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Dani California

Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2006

Dani California by Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest

Sing the opening verse

Gettin' born in the state of Mississippi
Papa was a copper and mama was a hippie
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama

californiashe'srest

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Gettin' born in theof Mississippi

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Price youpay when you break the panorama

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Lookin' down theof a hot metal forty-five

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

She's ababy and a fighter

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Who knew theside of you?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Push thegifted animator

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

In Alabama she would swing a hammer

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's my priestess, I'm your priest

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A little loaded, she was stealin' another breath

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Too true to say goodbye to you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Gettin' ? in the state of Mississippi

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Robbin' on a ? in the state of Indiana

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

California, ? in peace

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

A ? loaded, she was stealin' another breath

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Too ? to say goodbye to you

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "california" in the whole song?

"california"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "she's" in the whole song?

"she's"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

Gettin' born in the state of Mississippi
Push the fader, gifted animator
With a name like Dani California

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

California, show your teeth
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Never made it up to Minnesota

Exercise 26

If you could ask Red Hot Chili Peppers one question about "Dani California", what would it be and why?

californiashe'srestpeace

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Dani California" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

californiashe'srestpeace

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Dani California" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

californiashe'srestpeace

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

gotta→
she's→
gonna→
i'm→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Dani California" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

californiashe'srestpeace