For all you single moms!

How does it feel like to be a mother in a largely patriarchal society? How does it feel to raise a child as a single mother? Motherhood can barely be expressed in words, and for a working mother who doesn’t bank on her man for anything she or her child needs, well we can only send a musical salute to celebrate your courage. So, here’s a song- Rockabye by British electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring Jamaican dancehall singer Sean Paul and British singer Anne-Marie that speaks of hardships faced by single mothers.

Mike Check

Clean Bandit is a British electronic music group formed in Cambridge, England in 2008. The band consists of Grace Chatto, Jack Patterson and Luke Patterson. Their 2010 single “Mozart’s House”, released by Black Butter Records, reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Clean Bandit has sold over 13 million singles and 1.6 million albums worldwide.

Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques, better known by his stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. In 2000, Paul released his debut album, Stage One with VP Records and in 2002, he began working extensively with a team of producers and choreographers from Toronto, namely Jae Blaze and Blaze Entertainment and announced the release of his second album, Dutty Rock. Paul’s third album The Trinity, released in September 2005, produced five big hits, “We Be Burnin’”, “Ever Blazin’”, “Give It Up to Me”, “Never Gonna Be the Same” and the U.S. chart-topping smash hit “Temperature”.

Anne-Marie Nicholson, known professionally as Anne-Marie, is an English singer and songwriter. She attained four charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, with Clean Bandit’s Rockabye peaking at number one, Rudimental’s Rumour Mill with Will Heard and Do It Right.

Voice of the people
Teary-eyed effect

I love the vocals, the theme, message, video and the music of this song. It’s invigorating and motivating. I was raised up by my mother, because I lost my father to cancer, and I identify and relate with every word that is said in this song. I had tears in my eyes when I heard it first.

—Vishakha Sehgal, private company employee

Saluting the strength

I love the song. It sounds great and it talks about the strength of a woman, and I totally support the message in the song. It stirs me to the soul each time I hear it.

—Kanav Singh, student, Chitkara University

Beautiful and meaningful

What I love the most about this song is the video. It shows courage, endurance, and strength; three things every mother has. The song is as beautiful as meaningful it is!

—Sampada Sachdeva, student, Panjab University

(As told to Amarjot Kaur)