The bond between mother and son is such a special one. On his wedding day, a groom knows that the big celebration and all the hoopla about love and romance is something his bride has been dreaming of for ages. But what he doesn’t know is that his mom has also been dreaming about this day, the day her little baby boy who raised to be a man would walk into the arms of another woman and no longer be her main homie.

Fast forward a couple of decades and she’s trying hard to stay supportive and focused when all she can think about is how she wiped the cookie crumbs from his chin from he was two, taught him how to use a real, big boy toilet when he was three, and laughed when he told the same joke over and over again when he was four.

Here I’ve put together thirty of the most celebratory tunes that tell a mother “Thank You” instead of “Goodbye”. Show her you love her with one of these jazzy numbers at your wedding reception!

Child of Mine - Carole King

Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

How Sweet It Is - James Taylor

Forever Young - Bob Dylan

Sweet Child O’ Mine - Sheryl Crow

I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher

Your Song - Elton John

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac