Songs for kids
Top 25 Spanish and bilingual kids songs
Traditional Spanish songs, pop hits and songs from films in Spanish and English. Good for heritage speakers and for beginners learning a second language.
Compiled Oct 2026 from public chart history (Spotify and YouTube kids and family charts, Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales and Hot 100, Kidz Bop and soundtrack streaming through 2025/2026) and from the songs' release records. Order is an editor's ranking of lasting popularity with kids, not a single chart's numbers. Titles, artists and years should be spot-checked against the artist's page before use. Checked 2026-10-25. Nobody paid to be here. The buy links are plain search links, not affiliate links, so Peabody earns nothing from them.
Despacito
Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee · 2017 · Ages 9-13
The most streamed song of the 2010s at one point.
Watch for: Lyrics are suggestive in Spanish; a clean Kidz Bop-style version exists.
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La Bamba
Ritchie Valens · 1958 · Ages 3-13
A Mexican folk song turned rock classic; the chorus is a sing-along.
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De Colores
Traditional · 1900s · Ages 1-13
A folk song about the colors of nature, sung in schools and by farmworkers' groups.
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Cielito Lindo
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés · 1882 · Ages 2-13
Mexico's best-known folk song, with the 'ay, ay, ay, ay' chorus.
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Los pollitos dicen
Traditional · 1900s · Ages 0-6
A lullaby and play song about chicks asking for food.
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La Cucaracha
Traditional · 1800s · Ages 2-9
A fast folk song about a cockroach that can't walk.
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Dos Oruguitas
Sebastián Yatra (Encanto) · 2021 · Ages 6-13
A Spanish ballad about loss and love, nominated for an Oscar.
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Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
Shakira · 2010 · Ages 3-13
The 2010 World Cup song, partly in Spanish.
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Vivir mi vida
Marc Anthony · 2013 · Ages 5-13
A salsa cover of an Algerian song about living in the present.
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La vida es un carnaval
Celia Cruz · 1998 · Ages 4-13
A salsa song about the joy of life with a chant.
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Livin' la Vida Loca
Ricky Martin · 1999 · Ages 8-13
Un Poco Loco
Anthony Gonzalez and Gael García Bernal (Coco) · 2017 · Ages 5-13
A bright duet with a trumpet-and-guitar groove.
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Pin Pon
Traditional · 1900s · Ages 1-5
A little puppet who washes his face.
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Arroz con leche
Traditional · 1900s · Ages 1-6
A game song about rice pudding.
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Las Mañanitas
Traditional · 1800s · Ages 1-13
The Mexican birthday song, sung as a serenade.
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Bate bate chocolate
Traditional · 1900s · Ages 1-8
A chant for stirring chocolate that kids clap to.
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Cinco patitos
Traditional · 1900s · Ages 1-5
A counting-down song with five ducklings.
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Guantanamera
Joseíto Fernández · 1929 · Ages 4-13
A Cuban song with a verse by poet José Martí.
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Feliz Navidad
José Feliciano · 1970 · Ages 2-13
A bilingual Christmas song with a short, repeat-after-me chorus.
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Un elefante se balanceaba
Traditional · 1900s · Ages 2-6
A spider-web counting song for elephants.
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Sofia
Álvaro Soler · 2015 · Ages 6-13
A light Spanish-English pop song.
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Mi Gente
J Balvin and Willy William · 2017 · Ages 7-13
A big reggaeton-electronic hit.
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Danza Kuduro
Don Omar feat. Lucenzo · 2010 · Ages 7-13
A fast Latin party song.
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Color Esperanza
Diego Torres · 2001 · Ages 5-13
An Argentine song about hope that schools sing.
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Remember Me (Recuérdame)
Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade (Coco) · 2017 · Ages 5-13
A lullaby that becomes the heart of Coco; a good song for talking about grandparents.
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