Pop Songs for Children

A selection of classic and modern pop songs suitable for children

A great way to get the children in your class to buy-in to your music lessons is to provide them with examples of music that they know. Pop music is a simple way to do this. From doing workshops in primary schools all over Ireland, we've noticed that children have a surprisingly wide range of knowledge when it comes to pop music, whether it be from today's charts or back in time to the 70s and 80s.

Videos of pop music often feature dance moves, costumes and storytelling. They can be a useful platform to begin discussion on what instruments were used or try to figure out what decade the song is from based on hairstyles and fashion!


About The Author


Shane Mc Kenna
Shane Mc Kenna

Shane Mc Kenna is a musician and music teacher from Monaghan, based in Dublin. He studied Music Education and Music Technology in Trinity College Dublin where he became a leading researcher and developer in the area of new musical notation for education and collaborative music making. He has guest lectured in Ireland and abroad based on his work developing new systems of teaching and learning about music, inside and outside the classroom.

Shane is an experienced musician having performed in orchestras, choirs and bands on a range of instruments and is currently attempting to master the fiddle!

Shane hosts CPD courses across Ireland each a year and leads the development of the DabbledooMusic curriculum content.

If you have any questions or feedback about the curriculum content please get in touch!


Content Overview


  Randy Newman - You've got a Friend in Me
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  Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying
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  Adams Family Theme Tune
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  Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
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  The Bare Necessities (from The Jungle Book)
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  You've Got a Friend - James Taylor
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  Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
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  Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake
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  Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
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  Kylie Minogue - Locomotion
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  Simon and Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song
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  Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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  Pharrell Williams - Happy
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  The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye
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  The Beatles - Hey Jude
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  The Little Mermaid - Under the Sea
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  The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
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  Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
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  The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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  Bobby Pickett - The Monster Mash
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  Lulu - Shout
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  Queen - We Will Rock You
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  Bruno Mars - Count On Me
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  The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
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  Harry Nilsson - Lime in the Coconut
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  Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
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  Vengaboys - The Venga Bus
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  Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
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  Bastille - Pompeii
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