“Life without music would be a mistake“: this is how Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most important philosophers of the 19th century, defined the importance of music. Since Spain began to celebrate Father’s Day on March 19For 75 years, many musicians have addressed their songs to the figure of their parents.

And since precisely that day approaches, arise hundreds of ideas (and doubts) to have a detail that day with them; In this context, at laSexta.com we believe that dedicating a song is always a good alternative. We review some of the most emotional songs by artists who have dedicated their songs to their parents:

‘When I wanted to be big’ (1979), by Alejandro Fernández

“Years that come slowly, first slowly advance. As I wanted to be great, I remember. So as not to stay at home and accompany my father far away. Perhaps to the end of the world. Because my father was strong, he was very intelligent. He was better than none.” In the form of a ranchera, Alejandro Fernández dedicates this song to his father.

‘My father’s eyes’ (1992), by Eric Clapton

“When I look into my father’s eyes (…) then the light begins to shine and I hear those old lullabies.” A trip back to childhood is what prompts Eric Clapton to sing about his father, memories he turns into song.

‘The one who gave me life’ (1995), by Alejandro Sanz

“I imagine that you got fat so that the soul entered you, I imagine that your gray hairs are memories in their silver weddings. With my half-sided smile how many I love you I will have shut up. You gave me the first shine, you took me out of a pocket “. Many times a father is like a friend, and that is for Alejandro Sanz his father.

‘Dad, tell me again’ (1997), by Ismael Serrano

“Dad, tell me again that after so many barricades and after so many raised fists and so much blood spilled, at the end of the game you couldn’t do anything and under the cobblestones there was no beach sand.” Ismael Serrano not only extols his father as a fighter, but he also sings to an entire generation to which he belonged, that of May 68.

‘Song for Dad’ (2002), by Keith Urban

“The older I get the more I can see how much [él] he loved my mother, my brother and me. He did the best he could and I just hope that when I have my own family I see a little more of my father in me every time.” For Keith Urban his father is an example, a role model, a mirror in which to look and see himself reflected.

‘I learned from you’ (2006), by Miley Cyrus

“I learned from you not to fall apart, I learned that strength is something you choose. All the reasons to keep believing, there is no doubt, that is a lesson I learned from you.” As a father and teacher, for the singer and actress Miley Cyrus, her father is a source of inspiration and learning.

‘Song to my father’ (2008), by Marwán

“How can I be thankful, father, that in my shipwrecks… your word always tasted like a board in the sea? How can I explain that no one loves me the way you love me, that if you lack air I stop breathing?” With these words he speaks Marwán, Spanish singer-songwriter and poetof his father’s hard life as a Palestinian refugee, whom he thanks for what he did for him.

‘Daddy’ (2011), by Beyonce

“I am so proud of what you have become; you have given me so much security. No matter what mistakes I make, you are there for me, you heal my disappointments, my pain (…) I want my husband to be like my father. And you I appreciate (Thank you!) for loving me.” From mistakes you learn, just like from parents. To such an extent that the singer wants a “husband” with the same values ​​as her father.

‘My hero’ (2015), by Antonio Orozco

“You can fill the seven seas with the brave and I would never come close to looking like a quarter of the value you hold.” Endless metaphors make up this song that Antonio Orozco dedicates to his father, the one he comes to compare with a “hero.”

‘Zamba for my father’ (2020), by El Kanka

“But just like you, you are always here, because you live in our walk. Wherever you are, we will be, wherever you are, we will be (…) Always very close to you.” In this song, El Kanka talks about moments of wanting and not being able to be with his father.