Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Prince narrates a one-night stand with a beautiful but promiscuous woman (the "Little Red Corvette" of the title). He uses several other automobile metaphors in the song.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
“Don't Answer Me” is a song by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, the British duo behind the Alan Parsons Project. This is their first music video, which features an award-winning animation by Michael Kaluta, inspired by 1930s comic strips.
Difficulty: Beginner
Northern Ireland, Scotland
The song "Run" is from Irish band Snow Patrol's album "Final Straw." The video features frontman Gary Lightbody in a forest at nighttime.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"China Girl" was originally co-written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop when they lived in Berlin. Although there are many interpretations of the song's meaning, the video particularly looks at and parodies Asian female stereotypes.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Taylor Swift teams up with British singer Ed Sheeran and American rapper Future for this song "End Game," the video for which was shot in Miami, Tokyo, and London.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Canadian singer Shawn Mendes released "Nervous" on his third studio album. It's a song about meeting a new potential love interest.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The Dropkick Murphys – an American Celtic band from Quincy, Massachusetts – level some heavy and hilarious criticism at Christmas and family members, but they are also having an awfully good time celebrating the holidays.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Prince said this about his song: "...Stay happy, stay focused, and you can beat the de-elevator [the "down" elevator as a metaphor for Satan]." It may be hard to understand the lyrics in this performance, but they're worth checking out. Find extended lyrics here
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This song from the album “A Night at the Opera” is considered one of the greatest rocks songs of all time. Music industry producers thought it was too long, at just under six minutes in length, and that no one would listen to it. Instead, it is the most streamed piece of music from the 20th century.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
In this famous live performance, David Bowie and Tina Turner perform a duo version of "Tonight," a song originally written by Iggy Pop and Bowie. The lyrics are simple and repetitive, but when the two stars get together onstage, there's magic.
Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
An animated video of the festive British carol, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” The carol's origins are not known, but it was first written down in 1935 by Arthur Sydney Warrell, a Bristol choirmaster.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Katie Melua covers one of Joni Mitchell's most famous songs. Although the song is merely set near Christmas time, rather than being about Christmas, it has become something of a modern Christmas standard.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande perform the song "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House at One Love Manchester. The event was organized by Ariana Grande in response to the bombing after her concert at Manchester Arena.
Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
"When Doves Cry" is one of Prince's most iconic songs and music videos. It was a worldwide hit, and his first American number one single. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Canada, USA
The Barr Brothers is a folk quartet founded in Montreal by Andrew and Brad Barr, brothers who come from Rhode Island in the United States. Together with Sarah Page, Andres Vial, and other musicians, they perform “Song That I Heard” at the Pop Montreal Festival.
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