Updated: Top 5 Metal Songs Appropriate for Kids

Dear Jess,

UPDATE 6/6/2019: We discovered the album “Leo Does Children’s Metal Songs”, and it’s been on repeat at our house. FINALLY, a version of Baby Shark that doesn’t make me cringe! We also love dancing to the part of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” where Leo tells us to bang our head 🤘 I’ve added our favorite songs from the album to our Metal Songs for Kids Spotify playlist below!

—

I don’t know about you, but with the continuous news coverage about the flu outbreak and a new baby, I’m pretty selective about when we venture into the world. The days when I feel like I’m about to go bonkers if Calvin asks me “Why?!” one more time, we start a dance party and usually both of our moods take a 180 degree turn.

Sure, Uptown Funk for the 100th time in a row is great and all, but I wanted to find some songs more attune to the music I listened to back when my husband and I met in high school. Eric and I knew we were going to hit it off when I asked him what System of a Down song I should feature on my Myspace (…setting up your song was a big deal okay?! Don’t judge). Fast forward, 13 years later and we’ve been to countless rock festivals and concerts together.  So the hunt to expose Calvin to a bit of our world in a non-scary, non-angry way was a fun challenge this week.

1. Dogs Like Socks – Psychostick
   Gravelly voice, heavy bass, and the cutest music video. Maybe its because I’m partial to huskies (shoutout to my furbaby, Tucker) but I love this music video. It’s also adorable watching Calvin stomping around singing “um nom nom nom” as he eats his lunch.

2. Numbers (I Can Only Count to 4) – Psychostick
   I can already picture the confusion and concern on Calvin’s future preschool teacher’s face when he adamantly claims he can only count to 4. Hopefully, his numbers are already ingrained and this song won’t do too much damage to his math skills.
3. Gimme Chocolate!! – Babymetal
   The instrumentals in this song is so good! …and then the singing starts and you begin to wonder how they roped these kawaii Japanese girls to be the singers of this band. Calvin isn’t a huge fan of this one but I love it because it’s my theme song– I crave chocolate 24/7!
4. Crazy Train – Ozzy
   Now its time for some old school rock. This song is an excuse for Calvin to pretend to be a crazy train while we dance in our kitchen. For me, I love the lyrics: “Maybe it’s not too late // To learn how to love and forget how to hate”. Plus, it’s catchy as all get out.
5. Jump – Van Halen
   Any song where the word “Jump” is focus of the chorus, is perfect for a toddler. Get all that crazy energy out, child!
6. (Bonus) Heavy Metal Christmas – Twisted Sister
   Put this song on (or any of the songs off their Twisted Christmas album) and you’ll be cracking up the whole time. We decorate our tree with this album on repeat every year.

Here’s a Spotify playlist of all of the songs mentioned above for easy dance party access 🙂

Do you have any unconventional songs that your kiddo loves?

Love,

Tracy