Rebel Yell
Billy Idol · 1983
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- With a rebel yell "More, more, more"
- "More, more, more"
- She don't like slavery, she won't sit and beg
- But when I'm tired and lonely she sleeps in bed
Echo the hook
- She want more
- "More, more, more, more, more!"
- Ooh yeah, little angel
- She want more
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
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:
What sets you free?
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
He lives in a-his own heaven
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
A thousand miles for you
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
A million times, for you
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
For money to burn, for you
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
And if it ? pray help from above, because
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
She ? like slavery, she won't sit and beg
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
In the midnight hour, ? "More, more, more"
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
I ? the world for you, babe
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I'd ? my soul, for you, babe
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "babe" in the whole song?
"babe"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "cried" in the whole song?
"cried"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Collects it to go from the 7-Eleven
- In the midnight hour babe, "More, more, more"
- In the midnight hour, babe "More, more, more"
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- A million times, for you
- Ooh yeah, little baby
- With a rebel yell "More, more, more"
Exercise 26
Imagine you are making a short film with "Rebel Yell" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 27
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 28
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→won't→i'm→he's→i'd→
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Rebel Yell" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).