Listening class has been considered as a class with very difficult skills. Therefore, this study aims to explore a teacher and students’ experiences in employing songs as a media for learning listening comprehension for students in senior high school. This research employed interview study design to explore how teachers' and students’ experiences on the practice of using song as media in the listening classroom. Interviews and documentation were used to gather the data then it was analyzed using thematic analysis based on teacher’s experiences and students' perception. Based on teacher’s experiences, this study found that song-mediated had strong pedagogical value; easy implementation and improving students’ listening skills. In addition, the students had advantages in pronunciation skills. However, students still do not know how to write the lyrics correctly and understand the meaning of the songs.
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