Difficulty: Beginner
Barbados, USA
Colombian pop singer Shakira had her first success in the US market with hits like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath your Clothes." For this recent song, she teamed up with Barbadian singer Rihanna.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Ava Max is an American singer-songwriter born of Albanian parents. She has crafted pop songs that express her advocacy for female empowerment.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
"See Emily Play" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single in June 1967. In the 1970s, their sound became more experimental and they released albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
While most people sing about love, Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" is a song about will. The US singer-songwriter's motivational hit single from her album Wildfire is all about believing in yourself.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Miley Cyrus covers "Comfortably Numb," a song about isolation and confusion from Pink Floyd's famous concept album The Wall.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ireland
U2 are the biggest Irish rock band ever and this one of their greatest hits. It's a song of earnest doubt and heartfelt yearning that reminds us that we are all human and all searching for some meaning in our lives.
Difficulty: Advanced
USA
With every mistake there comes regret, and a mournful feeling permeates this song from the fifth album by the American indie rock band Grizzly Bear. It is accompanied by a colorful and surreal video said to be "a playful, pastel-drenched commentary on women’s liberation."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Scotland
This catchy and rousing song from Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers is so popular that it is often played at large sporting events, especially those featuring Scottish teams or players, where the whole crowd gets involved and sings along at the top of their voices. The music video features scenes from the film "Benny and Joon," which used the song in its soundtrack.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
This power ballad is a reworking of the main title theme from the film "A Small Circle of Friends," for which Jim Steinman wrote the score. It was first recorded by Australian soft rock band Air Supply and has been covered by many other artists, the most successful being that of Bonnie Tyler.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” is an upbeat electronic dance track and a surprising break from his usual acoustic sound. The outlandish music video portrays Sheeran as a vampire in a hot pink suit, but the song itself can be interpreted various ways.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
This "catchy, toe-tapping" song is a sort of love song, while the music video recreates a few movie scenes from the late seventies and eighties, such as Risky Business and Grease. The video also features Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Difficulty: Beginner
Jamaica
Love Is My Religion garnered a Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, giving a total of four Grammys to Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley, the eldest son of famous Bob Marley.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ireland
Inhaler is a band from Dublin, Ireland. This single is from their debut album It Won't Always Be Like This, which reached the top of the Irish charts and also entered the top 10 and top 20 album charts in the Netherlands and Germany.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Previously the lead singer of The Libertines, Pete Doherty launched his solo career with this single on his album Grace/Wasteland. In his unique, rambling, and poetic style, he plays with words and meaning to take us back to his adolescence, and what it meant to grow up in England. The "English rose" in question is rumored to be a schoolboy crush, but everything is left open to interpretation.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This hit pop song from Dua Lipa is about falling in love and the fear of getting hurt. Maybe she should have stayed at home after all…
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