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Photo courtesy of Spotify, CCO<\/p><\/div>\n

That sound you hear is the clock ticking out the final seconds of the decade. The 2010s are coming to a close and we at Transparent Language are going to bid farewell to 10 of the most tumultuous years in human history by compiling lists of the decade\u2019s best songs in many languages. These lists, one for each language, will be assembled into a playlist on Spotify. And we want your help!<\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks, my fellow bloggers will join me in listing their favorite songs from 2010 \u2013 2019. But, we want to know what you thought were the best songs in the language you are learning. Or, maybe, in your native language. And it doesn\u2019t matter what kind of song it is. Jazz, hip-hop, pop, show tunes, rap, metal, children\u2019s tunes \u2013 what did you love? What made you sing out loud, or made your heart beat a little faster? Share it with us! We will announce the different playlists early in 2020, and we will share them on Spotify.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m going to get this started by sharing my top 5. I have included the lyrics and a performance of each. These were my favorite English-language songs released over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n

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  1. All Too Well \u2013 Taylor Swift \u2013 <\/strong>songwriters Taylor Swift and Liz Rose<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I walked through the door with you, the air was cold<\/p>\n

    But something ’bout it felt like home somehow and I<\/p>\n

    Left my scarf there at your sister’s house<\/p>\n

    And you still got it in your drawer even now<\/p>\n

    Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze<\/p>\n

    We’re singing in the car, getting lost upstate<\/p>\n

    Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place<\/p>\n

    And I can picture it after all these days<\/p>\n

    And I know it’s long gone and<\/p>\n

    That magic’s not here no more<\/p>\n

    And I might be okay<\/p>\n

    But I’m not fine at all<\/p>\n

    Oh, oh, oh<\/p>\n

    ‘Cause there we are again on that little town street<\/p>\n

    You almost ran the red ’cause you were looking over me<\/p>\n

    Wind in my hair, I was there, I remember it all too well<\/p>\n

    Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red<\/p>\n

    You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-size bed<\/p>\n

    And your mother’s telling stories ’bout you on a tee ball team<\/p>\n

    You tell me ’bout your past, thinking your future was me<\/p>\n

    And I know it’s long gone and<\/p>\n

    There was nothing else I could do<\/p>\n

    And I forget about you long enough<\/p>\n

    To forget why I needed to<\/p>\n

    ‘Cause there we are again in the middle of the night<\/p>\n

    We dance around the kitchen in the refrigerator light<\/p>\n

    Down the stairs, I was there, I remember it all too well, yeah<\/p>\n

    Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much<\/p>\n

    But maybe this thing was a masterpiece ’til you tore it all up<\/p>\n

    Running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well<\/p>\n

    Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise<\/p>\n

    So casually cruel in the name of being honest<\/p>\n

    I’m a crumpled up piece of paper lying here<\/p>\n

    ‘Cause I remember it all, all, all too well<\/p>\n

    Time won’t fly, it’s like I’m paralyzed by it<\/p>\n

    I’d like to be my old self again, but I’m still trying to find it<\/p>\n

    After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own<\/p>\n

    Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone<\/p>\n

    But you keep my old scarf from that very first week<\/p>\n

    ‘Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me<\/p>\n

    You can’t get rid of it, ’cause you remember it all too well, yeah<\/p>\n

    ‘Cause there we are again, when I loved you so<\/p>\n

    Back before you lost the one real thing you’ve ever known<\/p>\n

    It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well<\/p>\n

    Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all<\/p>\n

    Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all<\/p>\n

    It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/youtu.be\/n2aw5hpLbvA<\/p>\n

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    1. Someone Like You \u2013 Adele \u2013 <\/strong>songwriters Adele Laurie Blue Adkins and Daniel Dodd Wilson<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I heard that you’re settled down<\/p>\n

      That you found a girl and you’re married now<\/p>\n

      I heard that your dreams came true<\/p>\n

      Guess she gave you things, I didn’t give to you<\/p>\n

      Old friend, why are you so shy?<\/p>\n

      Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the light<\/p>\n

      I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited<\/p>\n

      But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it<\/p>\n

      I had hoped you’d see my face<\/p>\n

      And that you’d be reminded that for me, it isn’t over<\/p>\n

      Never mind, I’ll find someone like you<\/p>\n

      I wish nothing but the best for you, too<\/p>\n

      “Don’t forget me, ” I beg<\/p>\n

      “I’ll remember, ” you said<\/p>\n

      Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead<\/p>\n

      Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead<\/p>\n

      You know how the time flies<\/p>\n

      Only yesterday was the time of our lives<\/p>\n

      We were born and raised in a summer haze<\/p>\n

      Bound by the surprise of our glory days<\/p>\n

      I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited<\/p>\n

      But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it<\/p>\n

      I had hoped you’d see my face<\/p>\n

      And that you’d be reminded that for me, it isn’t over<\/p>\n

      Never mind, I’ll find someone like you<\/p>\n

      I wish nothing but the best for you, too<\/p>\n

      “Don’t forget me, ” I begged<\/p>\n

      “I’ll remember, ” you said<\/p>\n

      Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead<\/p>\n

      Nothing compares, no worries or cares<\/p>\n

      Regrets and mistakes, they’re memories made<\/p>\n

      Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?<\/p>\n

      Never mind, I’ll find someone like you<\/p>\n

      I wish nothing but the best for you<\/p>\n

      “Don’t forget me, ” I beg<\/p>\n

      “I’ll remember, ” you said<\/p>\n

      Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead<\/p>\n

      Never mind, I’ll find someone like you<\/p>\n

      I wish nothing but the best for you, too<\/p>\n

      “Don’t forget me, ” I begged<\/p>\n

      “I’ll remember, ” you said<\/p>\n

      Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead<\/p>\n

      Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead<\/p>\n