Difficulty: Intermediate
Austria Austrian
Musical duo Wiener Blond sings "Der letzte Kaiser" in the Viennese dialect—clearly a declaration of love for Austria's capital and the very special attitude toward life that prevails there.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
"Niemals allein" ("Never alone") is Sophia's debut single and a declaration of love to her partner, as well as a promise to always be there for them.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Who doesn't dream of having lots of money? Die Prinzen, one of Germany's most famous pop bands, list various ways of achieving this goal in their song "Millionär." Fun fact: Before they formed the Prinzen, most of the band's members were singers in the St. Thomas Choir of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig—a choir that was founded in 1212 and conducted by Johann Sebastian Bach from 1723-1750.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
"Schneeflöcken, Weißröckchen" is actually a winter song, but it is also sung throughout Germany during Advent and Christmas. Learn the words here!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Silbermond is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. Singer Stefanie Kloß wrote the song "In meiner Erinnerung" about her father, who died when she was young. This video shows the band recording the song in France.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
A new romance and plenty of sun, sand, and sea... But will it last forever or just for one night?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
This song is about the breakdown of a relationship that you can't or don't want to let go of, even if the photos are slowly fading and you ask yourself every day when it will finally be easier.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
In this song, LEA expresses the suffering that a long-distance relationship can cause. There is no happy ending here, but rather a sense of resignation and the desire to be alone after all.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
This song, released in 1986, was Rio Reiser's first hit as a solo artist after his work with the band Ton Steine Scherben. Born Ralph Möbius, he was always known for his political views, which are also expressed here.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
Alligatoah—real name Lukas Strobel—makes witty rap songs. In "Du bist schön" ("You are beautiful"), he mocks our superficial obsession with beauty, cleverly incorporating cultural references, quotations, and puns into his lyrics.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
The ballad "Lieb mich" ("Love me") by AYLIVA is about the longing for love and forgiveness, about vulnerability and the fear of losing someone.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
With "June," Becks, whose real name is Rebecca Thomalla, has written a rousing summer song that is as energizing as a new romance.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
This song tells the story of a deaf girl who plays music at high volume because she can only enjoy it when she feels it in her stomach and the floor trembles. Her neighbors are less enthusiastic.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Hailing from the city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hava is a German rapper of Bosnian-Turkish descent. In "Ja sagen," she sings about the feeling of being truly in love for the first time after a series of meaningless relationships.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
"Alle Vögel sind schon da" is one of the best-known German children's songs about spring. The lyrics were written in 1835 by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874) and published in his poems in 1837.
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