Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Penny is dancing with another guy to Great Balls of Fire while Timmy shyly looks on. But then something happens... The music for the final scene is the hit song from both 1963 and 1977 Da doo ron ron. These nonsense syllables were originally intended as placeholders until lyrics for those lines could be written, but they caught on, and were kept as actual (though nonsensical) lyrics.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
British singer-songwriter Anne-Marie performs Ciao Adios, whose title uses both the Italian and the Spanish words for "bye." It's a break-up song, but rather than crying herself to sleep, the girl is getting over it and moving on in the midst of fast-paced lyrics and contagious dancehall-inflected rhythm.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Donna teaches Timmy to dance, and in the background we hear two hits from the period: Rip it Up from 1956 and Great Balls of Fire from 1957.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ireland
A live performance, by The Navvies, of a traditional Irish song about North men and South men being on the same road, and carrying the same burdens.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Negotiating a salary is one the trickiest phases of a job interview. Here are some tips.
Difficulty: Beginner
Northern Ireland
"The Bit That I Don't Get," sung by Katie Melua, is from her fifth studio album, Secret Symphony. She sings about breaking up, and trying to make sense of it.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Zendaya is given a series of Disney related questions and she has to choose her favorite answer.
Difficulty: Beginner
Denmark
Here is the video for the song "Friends" from "Before the Dinosaurs," the second studio album from Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione .
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
From the emperor's council to the townspeople, everyone is pretending that the garments exist. Hopefully, someone will eventually have the courage to speak up!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This very entertaining animated version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" has a moral that is applicable in society and politics to this very day. And though looking good is important, that is most definitely not the moral of this story!
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
"Hey Jude," from 1968, topped the charts in Britain for two weeks and for nine weeks in the U.S., where it became The Beatles' longest-running No.1 hit single. It was also the single with the longest running time.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Bush, a British band led by guitarist-vocalist Gavin Rossdale, perform the hit song from their album The Sea of Memories.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
In this simple, upbeat song from the 2013 album "Moon Landings," James Blunt sings about changing his ways as soon as he finds love again.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This song teaches about the digit 0, portrayed as a superhero, as well as multiplication by powers of 10. This song was voted the 11th best song on the 30th anniversary edition. Sung and written by Bob Dorough.
Difficulty: Beginner
Canada, United Kingdom
Alice Merton, a British-Canadian artist, performs “No Roots,” a song inspired by her nomadic lifestyle.
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