English is an international language, which in today's era of
globalization is mandatory to master and taught in schools. However, sometimes it is still encountered where the process of learning English at school is scary and boring for students, because perhaps the media and methods used by teachers
have been used too often. This research aims to describe students' perception on the use of pop songs in English language learning in El Shadai Private Senior High School in Magelang. This research method was descriptive qualitative
research and it involved describing and providing important information from the research. This research used interview, and observation in collecting data and used data display and the conclusion was drawn. The researcher found that English songs could help students in the learning process, especially improved their motivation and desire to learned English. Students liked to learn using songs because it made them did not feel bored. Moreover, students could learn new
vocabulary and pronunciation from the songs. However, there were also some challenges that faced by the students because not all the students could have good concentration in learning English while listening to pop songs.