Kanye West still knows how to surprise people.
The rapper surprise-dropped “Only One,” a collaboration with Paul McCartney, on New Year’s Eve. The tender ode to daughter North West finds West showing off his softer side. “Kanye felt like his mom was singing thru him to our daughter,” Instagrammed wife Kim Kardashian about the sweet tune. “This song makes me cry every time I hear it.”
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West, of course, if far from the first musician to release a song famously inspired by their child. From Stevie Wonder to John Lennon, check out a playlist below of some of our favorite songs dads wrote about their kids.
Bonus! It’s not available on Spotify, but we couldn’t leave off West’s pal/collaborator Jay Z, who wrote “Glory” a few days after daughter Blue Ivy was born.
What are some of your favorite songs dads wrote for their kids?