What do you do when choose a song to use in class( just for across the floor combo) and it turn it on, start to teach and a child raise there hand and says "i'm not aloud to listen to this". I never pick anything that i feel is inappropriate(obviously) but i try to use current music that they like as much as possible.

When this happened in class i was kind of stunned.I turn the song off and jut skip that combo for that day because couldn't think of a song to use it with but What would you do?

Wow, I've never had that happen, but it might be worth talking to the parent just to make sure the child hasn't got the wrong end of the stick, or there isn't anything else that might offend the family that you have on your playlists, if thats the case.

I have encountered this once... One time in my kinder class I turned on Cheetah Girls (I'm pretty sure that's right) for their tumbling time - the last 20 minutes of class. I always have some sort of music playing but it's always very low in tumbling so that I can be heard and their concentrating on tumbling not the music. So, I hit play and Cheetah Girls started (which I was playing as a treat, usually we listen to a Disney mix) and one girl told me she wasn't allowed to listen to that type of music. I was taken aback for sure, but I turned the music off and switched it back to the usual... and I'm scared to try again! :-/

You did the right thing, just stop that music and continue with class. It doesn't really matter if you let them do the combo without any music, or just skip the complete combo. Of course you don't have something else immediately available.

But, the harder parents try to make their children not do something, the more chance there is they will fail. When the children are old enough, they want to disturb their parents and they know exactly how to displease them!

I wouldn't put to much energy in this. Find other music and let it go. It's to minor in relation to all the stress of a discussion with parents about appropriate/allowed music.
And, how often does this happen? Once in a life time?

Thanks guys!
I just felt bad, and i have never had that happen to me before, and hopefully never again

I had a similar situation happen with a student before, she was about 12 at the time. I used a song for a combo that said sexy (just once). She said nothing at that time. The next day before class, she said she did not feel comfortable dancing to this song and so when we worked on the combo she would excuse herself. I was impressed at her maturity and of course respected that. I thanked her for coming to me and told her I would gladly find a new song, there was no need for her to miss out on part of class. Since then there have been one or two other things she wasn't comfortable with and would just tell us, never asking for a change, just letting us know. If we could accommodate it great, and if not that was fine too. She knows that her views are more conservative than most others her age.

As for your situation, just exactly what you did, turn it off and move on. I wouldn't worry about talking to the parent yet, just remember not to use that one song, but if it happens again see if you can find the common link, and if not then I'd talk to the parent so that you're clear. Try to just be very matter of fact. Or if you'd like to stay more anonymus maybe send a note home with a survey asking parents if there is music that they feel is inappropriate for their children (though beware this could make your life MUCH more difficult in trying to accomodate every parents request).

One other suggestion I have is Karaoke versions of songs, you get the beat but not the lyrics. Some of them still have the chorus, so if the questionable lyrics are in the chorus they may still be there.

May I ask out of curiosity what song it was?

it was the kids bop version of "boom boom pow"
I don't even think the real (clean) version of the song is inappropriate, so this just floored me.

I would turn it off. Then I would talk to the parent to see if there is any other music that is offending. I am one to want to make the kids comfortable in class and so I am careful. To me it is not a big deal but I tend to use instrumentals in class, most of the time, to avoid this.

It also keeps the kids focused on the beat and not the song. I love African drum beats and aerobic music with no words.

you could always create a song list of your playlist and post it for parents. this way if anyone has a problem with a particular song they can say something. To be honest, I doubt too many parents will go through the trouble of looking at every song on your list, and I doubt they will even know half of them. Then if it comes up again, you can say that it is on your parent approved list. This way the kid doesn't feel like they are disobeying their parents.