Playlist To Help You Learn French

Who said learning French has to be boring, or just about learning the rules and conjugations, and grammar? What if I tell you that you can learn French while vibing on some amazing songs? Yes, you heard it right. French songs will help you not only with learning French, but will also give you immense insight into French culture, the way natives talk, their slang, and their accents. So, whether you are looking for the best way to learn French, learn French online, or maybe French language classes or French language courses, this playlist will add a little more fun to your journey.

Music has a magical impact on our brains. You might have noticed that we often remember the lyrics of songs that we have not heard in years. This is because our brain tend to remember music in a way that makes it easier for us to recall. And so this is a brilliant way to learn any new language. 

You don’t need to allocate separate time for this either; you can listen to songs while cooking, walking, driving, or just relaxing, and make it a part of your routine. You might not understand anything for the first time, but when you listen to it on loop, you will eventually catch the words. So you can pause and make a note of all the words you hear. You may also see the English translation to understand the song, which will help you choose your favorite and enjoy it better. This will help you so much with pronunciation, which is the most challenging part of learning French.  

These are some of my favourite songs, not just because they are so vibey, but have helped me a lot with my learning journey- Some of them have taught me vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, or something of the other. This is my morning playlist and hopefully will become a part of yours too. 

• Dernière Danse by Indila

A slow song where you will learn some basic verbs and simple sentence structures. 

• Aficionado by b b brunes

This is a French rock song which will make you groove and will help you with some vocabulary . 

•  Papaoutai by Stromae, 

This song is full of repetitions and everyday vocabulary, which will help you memorize questions and expressions.

• La vie en rose by Edith Piaf.

 You must have heard this one, where you will find a lot of adjectives and romantic expressions. 

•  Quelqu’un m’a dit by carla bruni

This one is a soft song with simple sentence patterns and expressions. 

• Bonnie and Clyde by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot

This one is more of a poetic song where you can learn storytelling in French 

• Je t’aime…moi non plus by Serge Gainsbourg 

It is an iconic song with an emotional tone and will help you with object pronouns and intonation. 

• On ne change pas by Celine Dion

This one is with clear pronunciation that will help you with negations 

• Je te promets by johny hallyday 

This song is sung slowly with clear pronunciation so that you can catch words easily.

•  Aux Champs Élysées by Joe Dassin 

This one is a classic, a simple song which feels like you are walking in Paris, and will help you with prepositions, simple verbs, and place vocabulary.

•  Moi Lolita by Alizée

This is a popular song where you can learn pronouns, gender forms

• Il y a by Vanessa Paradis. 

As the name suggests, it helps with framing sentences with “il y a”

•  J’ai demandé à la lune by indine

This helps with conjugations like j’ai demandé, and simple past structures

•  Une chanson douce by 

This one is full of nouns along with articles

• Mon précieux by soprano

This song is full of possessive structures- mon/ma/mes

• Tu verras  by Claude Nougaro

You can learn future tenses with this song

• Quand on auro que c’amour by Jacques Crel 

A song full of future tense and will help you with grammar

• Je vais t’aimer by Michel Sardou

Je vais t’aimer means “I am going to love you”. It is filled with sentences and phrases in futur proche tenses.

• Je veux by Zaz

This will help you with the verb vouloir (to want)

• Le lundi au soleil by Claude François

This will help you learn the days of the week.

• Sympathique by Pink Martini

This will help you to learn negations like je ne veux pas

• Hier encore by Charles Aznavour

This will help you in learning past tenses like passé composé

• Alouette by traditional

This song will teach you body parts like tete (head), nez(nose), yeux (eyes)

• On ecrit sus les murs by kids united

This one is sung by children and will help you with basic nouns, verbs, and present tenses. 

• Les mots bleus by Christophe 

This one will help you with future tenses like futur simple and pronouns

• Tu connais by volo

The main element of this one is the present tense of connaitre, a very useful verb; it also has possessive nouns and will help you learn family vocabulary. 

• Ca va ca va by claudio capeo

This will help you with futur proche, futur simple, and conjugations of  useful verbs like être, faire, avoir etc 

• Je te deteste by vianney

This will help you to learn verbs like aimer, savoir, être, avoir, and also object pronouns. 

• Comme des enfants by Coeus de pirate 

You can learn reflexive verbs and comparisons through this song. It is in the present tense. 

• Je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf 

This is full of repetitions and will help you with negotiations 

These are a few songs that you can add to your playlist and will help you in your French journey. Whether you are just a beginner or an intermediate student, these will surely make your learning journey more fun.