Suggested songs to be used to teach English: Basic Hello, goodbye – The Beatles Hello, I love you – The Cure / The Doors Dancing barefoot – U2 / Concrete Blonde Friday, I’m in love – The Cure Days of the week – Stone Temple Pilot Monday, Monday – The Mammas and The Pappas Lazing on a Sunday afternoon – Queen Rock around the clock – Bill Haley & The Comets Born in the U.S.A – Bruce Springsteen What’s your sign? – Des’ree She’s not just a pretty face – Shania Twain I believe I can fly – R Kelly How to dance – Bingo Boys What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong Sk8ter Boi – Avril Lavigne Three little birds – Bob Marley / Gilberto Gil Mambo no – Lou Bega (greetings / opposites) (greetings) (pronouns) (days of the week) (days of the week) (days of the week) (days of the week / prepositions) (telling the time) (‘I was born in ’) (astrological signs) (occupations) (abilities – can) (directions) (nouns/colors/ ‘what a !’) (nouns) (nouns) (numbers/names/prepositions) Basic Don’t speak – No Doubt (grammar: -ing) Tom’s Diner – Suzanne Vega (present progressive) Unwell – Matchbox 20 (present progressive) Tell him – Vanda Shepard (object pronoun: ‘him’) Mr Jones – Counting Crows (object pronoun: ‘me’) Rock and roll all night – KISS (object pronouns: ‘you / us’) Spending my time – Roxette (present progressive / simple present) There she goes – Sixpence None the Richer (simple present 3rd person singular) My new boyfriend – Carly Simon (simple present 3rd person singular) How you – Roxette (simple present / vocabulary) Eternal Flame – The Bangles / Atomic Kittens (simple present – interrogative) She loves you – The Beatles (simple present) Say a little prayer – Diana King / Aretha Franklin / Dione Warwick (simple present – daily routine) Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton (simple present – daily routine) People are strange – The Doors (simple present) Various (kinds of music) Various (movies) Three kisses of love – Bee Gees (adverbs of frequency) Short skirt, long jacket - Cake (clothes/adjectives) The only thing that looks good on me is you – Bryan Adams (clothes) Luka – Suzanne Vega (simple present/places in the house) Barbie Girl – Acqua (mixed up verb tenses / vocabulary) Intermediate Thank you – Dido Blowing in the wind – Joan Baez / Bob Dylan Y.M.C.A – Edson Cordeiro You’ll see – Madonna From the heart – Another Level Truly, madly, deeply – Savage Garden Strangelove – Depeche Mode Jesse – Carly Simon I won’t dance – Frank Sinatra You’ll be in my heart – Phil Collins The deeper the love – Whitesnake Bigger, stronger – Coldplay The most beautiful girl in the world – Prince (Simply) The best – Tina Turner The most beautiful love song – Debbie Gibson A good song – Valdy Because you loved me – Celine Dion (situations to practice modal verbs/advice) (modals / questions) (gym class) (future – will) (future – will) (future – will) (future – will / affirm., inter., contractions) (future – will / won’t) (future – won’t) (future – will) (comparative) (comparative) (superlative) (superlative) (comparatives / superlatives) (‘neither’) (simple past) Last kiss – Pearl Jam Painted on my heart – The Cult A day in the life – The Beatles How did I fall in love with you – Backstreet Boys Why did you – Kumbia Kings Did I shave my legs for this? – Deana Carter This used to be my playground - Madonna How you remind me – Nickelback You remind me – Usher I’m a believer – The Monkeys Jealous guy – John Lennon Intermediate It’s raining men – Weather Girls / Gloria Gaynor With or without you – U2 California Dreamin’ – The Mammas and the Pappas Don’t tell me – Madonna Fortune Teller – The Rolling Stones Zodiac - Roberta Flack Drops of Jupiter – Train When – Shania Twain Dancing in the moonlight – Toploader Happy new year – Abba Have you ever seen the rain? – Credence Clearwater Revival / Spin Doctors / Bonnie Tyler & Meatloaf / Ramones Have you ever – Brandy Have you ever – The Offspring Why haven’t I heard – Reba McIntyre Look what you’ve done – Bread / Jet Have you ever been in love – Celine Dion (If you're not in it for love) I'm outta here! – Shania Twain Man! I feel like a woman – Shania Twain Working class hero – John Lennon You gotta be – Des’ree I’ll remember – Madonna Wedding day – UB 40 The wedding song – Petula Clark Love is a wonderful thing – Michael Bolton Again - Lenny Kravitz You’re my best friend - Queen Love of my life – Queen What can I – The Corrs It’s my life – Bon Jovi By your side – Sade High Intermediate Tears in heaven – Eric Clapton If I had a hammer – Trini Lopez If I were a rich man – Zero Mostel If I was a rich girl – Lady Shaw If I didn’t have you – Randy Travis If I didn’t have you – John Goodman & Billy Crystal (Monsters Inc.) If I had a million dollars – Barenaked Ladies If I was your girlfriend – TLC If I were your woman – Gladys Knight and the Pips I would walk 500 miles – The Proclaimers I would walk 500 miles – Toy Dolls 500 miles – Peter, Paul and Mary I don’t wanna talk about it – Rod Stewart / Indigo Girls If you don’t know me by now – Simply Red From me to you – The Beatles If – Bread (simple past) (simple past) (simple past) (simple past) (simple past) (simple past) (childhood / used to) (remind somebody of) (remind somebody of) (to talk about fairy tales and love stories) (love / jealousy) (mixed up verb tenses – review) (with / without) (to talk about the weather) (weather vocabulary) (to talk about fortune teller) (astrological signs) (astrology) (optimism / pessimism – verb tenses review) (to talk about parties) (new year’s eve) (present perfect) (present perfect) (present perfect) (present perfect) (present perfect / simple past) (present perfect) (starting a conversation / men – women) (differences between men and women) (to talk about work) (adjectives) (memories) (to talk about wedding) (to talk about wedding) (to talk about love / homonyms / adjectives) (mixed up verb tenses) (mixed up verb tenses) (mixed up verb tenses) (present perfect / talk about love) (vocabulary practice) (adjectives / extra vocabulary) (2nd conditional / interrogative) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (1st and 2nd conditionals) (1st and 2nd conditionals) (1st conditional) (1stconditional / interrogative / negative) (1st conditional) (1st conditional) (conditionals) If I fell – The Beatles Life – Des’ree Good luck charm – Elvis Presley A little help from my friends – The Beatles / Joe Cocker Since I don’t have you – Guns’n’Roses / The Skyliners I have nothing - Whitney Houston Nobody does it better – Carly Simon The logical song – Supertramp By my side – INXS Ugly – Bon Jovi I wish it would rain down – Phil Collins I wish I could fly – Roxette Manic Monday – Bangles My lover’s gone – Dido I will survive – Gloria Gaynor Rome wasn’t built in a day – Morcheeba Bald-headed men – Christine Lavin Gold et al I just want you – Ozzy Osbourne Kiss me – Sixpence None the Richer Don’t talk just kiss – Right Said Fred Advanced Do you know where you are going to? – Diana Ross As long as you love me – Backstreet Boys Under the bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers Wedding Day – Bee Gees Uptown girl – Billy Joel / Westlife Leaving on a jet plane – Frank Sinatra / Jewel Sweet child o’ mine – Guns’n’Roses / Sheryl Crow Just my imagination – Cranberries When it’s over – Sugar Ray Friends will be friends – Queen That’s what friends are for – Dionne Warwick You’ve got a friend – James Taylor / Carol King Misunderstood – Bon Jovi (video clip) Deeper and deeper – Madonna Survivor – Destiny’s Child Never as good as the first time – Sade Superman’s song – Crash Test Dummies I still haven’t found what I’m looking for – U2 Have you ever really loved a woman – Bryan Adams Head over feet – Alanis Morissette What have I done to deserve this – Pet Shop Boys Another day in paradise – Phil Collins I can see clearly now – Bob Marley / Hothouse Flowers Zombie – The Cranberries Advanced As time goes by - ??????? I love you – Martina McBride Unbreak my heart – Toni Braxton Don’t Speak – No Doubt Cry for help - Rick Astley Love letters – Sinead O’Connor Are you still mad – Alanis Morissette One place – Everything but the girl Independent Women – Destiny’s Child You’re still the one – Shania Twain Always on the run – Lenny Kravitz Thank you – Dido Policy of truth – Depeche Mode The day before you came – Abba (1st and 2nd conditionals) (superstitions) (superstitions) (somebody/anybody – idiomatic expressions) (‘I don’t have anything’) (‘nothing’ / ‘nowhere’ etc) (‘nobody + 3rd person singular) (adjectives) (wish) (wish) (wish / would) (wish / could) (wish / mixed up verb tenses) (past perfect) (simple past / passive voice) (passive voice) (‘I like men who ’) (prefixes / adjectives) (to talk about kisses) (to talk about kisses) (indirect questions) (indirect questions) (simple present) (to talk about wedding) (simple present / present progressive) (simple present / present progressive / to talk about traveling) (childhood memories) (used to / would) (used to) (friendship) (friendship) (friendship) (to talk about misunderstanding) (comparatives) (comparative) (‘as as’ / comparatives) (to talk about cartoon heroes) (present perfect) (present perfect) (present perfect) (present perfect / questions) (present perfect progressive) (to talk about the weather) (to talk about peace/‘it looks like’/’it sounds like’) (to talk about the movie ‘Casablanca’) (adverbs) (reported speech / to talk about love) (to talk about love) (reported speech) (to talk about love letters) (simple past) (to talk about traveling / objects to carry with you) (relative clauses: who) (relative clauses) (giving advice) (past modals – advice: should) (past modals – advice: should) (perfect modals) How insensitive – Sting & Tom Jobim Where you lead – Carol King Can’t buy me love – The Beatles Wherever you will go – The Calling In these arms – Bon Jovi More than words – Extreme Another brick in the wall – Pink Floyd School’s out – Alice Cooper Teach your children – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats Wish you were here – Pink Floyd I feel so – Box Car Racer Richard Cory – Simon and Garfunkel If only – Rod Stewart (must – logical conclusion) (1st conditional) (1st conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (2nd conditional) (to talk about education) (to talk about education) (to talk about education) (to talk about education) (wish) (wish) (wish / based on a poem) (‘if only’) High Advanced Spending my time - Roxette A thousand miles – Vanessa Carlton Sailing – Rod Stewart Penny Lane – The Beatles Pollution – Tom Lehrer Used to love her – Guns’n’Roses Don’t you want me – Human League I’m with you – Avril Lavigne How could an angel break my heart – Toni Braxton Don’t know why – Norah Jones We are the champions – Queen Whose bed have your boots been under – Shania Twain Last night I had the strangest dream – Simon and Garfunkel Flinch – Alanis Morissette In my life – The Beatles Reach – Gloria Estefan Hand in my pocket – Alanis Morissette Mediate – INXS Mystify – INXS (simple present/present progressive) (simple present/present progressive) (present progressive) (use of ‘the’) (articles: a, the, Ø ) (used to) (negative questions) (future – will: negative questions) (simple past) (simple past / idiomatic expressions) (present perfect / contractions) (present perfect / ‘whose’) (past perfect) (verb tenses review) (memories) (to talk about achievements) (adjectives) (word formation) (word formation) High Advanced Go west – Pet Shop Boys (discussion: lesson 1) That I would be good – Alanis Morissette (‘even if’) Crazy – Seal (‘unless’) Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies (simple past / short stories) American Pie – Madonna (simple past) Too many tears – Whitesnake (mixed up verb tenses) Torn – Natalie Imbruglia (mixed up verb tenses) Whenever, wherever – Shakira (gerund/past participle/infinitive with/without TO) Change – Lisa Stansfield (1st and 2nd conditionals) If I were you – K D Lang (2nd conditional) If only I could turn back time - Acqua (if only / 3rd conditional) One of us – Joan Osborne (conditionals) It must’ve been love - Roxette (past modals - must) Wishlist – Oasis (wish) Wish I were you – Patty Smith (wish) As long as you love me – Backstreet Boys (‘as long as’) Affirmation – Savage Garden (beliefs / discussion) Crazy little thing called love – Queen (spelling) You can leave your hat on – Joe Cocker (phrasal verbs / imperative) Destiny – Gloria Estefan (adverbs / phrasal verbs) Money – Pink Floyd (to talk about economy / business) Opportunities (Let’s make lots of money) – Pet Shop Boys (to talk about money / opportunities) Other themes/songs: I’m so tired – The Beatles The strangest thing – George Michael Galileo – Indigo Girls Hotel California – Eagles Every breath you take – The Police One of us – Joan Osbourne Ironic – Alanis Morissette English Man in New York – Sting When I’m 64 – The Beatles Return to innocence – Enigma (video clip) Too young to die – Jamiroquai You’re so vain – Carly Simon Papa don’t preach – Madonna / Kelly Osbourne Devil and the deep blue sea – George Harrison Head over feet – Alanis Morissette It’s a big old goofy world – John Prine Beauty and the beast – Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson The Christmas song – Ella Fitzgerald Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson Illegal alien – Genesis Third world child – Johnny Clegg, Asimbonoga New York Times – Cat Stevens The times they are a-changin’ Message in a bottle – Police Mother’s little helper – The Rolling Stones She’s leaving home – The Beatles Imagine – John Lennon War – Bruce Springsteen The needle and the damage done – Neil Young (‘so / such’ plus result clauses) (prepositions) (prepositions) (prepositions) (future progress / collocation) (‘what if’) (to talk about irony) (differences between Am & Br English) (to talk about retirement) (to talk about life / getting old) (to talk about peace / violence) (to talk about vanity) (story telling) (sayings) (clichés) (clichés) (rhyming words) (Christmas words) (to talk about racism) (to talk about racism) (to talk about racism) (to talk about city life) (to talk about modern times) (to talk about loneliness) (to talk about escape / drugs) (to talk about escape) (to talk about war and peace) (to talk about war and peace) (to talk about drugs)