Here’s a list of pop songs that I’ve used with students! I decided to share this publicly so you can see what kinds of music I’ve used with students before. I plan to update this to add more information about what ages students were when they studied the music and how we used it in their lessons.
In the meantime, learn more about how I use popular music and students’ favorite songs by checking out two of my recent blog posts: Teaching Pop Music: Music Theory with the Rolling Stones and Using Pop Music in Private Lessons.
A
All Time Low
- Weightless
B
The Beatles
- Hard Day’s Night
- I Saw Her Standing There
- Let It Be
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic)
Becky G
- Shower
The Black Keys
- Tighten Up
Bon Jovi
- You Give Love A Bad Name
Bullet For My Valentine
- All These Things I Hate
C
Johnny Cash
- Ring Of Fire
Leonard Cohen
- Hallelujah
Concrete Blondes
- God Is A Bullet
Crosby, Stills, & Nash (& Young)
- Our House
D
Daft Punk
- Get Lucky
Deep Purple
- Smoke On The Water
F
Foo Fighters
- Stranger Things Have Happened
Frozen
- For The First Time In Forever
- Let It Go
Fun.
- We Are Young
G
Selena Gomez
- One And The Same
I
Imagine Dragons
- It’s Time
- Radioactive
J
Jack Johnson
- People Watching
L
Miranda Lambert
- Baggage Claim
John Lennon
- Stand By Me
Demi Lovato
- Heart Attack
- Neon Lights
- One And The Same
- This Is Me
M
Bob Marley
- Three Little Birds
Bruno Mars
- Grenade
MKTO
- Classic
Van Morrison
- Brown Eyed Girl
Jason Mraz
- I Won’t Give Up
- I’m Yours
O
Of Monsters and Men
- Little Talks
One Direction
- One Thing
- Little Things
One Republic
- Counting Stars
Owl City
- Take To The Sky
P
Paramore
- Ain’t It Fun
Christina Perri
- Jar of Hearts
- A Thousand Years
Katy Perry
- Roar
- Wide Awake
Pharrell
- Happy
Pink
- Just Give Me A Reason
- Try
Plain White Ts
- Hey There Delilah
R
Rolling Stones
- Under My Thumb
S
Star Wars
- Imperial March
Taylor Swift
- 22
- All Too Well
- I Knew You Were Trouble
- Our Song
- Red
- Safe & Sound
- You Belong With Me
- We Are Never Getting Back Together