Your favourite songs not in English

[ImpOfDarkness]

I went down a youtube rabbit hole last night and ended up listening to loads of 80s Europop. Rock me Amadeus, Voyage Voyage etc. Good times 😁 it got me wondering about other non-English songs that have hit the charts. The Macarena and Gangnam Style I guess? Any other favourites?

My guilty pleasure is K-pop

But my favourite is anything by Dimash.

That guy is beyond amazing

La Bamba
Amazing how I can sing an entire song in Spanish without knowing a single word of Spanish 😉😂

Just about anything by Rammstein.

I highly doubt this ever made the charts, but Otto di Catania by Yello.

I quite like Maneskin, Italian rock band.
Also Bloodywood who are an Indian heavy metal band.

Any thing by Edith Piaf.

Ana Tijoux 1977

Lucha de gigantes Nacha Pop

Cool, some I've not heard of! Will enjoy listening to these. Thanks for the links.

Tiziano Ferro, Ti Scattero una Foto

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Although the film this song was used in was responsible for that horrible trend of people putting padlocks on historical bridges. Still love the song, though!

I like Bebel Gilberto, manu chau,

Anoche Nebulossa Whole album is excellent. They represented Spain in Eurovision but this one was put forward for San Marino originally.

I'ma bit old for kpop TBH I think! I had a record by Yello, with the sound of cars racing. Don't think too many German bands make it big these days.

80s Non l’hai mica capito

Sonne by Rammstein

Sadness by Enigma. Iconic when I was in secondary and having French lessons. (which pre-internet, didn't help me understand the meaning!)

‘Cwtsh’ by Euros Childs (or any other of his Welsh songs)

Aiysha by cheb Khaled
Taally Maak by Amir Diab
Algeria from cirque du soleil.

First two are Arabic( which I am not). They all really hit me with the tone of their voices. I could listen to them for hours.

I can't work out how to insert the links to them. Anyone please? They're obviously some what obscure!

Probably if no help to you but I work with children and love putting Romanian nursery rhymes on 😂

I should probably add a couple of my own! Love this German response to Bowie's Space Oddity:

and this from France by a guy who is half-man half-rare breed sheep:

I'm 51.
I don't think you're ever too old for a catchy tune tbh 😁 I hope not anyway. I intend to be bopping round my kitchen till I drop.

Anything by Jacques Brel, Tinariwen, Skara Brae, Iarla O’Lionáird’s entire back catalogue.

Moi Lolita by Alizè