In the past four decades, songs have been the object of study in many different fields, namely, in Educational Linguistics. Due to recent advances in technology, the use of songs as authentic documents in the FFL and FSL classrooms has undoubtedly increased in popularity. Conducive to motivation, which in addition invigorates memory and activates the SL/FL acquisition process, the use of contemporary songs not only grounds learning into reality, but also harmonizes linguistic and cultural contents within a practice where (both students' and teachers') pleasure remains predominant. Revisiting the main characteristics which give contemporary songs the authentic document status, providing tools allowing sensible choices to be made while exposing these significant documents in the classroom, and creating pedagogical activities covering the large array of the four language competences are the aims of this article.