What the song is about

This energetic 80s-style workout song is all about health. First you move to the beat and touch different parts of your body. Then the singer catches a cold, goes to the doctor, takes medicine and feels strong again. The chorus repeats the main message: health is the most important thing.

Useful words and expressions

Parts of the body: head, nose, knees, toes, arms, legs, feet, eyes, ears, mouth, chin, heart, stomach

Feeling sick:

  • I do not feel so well: I feel a little sick
  • I have a cold: I have a common illness with a runny nose and cough
  • My head hurts / I have a headache: two ways to say the same thing
  • My stomach hurts: you have pain in your belly
  • Do you have a fever?: is your body temperature too high?
  • the pain is gone: there is no more pain
At the doctor's:
  • the waiting room: where you sit before the doctor sees you
  • The doctor calls me in to take a look: the doctor asks you to come in and examines you
  • How are you feeling today? / Where does it hurt?: typical questions a doctor asks
  • Take this medicine, drink water, and rest.: typical advice
Healthy habits: take a deep breath, get some rest, eat your fruit, stay healthy, breathe in, breathe out

Other expressions:

  • as you can tell: as you can see or hear
  • carry on: continue

Grammar

  • Imperatives for instructions and advice: Stand up straight, Touch your head, Eat your fruit, Drink water.
  • Present simple to tell a story step by step: I go to bed, I sleep all night, The medicine helps.
  • have + illness and body part + hurts: I have a cold, I have a headache, My stomach hurts.
  • Questions with do/does: Do you have a fever?, Where does it hurt?
  • Present continuous for how you feel right now: How are you feeling today?
  • make + someone + verb: It makes you smile, it makes you sing.
  • keep + object + -ing: Keep your body moving.
  • Superlatives: the most important thing, the best.

Careful: lyrics bent for the rhyme

Some lines sound a little unusual because of the rhyme or rhythm. Don't copy them in everyday English:

  • Listen to what the music begs: music doesn't really "beg". This word is only there to rhyme with legs. Just say listen to the music.
  • Stay safe and avoid the stress: we normally say avoid stress, without the.
  • To feel healthy is the best!: correct but formal. In normal speech, say Feeling healthy is the best!
  • I have a pain: people usually say where it is (I have a pain in my back) or say I'm in pain.
  • I step back right into the line: a figurative line meaning "I go back to my normal life". It is not a common expression.