The Big List of School-Appropriate Songs To Keep Everyone Pumped Up and Motivated (2024)

Our Favorite School-Appropriate Songs 1. Better When I’m Dancin’ by Meghan Trainor 2. OK OK by HOKO 3. Three Little Birds by Bob Marley 4. The Sound of Sunshine by Michael Franti and Spearhead 5. Brand New Day by Lindsey Ray featuring Tim Myers 6. Colors by Black Pumas 7. Heat Waves by Glass Animals 8. Pompeii by Bastille 9. Golden Years by David Bowie 10. Safe and Sound by Capital Cities 11. Take On Me by A-Ha 12. Is It True? by Tame Impala 13. Me! by Taylor Swift featuring Brandon Urie of Panic! at the Disco 14. Cha Cha Slide by DJ Casper 15. Born This Way by Lady Gaga 16. Counting Stars by OneRepublic 17. When Can I See You Again? by Owl City 18. All About You by the Knocks featuring Foster the People 19. Be OK by Ingrid Michaelson 20. Don’t Stop Believing by Journey 21. Levitating by Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby 22. It’s the End of the World As We Know It by R.E.M. 23. On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons 24. My Universe by Coldplay & BTS 25. Meant To Be by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line 26. Africa by Toto 27. Praise You by Fatboy Slim 28. Save Your Tears by Ariana Grande and the Weeknd 29. Can’t Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake 30. More of This by Vetiver 31. I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston 32. A-Punk by Vampire Weekend 33. Brown Skin Girl by Beyoncé, Wizkid, and Saint Jhn featuring Blue Ivy 34. Jump by Van Halen 35. Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 36. This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna 37. Black Horse and the Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall 38. Permission to Dance by BTS 39. Cheap Thrills by Sia featuring Sean Paul 40. Good Feeling by Flo Rida 41. Miss You Much by Janet Jackson 42. Girl by Jukebox and the Ghost 43. Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison 44. One Week by Barenaked Ladies 45. Life Is a Highway by Tom Cochrane 46. Riptide by Vance Joy 47. Happy by Pharrell Williams 48. Try Everything by Shakira 49. Some Nights by Fun 50. Everybody Wants To Rule the World by Tears for Fears 51. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper 52. The River of Dreams by Billy Joel 53. Canned Heat by Jamiroquai 54. Centerfield by John Fogerty 55. Treat People With Kindness by Harry Styles 56. Dance Monkey by Tones and I 57. Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty 58. Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon 59. What Do I Know? by Ed Sheeran 60. September by Earth, Wind & Fire 61. Feel It Still by Portugal the Man 62. MMMBop by Hanson 63. Budapest by George Ezra 64. Respect by Aretha Franklin 65. One of Those Days by Little Big Town 66. Dynamite by BTS 67. Give a Little by Maggie Rogers 68. Malibu by Miley Cyrus 69. Kill ’Em With Kindness by Selena Gomez 70. Lights by Ellie Goulding 71. Old Town Road by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 72. Havana by Camila Cabello 73. I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness 74. Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen 75. Take a Chance on Me by ABBA 76. Yet To Come by BTS 77. Kick, Push by Lupe Fiasco 78. Hurricane by The Vamps 79. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift 80. As It Was by Harry Styles 81. Telepath by Conan Gray 82. Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush 83. Left and Right by Charlie Puth featuring Jungkook of BTS 84. 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready?) by Lizzo 85. I Like You (A Happier Song) by Post Malone featuring Doja Cat 86. Celestial by Ed Sheeran and Pokémon 87. That That by Psy featuring SUGA of BTS 88. Cold Heart by Dua Lipa and Elton John 89. Magic by Tomorrow x Together 90. Dance the Night by Dua Lipa 91. Flowers by Miley Cyrus 92. Made You Look by Meghan Trainor 93. Butter by BTS 94. I Don’t Care by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber 95. Fight Song by Rachel Platten 96. Cupid by 50/50 97. Adore You by Harry Styles 98. The Feels by TWICE 99. Sucker by Jonas Brothers 100. Rain on Me by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande 101. Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa 102. No Excuses by Meghan Trainor 103. Pink by Lizzo 104. U Know What’s Up by 4*Town 105. Only Wanna Be With You by Post Malone 106. Love Story (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift 107. Could Have Been Me by Halsey 108. I Ain’t Worried by OneRepublic 109. Lift Me Up by Rihanna 110. Part of That World by Halle Bailey 111. Annihilate by Lil Wayne, Metro Boomin, Offset, and Swae Lee 112. Stay by Kid Laroi ft. Justin Bieber 113. A Sky Full of Stars by Taron Egerton 114. Golden Hour by JVKE 115. Karma by Taylor Swift ft. Ice Spice 116. I Don’t Think I Like Her Anymore by Charlie Puth 117. Am I Dreaming by A$AP Rocky, Metro Boomin, and Roisee 118. Happier by Olivia Rodrigo 119. Do It Like That by the Jonas Brothers and TXT 120. Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift 121. Light Switch by Charlie Puth 122. What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish 123. We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto 124. Peaches by Jack Black 125. Better Place by *NSYNC Want to try out this playlist of school-appropriate songs with your students? Check out the We Are Teachers Spotify page for this playlist and more!