There’s so much good Spanish language music out there and not all of them are easy songs to learn Spanish. If you’re in the early stages of learning Spanish, or if you’re new to using music to help you learn, here are 7 easy songs to learn Spanish.

First things first, I’ve put these 7 easy songs to learn Spanish into a playlist for you over on Spotify. Check it out right here so you’ve got them lined up ready to go.

Song 1. Me Gustas Tú – Manu Chao

This is Spanish Class 101, right? Teachers love this one because it’s super repetitive and teaches a useful structure: “I like”.

Manu Chao name checks some Latin American cities and countries in the intro, so you get a little geogrpahy there.

Plus there’s plenty of noun vocab to keep you busy (yes, including ‘marihuana’, which isn’t drastically different to the English word).

What To Learn:

1. How ‘gustar’ works.

Me gustan los aviones, me gustas tú, me gusta viajar.

You’ve got lots of chances to see how the verb ‘gustar’ works, which is super handy as it’s a useful verb and it works a little differently to most!

2. Simple future tense.

¿Qué voy a hacer?

It’s repeated many times, so you’ll definitely have a chance to get familiar with this phrase.

Simple future tense “I’m going to…” in Spanish is formed with ‘voy a’ plus the verb in it’s full, infinitive form.

3. A little bit of French!

There’s nothing wrong with mixing your languages!

With Me Gustas Tu, you’ll also be learning a few French phrases as well. Multilingualism is the future! Embrace it!

Related: How to Use Spotify for Language Learning

Song 2. Soy Yo – Bomba Estereo

Yes, there’s a cheeky subjunctive or two, but if you don’t know those yet, no worries!

You can deconstruct the first verse for lots of examples of the preterite tense. Yay!

What To Learn:

1. Preterite past tense.

The first line is this: Me caí, me paré, caminé, me subí.

Plenty of preterite examples to get you acquainted with the past, which can be scary to start using.

2. Gerund. Aka, -ing words.

There’s lots of examples in this song of “-ing” words too.

See if you can spot the verb they’re often used with in the lyrics for a useful expression to use when you keep going with something.

3. “Don’t worry!”

I love it when you can catch a full phrase in a song that you’ll likely want to use in regular speech.

‘Don’t worry’ is a good one. And it’s here – see if you can spot it.

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Song 3. La Gozadera – Gente De Zona

I like to think of this song as the Latin American roll call!

As well as plenty of country vocabulary, you’ll get some new niche words to do with different places too, which is cool.

It’s got a pretty good speed too, so it’s not too fast to sing along with once you get the drift of the lyrics.

What To Learn:

1. Preterite past tense.

There’s some third person singular preterites in the chorus. Can you spot them?

Getting that repetition in with se formó, me lo confirmó, me lo regaló, repicó is a great way to become more familiar with the structure.

2. Aaaall the country names!

Part of the joy of Spanish is just how many countries and cultures learning it opens you up to.

Like I said, I think of this as the roll call song. So you’ll be able to catch all the country names pretty easily!

3. Local lingo.

What’s el arroz con habichuelas? La gozadera? La tambora merenguera?

This song gives you a good opportunity to begin to explore some localised Spanish terms. And learn more about music and food in different places in the process.

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Song 4. Vivir Mi Vida – Marc Anthony

This is a great song to get familiar with the easiest and quickest way to express future tense.

Plus it’s super chantable and a great speed – the lyrics are delivered slightly slower than La Gozadera, I’d say!

What To Learn:

1. Simple future tense.

Plenty more examples of “voy a…” for “I’m going to…” in this song.

This also means you get to learn some infinitive verbs too. Double whammy. Woop!

2. Sometimes.

There’s a few examples in this song of “sometimes”. See if you can spot them.

Let it be a chance to take control of your learning and learn more time expressions too. I’m thinking always, often, sometimes, rarely, never.

3. Why do this? Why do that?

There’s a few examples of the expression “¿para qué…?” alongside “¿pa’ qué?”.

This is a great chance to see how the structure works and can be shortened in casual speech and certain dialects of Spanish.

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Song 5 (and 6, 7, 8…!). El Ciclo de la Vida – The Lion King

And any Disney song or and song you know that’s got two versions!

Using songs we’re familiar with is a really easy way to start to bring music into our learning, so Disney works great here.

What To Learn:

1. Present tense.

Sure, a handful of the verbs here are subjunctive. We don’t need to worry about that just yet if you’re a beginner.

But there’s also lots of present tense verbs too, which is great!

2. Pronouns.

You’ve got a nos, se, su, lo, nuestro. Plenty of examples of different types of pronouns to start a little more learning in that area.

3. Vocab group practice.

The sun, shines, light, heat…

Use this song as a good exercise in increasing your vocabulary by creating related vocab groups to learn.

You can then use this skill for anything else you encounter where you want to learn more vocab.

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Song 6. Brillando – Fémina

Super easy to follow, repeats, nice speed. What’s not to love?

What To Learn:

1. If.

There’s lots of possible constructions with “if” in Spanish, just like in English.

This song gives you some easy ones to start with: if you do this, I do that. Present tense plus present tense.

A great introduction to “if”.

2. If + future.

Then we also get the chance to see what happens when we say something like…

If this happens, I will do that.

3. Así.

A great little word to intrduce yourself to.

Use this as a platform from which to discover more uses for this one.

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Song 7. La Venda – Miki Nuñez

I’m calling it. One of the most underrated Eurovision songs.

This Spanish entry from 2019 also happens to be super useful for learners too.

Lots of verbs, a nice amount of repetition to latch onto and repeat. ¡Baila!

What To Learn:

1. How to change a verb meaning with “te”.

There’s a fair number of verbs in this song. And lots with a “te” in front of them.

Use this as a chance to see how the meaning changes when you add pronouns like this in front.

2. A mixture of tenses.

You’ve got some exposure here to present, preterite, imperfect, future…now go spot them all!

3. Ya.

I really love this word.

You know those words that you learn in a language and it suddenly opens up a whole new world of things you can say? Ya is one of those words.

Discover it in this song and begin to use it yourself.

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Learn more Spanish with Music!

It’s been a joy over the years to work with Tamara Marie of Spanish Con Salsa. Tamara makes learning Spanish fun through using songs instead of textbooks.

So if you’ve been drowning in the grammar tables and wondering how to reconnect with the fun side of Spanish, I have something to share with you!

Tamara created the Learn Spanish With Music course for people like you.

Each lesson takes a Spanish song and uses it as a focus for learning something new. So you get the best of both worlds – proper learning alongside cultural joy!

Lots more easy songs to learn Spanish waiting for you in the Learn Spanish With Music course!

Find out more and join Learn Spanish With Music now. (that’s my affiliate link by the way because I love and respect Tamara’s work!)