Sólstafir - Fjara Reading the lyrics in my native tongue only makes this song even more beautiful.
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nice indeed
Ça Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand
99 Luftballons by Nena
Both songs were massive hits in Australia when I was a kid and they both are still in high rotation on my playlist.
Interestingly, the English version of 99 Luftballons hardly charted here at all.
Plastic Bertrand's song was huge due to appearing on the soundtrack of the National Lampoon's European Vacation movie starring Chevy Chase and Beverley D'Angelo.
Ça Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand
Covered by Sonic Youth.
Also the Presidents of the United States of America
Wodka by Pidzama Porno. It’s in polish, I love it!
The intro to Ghost in the Shell
Which version? There are quite a variety, and it seems like they all have stellar intro songs.
Presumably they mean the SAC intro song, "Inner Universe", which has lyrics in English, Russian, and Latin.
Probably the most standout in terms of linguistic complexity.
RIP Origa.
Yeah, that's the one that stands out the most to me. I had no idea Origa had died. :'(
Sorry to be the one that told you, but yeah, ... like a decade ago.
Patio Song by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Absolute belter in Welsh (when it gets there).
Oh, here: Patio Song on Youtube
- Italian: Adriano Cellentiano - Azzuro
- Hebrew: Nagila Hava
- Japanese: Fredrik - Oddloop
- Korean: 윤수일 - 아파트 (Apartment)
- Chinese: Xiao Feng Feng - Learn To Meow (小潘潘 - 學貓叫)
- Finish: Loituma "Ievan polkka"
- Portuguese: Koma - Lambada
- Swedish: Victor Lyksel - Svag
- Polish: Big Cyc - Makumba
- German: Helge Schneider - Katzenklo
italian: io vagabondo is very nice
Adriano Celentano
Prisencolinensinainciusol, alright!
Thoughts on 'Dopilsya' by Sektor Gaza?
La Rage by Keny Arkana
There have been some pretty great songs in the now ending anime season. Cant wait to hear whats coming next week for the new season of shows.
Plastic love by Mariya Takeuchi, or covers of modern songs in dead languages like running up that hill in old english
Song - Artist Kung i baren - Magnus Uggla Come give me love - Ted Gärdestad (yes, the song is Swedish but the title is English) Anything that angine de poitrine makes. But alien language might not be what you meant. Neuer wind - Van Canto
Here are some Spanish ones I enjoy:
- Fascinante by PXNDX (Panda)
- La petit mort by José Madero (yes, it’s Spanish)
- Más de 100 palabras para ti by Finde
- Arrullo de estrellas by Zoé
- Llévame by Kudai
- Gimme tha power by Molotov (yes, it’s Spanish… mostly)
Gimme tha power is the first one that came to mind for me as well, classic
Ca plane pour moi by Plastic Bertrand.
And
Negro y Azul: The Ballad of Heisenberg, by Los Cuates de Sinaloa.
Skandal im Sperrbezirk by The Spider Murphy Gang and Du Bist Gut Genug by Kitschkrieg, Blumengarten and Shirin David just to give everyone a horrible earworm.
I have a couple Rammstein songs on my playlist, does that count? Namely Du Hast and Deutschland.
A Terrorista Visszatér by HétköznaPICSAlódások
I like a lot of Brazilian music, so I'd pick something Portuguese. 'Tropicalia', by Caetano Veloso, 'Parabolicamara' by Gilberto Gil, or 'Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser', by Milton Nascimento are all fantastic.
2 of my favourite songs in my native language are ba. - tai ne žmogus and Rokas Yan, Monika Liu, Vaidas Baumila - gegužis :3
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Mon Cheri by Sofi Tukker x Amadou & Marian
Manel — Teresa Rampell
Mandinka (Guinea) - Yeke Yeke by Mory Kante, either the Afro Acid mix or the Hardfloor remix
French - Here I Am (Rutabaga mix) - Lexicon Avenue
Spanish - Llorando - Rebeka del Rio. Spanish language cover of Roy Orbison's 'Crying'. Video includes minor spoiler for Mulholland Drive.
Greek - Efige Efige - Stelios Kazantzidis
Malawi (sorry, I don't know exactly what language this is in - EDIT: possibly Chichewa) - A Bale Ndikuwuzeni - Gasper Nali
Songhai (Mali) - Soubour - Songhoy Blues
French (Burkina Faso) - Taximen - Amadou Balake
Paktofonika - Mechaniczna pomarańcza
[Ana Maradun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4TvLg29qH40 (warning: DARE propaganda) and Daani Shauqun by Mosa Alomairah (couldn't find English lyrics for the latter, which is a shame because they're really pretty). This guy in general is really talented, though as with all Arabic acapella the choice of songs can be pretty bad sometimes. This is also his post-reset persona; he also has some bangers from his radical Islamist phase.
- Columba aspexit by Hildegard von Bingen
- Armenia by Einstürzende Neubauten
- O Fortuna by Carl Orff
Years ago there was a song that always played for the ads on the Chinese phones. I tracked it down and the English translation of the title is "I caught a cold in that corner" by Fiona Fung. I don't really consider it foreign language since it sounds mostly non-lexical.
I also have to give Cruel Angel Thesis an honorable mention.
I really like Su!cide by Ren, as my non native language song /s
In all seriousness, "Zeinen ederra izango den" from ZETAK, a current Basque group. It was made during covid, to remember the activities we did before, and what pleasure will be to again go out and enjoy it together. I don't expect you to take upon yourself learning Basque, but I hope you can enjoy the song at least haha.
Mundo paralelo!
99 Luftballons
Came here to say this
This is pretty much the only song in my collection which has vocals and which's vocals don't happen to be in English (don't ask me why; my mother tongue is German), but anyways, it's this ballad in some slavic language: https://open.audio/library/tracks/102128/
I have no idea what the song is about, so if they sing of pee and poop, I do apologize.
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