understand. Write the joke in plainly, including the bit that needs explaining, and it comes back as a lyric rather than a footnote.

Is this a good gift for someone who has everything?

It is the standard reason people arrive here. Nobody already owns a song about themselves, and it cannot be duplicated, returned or quietly regifted. For the person who buys whatever they want, the only gift left is one that could not have been bought for anyone else.

Does this work for a milestone birthday?

Yes, and a 30th, 50th or 80th usually gives more to work with, because there is a before and after to write about. Put the age in the brief and say what changed between then and now.

How much does a personalized song cost?

Three lengths: $9 for about a minute, $29 for about two minutes, and $49 for about four minutes, with more re-records and an ending that signs off from you by name. One payment, no subscription.

How long does it take?

Minutes. You answer the questions, read the words, and the recording is made while you wait, there is no queue and no human songwriter to book. Most people finish the whole thing in under a quarter of an hour.

Is it written by a person or by AI?

AI writes and sings it from the details you give. We say so on every page rather than burying it, because you will hear it in the vocal. What is not automated is the part that makes it land: the specifics come from you, and you read the words before you pay.

What if I do not like it?

You see the first verse and chorus before paying, so the usual answer is to change your answers and go again for nothing. After paying, the Little and Big Ditty include re-records if a take comes out wrong.

Can I keep it, and does the link expire?

It does not expire. You get an MP3 to download and a link you can share, and we keep the song indefinitely, there is no window you have to act inside.

Can I play it at a party or an event?

Yes. It comes with a licence to play it at your own event, and the MP3 is yours to hand to a DJ or put on a phone. Use the download rather than the link if the venue wifi is unreliable.

Two minutes to tell their story.

We write it, sing it, and paint the card. You take the credit. From $9.

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Cards to wrap it in

Before you write it

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