Cheap Thrills
Sia · 2015
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- (I love cheap thrills)
- Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight
- (I love cheap thrills)
- But I don't need no money
Echo the hook
- It's Saturday, and it won't be long
- Gotta paint my nails, put my high heels on
- It's Saturday, and it won't be long
- 'Til I hit the dance floor, hit the dance floor
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I got all I need
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I love cheap thrills
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
As long as I can feel the beat
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
As long as I keep dancing
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It's Friday night, and it won't be long
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Come on, come on, ? the radio on
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
It's Friday ? and it won't be long
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
But I ? need no money
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
As long as I ? dancing
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Gotta ? my nails, put my high heels on
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "need" in the whole song?
"need"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?
"don't"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- As long as I can feel the beat
- Come on, come on, turn the radio on
- It's Saturday, and it won't be long
Exercise 25
Describe the mood of "Cheap Thrills" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 26
Who in your life would you dedicate "Cheap Thrills" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 27
Compare "Cheap Thrills" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→won't→gotta→don't→
Exercise 29
Imagine you are making a short film with "Cheap Thrills" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Cheap Thrills" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).