ABBA – Money, Money, Money Adam Lambert / Tears For Fears – Mad World Alanis Morissette – Everything Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero Cher - Be
Trang 1ABBA – Money, Money, Money
Adam Lambert / Tears For Fears – Mad World
Alanis Morissette – Everything
Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
Cher - Believe
Des’ree - You Gotta Be
Dionne Warwick / Gabrielle / Seal - Walk On By
Elton John - Your Song
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Fools Garden – Lemon Tree
Jason Mraz / Colbie Callait - Lucky
James Blunt - You´re Beautiful
Michael Learns To Rock - Take Me To Your Heart
Michael Montgomery - I Swear
Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
Robbie Williams ´She´s The One
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
Sade – By Your Side
The Beatles - I'm So Tired
The Beatles - Think For Yourself
The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush
Tom Jones - Sex Bomb
Grammar
Grammar
I have categorized songs under various headings such as grammar, discussion topics and vocabulary The grammar group has been divided according to suggested use e.g articles; present simple etc The vocabulary group has been divided according to focus e.g colours; weather etc This list is by no means comprehensive It has been compiled mostly from my own experience and from ideas from various websites including
www.musicalenglishlessons.org Sometimes it is difficult to decide if a category belongs under
‘Grammar’ or under ‘Vocabulary’ so please check both if you are looking for something specific.
Any song can be used for grammar and vocabulary tasks so I have concentrated on what I
thought to be the main focus.
I have categorized songs under various headings such as grammar, discussion topics and vocabulary The grammar group has been divided according to suggested use e.g articles; present simple etc The vocabulary group has been divided according to focus e.g colours; weather etc This list is by no means comprehensive It has been compiled mostly from my own experience and from ideas from various websites including
www.musicalenglishlessons.org Sometimes it is difficult to decide if a category belongs under
‘Grammar’ or under ‘Vocabulary’ so please check both if you are looking for something specific.
Any song can be used for grammar and vocabulary tasks so I have concentrated on what I
thought to be the main focus.
Trang 2Elvis Presley – Always On My Mind Adverbs Of Frequency
Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now (The Rain Has Gone)
Martina Mcbride - I Love You
Michael Montgomery - I Swear
Articles
Maroon 5 - This Love
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
Auxiliary Verbs
John Lennon / Eva Cassidy - Imagine Modal Auxiliaries (Might; May; Could; Would) Lemar - If There's Any Justice In The World Modal Auxiliaries (Would; Should)
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends Auxiliary Verbs
Causative
Pink – Get The Party Started
Collocations
Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa
Prince – Purple Rain
Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life
The Police – Every Breath You Take
Comparatives And Superlatives
Alanis Morissette – Everything
Christina Aguilera – Fighter
Elton John - Your Song
Tina Turner – The Best
Whitesnake - The Deeper The Love Comparative
Michael Jackson & ‘Friends’- We Are The World
Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Superlative
Sade - Never As Good As The First Time ‘As As’; Comparatives
Conditionals
Barenaked Ladies - If I Had A Million Dollars 2nd Conditional
Beautiful South - I'll Sail This Ship Alone 1st Conditional
Brian Mcknight - Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda 3rd Conditional; Modals
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Celine Dion - When I Fall in Love
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time 1st Conditional
Trang 3Don Williams - If I Were A Carpenter 2nd Conditional
Eric Clapton - Change the World
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven 2nd Conditional
Frank Sinatra - If You Go Away 1st Conditional
Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes (
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 3rd Conditional
John Lennon / Eva Cassidy - Imagine Conditionals; Modals
Katie Melua – If You Were A Sailboat 2nd Conditional
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This 1st Conditional
Mariah Carey - Lead The Way 1st Conditional
Randy Travis - If I Didn’t Have You 2nd Conditional
Rod Stewart - I Don't Want To Talk About It 1st Conditional
Simply Red - If You Don’t Know Me By Now 1st Conditional
Taylor Swift - Should've Said No 3rd Conditional
The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love 1st Conditional
The Beatles - If I Fell 1st & 2nd Conditionals
The Beatles - From Me To You – 1st Conditional
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends 2nd & Mixed Conditionals
The Proclaimers - I Would Walk 500 Miles 1st And 2nd Conditionals
Trini Lopez - If I Had A Hammer 2nd Conditional
Within Temptation - What Have You Done
Zero Mostel - If I Were A Rich Man 2nd Conditional
Conjunctions
John Lennon - Imagine
Contractions
Britney Spears - Overprotected
Depeche Mode - Strange Love
Fergie - Big Girls Don´t Cry
Taylor Swift - Should've Said No Also 3rd Conditional
Direct Speech
The Chemical Romance - Cancer
Error Correction
The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up
Future Forms
Alicia Keys – No One
Avril Lavigne - I’m With You Future – Will: Negative Questions Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On
Celine Dion - When I Fall in Love
Jamie Cullum - Next Year Baby Going To
Trang 4James Blunt - You're Beautiful Will
Jack Johnson - We're Going To Be Friends Going To
Madonna - You´ll See
Nat King Cole - When I Fall In Love
Ottis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Future Continuous
Phil Collins - You’ll Be In My Heart Future – Will
Ray Conniff And Singers - Somewhere My Love
Savage Garden - Truly, Madly, Deeply Future – Will
The Police - Every Breath You Take Future Continuous
The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You Will
The White Stripes - We´re Going To Be Friends Going To; Will
Third Eye Blind - How’s It Going to Be
Whitney Houston - I'll Always Love You Will
Future Perfecr
Faith Hill - You Will Be Mine
Sheryl Crowe - It's Only Love
Gerund / Past Participle / Infinitive (With/Without To)
Annie Lennox – No More “I Love You’s” Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To) Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To) Busted - Crashed The Wedding Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To) Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On Infinitive
James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To) Maroon 5 - This Love Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To) Natasha Bedingfield - These Words Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To) Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out Verbs; Infinitives; Gerunds
Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight Gerunds
Shakira - Whenever Wherever Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To) The Corrs - What Can I Do
Imperatives
Bobby Mcferrin - Don´t Worry Be Happy
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Hurricane Smith -Don´t Let It Die
Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On Also Phrasal Verbs
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
Kylie Minogue - Can´t Get You Out Of My Head
Michael Jackson – Heal The World
REM - Losing My Religion
Sixpence None the Richer - Love Me
Sting - Nothing About Me
Trang 5Supertramp - Logical Song
The Cardigans – Lovefool
The Cardigans - Kiss Me
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
Modals
ABBA - The Day Before You Came Perfect Modals
Adam Lambert – Whataya Want From Me Might; Would; Won’t; Wouldn’t; Could
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
Brian Mcknight - Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda 3rd Conditional; Should Have; Would Have;
Could Have Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Shouldn´t Have; Must; Wouldn´t
Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind
Bon Jovi - Misunderstood
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth Past Modals
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind Past Modals
Eric Clapton - Change the World
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Jack Johnson - Better Together
Jamiroquai – Virtual Reality Probability; Ability
Lenny Kravitz - Always On The Run Past Modals
Madness - It Must Be Love
Mariah Carey / Nielson – I Can’t Live If Living Is Can; Can´t
Without You
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love Would
Michael Bublé - Moondance Can
Phil Collins – Another Day In Paradise Can
Phil Collins - You´ll be In My Heart
R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly Can For Ability
Roxette - It Must’ve Been Love Past Modals - Must
Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends - Would; Should; Can
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love Modals – Possibility
The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go Should
The Police - Roxanne
Westlife - You Must Have Had A Broken Heart
U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own Don’t Have To; Mustn’t
Whitney Houston / Enrique Iglesias - Could
Could I Have This Kiss Forever
Nouns
Avril Lavigne - Sk8ter Boi
Beyonce - Sweet Dreams My La Ex
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Nouns; Colours
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
The Police - Roxanne
Particles
Avril Lavigne - Complicated Prepositions & Particles
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly Prepositions & Particles
Trang 6Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Prepositions & Particles Queen - We Are The Champions Prepositions & Particles Queen - The Show Must Go On Prepositions & Particles
Pink - Family Portrait Prepositions & Particles Avril Lavigne - Mobile Prepositions & Particles Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s” Prepositions & Particles Natasha Bedingfield - Single Prepositions & Particles The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends Prepositions & Particles Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Present Participle
Passives
Allanah Myles - Black Velvet
Bonnie Tyler - It’s A Heartache
Cat Stevens – Moonshadow
Crowded House - Something So Strong
Elton John - Sad Songs Say So Much
Glen Campbell - Southern Nights
Gloria Gaynor - Let's Mend What's Been Broken
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Journey - Who's Crying Now
Human League - Fascination
Kiss - I Was Made For Loving You
Led Zeppelin - All My Love
Level 42 - Something About You
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Offspring - Kirsty Are You Doing Okay
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Styx - The Best Of Times
The 5th Dimension - Age Of Aquarius
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
Three Dog Night - Just An Old-Fashioned Love Song
Westlife - Written In The Stars
Past Continuous
Aerosmith – Cryin’
John Lennon – Jealous Guy
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Past Perfect
Dido - My Lover’s Gone
James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
Madness – My Girl
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Simon And Garfunkel - Last Night I Had
The Strangest Dream
Past Simple
ABBA – Our Last Summer
Alanis Morissette - Are You Still Mad
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Alanis Morissette – Your House
All Saints - Black Coffee
Audioslave – Like A Stone
Avril Lavigne – Sk8ter Boi
Trang 7Backstreet Boys - How Did I Fall In Love With You
Beyoncé – Halo
Beyoncé / Shakira - Beautiful Liar
Beyoncé – Now I Know
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
Bryan Adams - Heaven
Bryan Adams - Summer Of ´69
Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
Cher / Nancy Sinatra Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Cyndi Lauper / Phil Collins / Eva Cassisdy - True Colours Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Coldplay – Yellow
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Dido – Thank You
Elton John – Candle In The Wind
Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
Eminem With Dido - Stan
Fastball - The Way
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Guns ‘n’ Roses - Sweet Child O´ Mine
Hootie and the Blowfish - Let Her Cry
Jack Johnson - Do You Remember?
James Blunt - 1973
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Jewel - Foolish Games
John Lennon – Jealous Guy
Jonas Brothers - Love Bug
Jonas Brothers - SOS
Jonas Brothers – Year 3000
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Justin Timberlake - Until The End Of Time
Katie Perry - I Kissed A Girl
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Keane - Spiraling
KT Tunstall – Big Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
Lady GaGa - Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
Lily Allen – Smile
Linkin Park - In the End
Madonna / Don McClean - American Pie
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Madonna - Nothing Really Matters
Madonna - Papa Don´t Preach
Maroon 5 – This Love
Michael Jackson – Heal The World
Miley Cyrus - 7 Things
Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang
Trang 8Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
Neil Diamond – America
Nelly Furtado - What I Really Wanted
Nickelback – Photograph
Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why
Oceana – Cry, Cry, Cry
One Republic / Timbaland - Apologize
Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Owl City – FirefliesAlso Conditionals
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Pink – Family Portrait
Pink - Who Knew
Queen – ‘39
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Rihanna - Umbrella
Rod Stewart - Everything I Own
Ronan Keating – This I Promise You
Simon And Garfunkel - America
Simon And Garfunkel – The Boxer
Simple Plan – Perfect
Sting - Something the Boy Said
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles – She Loves You
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine
The Beatles – Yesterday
The Cult - Painted On My Heart
The Cure - Boys Don´t Cry
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Eagles - The Girl From Yesterday
The Fugees / Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
The Human League - Don´t You Want Me, Baby?
The Last Goodnight – Pictures Of You
The Monkees - I´m A Believer - (Shrek Soundtrack)
The Rembrandts - I´ll Be There For You
The White Stripes - Same Boy You’ve Always Known
Toni Braxton - How Could An Angel Break My Heart
Train - Drops Of Jupiter
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
Westlife / Barry Manilow – Mandy
Will.i.am - It´s A New Day
Phrasal Verbs
Adam Lambert – Whataya Want From Me
Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Angie I Stone – I Wish Didn’t Miss You Wish; Phrasal Verbs
Backstreet Boys – Get Down
Cat Stevens - Father And Son
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Phrasal Verbs & Single Verbs Hilary Duff - Someone`s Watching Over Me
Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On
Pink - Family Portrait
Possessives
Christina Aguilera – Fighter
Trang 9Tom Jones - Sex Bomb
Prepositions
Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s”
Avril Lavigne - Complicated Prepositions & Particles Avril Lavigne - Mobile Prepositions & Particles Britney Spears - Sometimes
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Fools Garden – Lemon Tree
George Michael- The Strangest Thing
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Prepositions & Particles Indigo Girls - Galileo
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Lou Bega - Mambo No 5
Natasha Bedingfield - Single Prepositions & Particles Pink - Family Portrait Prepositions & Particles Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly Prepositions & Particles Queen - We Are The Champions Prepositions & Particles Queen - The Show Must Go On Prepositions & Particles Queen - Somebody To Love
Queen - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends Prepositions & Particles The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
The Eagles - Hotel California
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Tokio Hotel – Monsoon
Vonda Shepard - Tell Him
Present Continuous
Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
Avril Lavigne – I’m With You
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Elton John / George Michael - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Fools Garden – Lemon Tree
Matchbox 20 (Rob Thomas) - Unwell
Michael Jackson - Smile
Mylie Cyrus - The Climb
No Doubt - Don't Speak
Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Rod Stewart – Sailing
Simon And Garfunkel – Homeward Bound
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Present Perfect
ABBA – Dancing Queen
ABBA - I Have A Dream
Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy
Brandy - Have You Ever
Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler Also Questions
Bryan Adams / Michael Bolton - Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman
Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
Celine Dion - Have You Ever Been In Love
Trang 10Cyndi Lauper – True Colours
Credence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Chris de Burgh - Lady In Red
Crowded House – Locked Up
Drew Barrymore / Hugh Grant - Way Back Into Love
Elvis Presley - Never Been To Spain
Enrique Iglesias – You’re My Number One
Greenday - Wake Me When September Ends
James Blunt - Goodbye my Lover
Jason Mraz – Lucky
Katie Perry - I Kissed a Girl
Kelly Clarkson – Since You’ve Been Gone
Kenny Rogers – Lady
Lenny Kravitz – Again
Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest
Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
Madonna - Sorry
Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Pink - Glitter In The Air
Robbie Williams - The Road To Mandalay
Rod Stewart - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Slade - Far Far Away Complex Object + Present Perfect For
Experiences Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
S Club Seven - Have You Ever
The Corrs - What Can I Do
The Fugees / Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
The Offspring - Have You Ever
The Rembrandts - I´ll Be There For You (Friends Theme Song)
Queen – ‘39
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Queen - You´re My Best Friend
Queen - We Are The Champions
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I’m Looking For
Westlife - Have You Ever
Present Perfect Continuous
ABBA – I’ve Been Waiting For You
Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
Elton John – I’ve Been Loving You
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
Leona Lewis – Learn To Love You
London Beat – I’ve Been Thinking About You
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
Sixpence None The Richer – I’ve Been Waiting
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
The Rasmus – In The Shadows
UB40 – I’ve Been Missing You
Present Simple
Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You
Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life