Your favourite songs not in English

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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?

Oh, and if we include classical, I have a thing for the gloomiest lieder. Or Die Erlkonig.

Kraftwerk, obviously. Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn...

Got a massive soft spot for Kaze ni Naru from learning to sing and play it for DD when she was younger.

And in a completely different direction, Ca plane Pour Moi.

ETA: figured I'd better drop in some others - Kyrie and Sanctus from Fauré's Reqiuem.

The gibberish song, not in any language is fab

Treaty by Yothu Yindi

Dragostea din tei - O Zone

Ahhh was gonna say this haha!
Such an upbeat tune

No idea what they are singing in this one but I imagine it's something like let's get down and dirty 😁

Great thread OP!

I have a total 1990's soft spot for Eros Ramazzotti's 'Piu Bella Cosa', it reminds me of my teenage home exchange in Germany, it was a huge song at the time.

Also love the German artist Sasha's song 'immer wie immer' as it reminds me of my (still) BFF who I met during that exchange.

Stromae - Alors on Danse

La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao Ciao

MC Solaar - La belle et le bad boy

Fabrizio De André - Spiritual

9 Bach - Lliwiau

Dafydd Iwan - Yma O Hyd

Gruff Rhys - Pwdin wy 1, but anything by him really. 😅

Pretty much anything by my late brother's teenage crush, the effortlessly cool, chic and beautiful Francoise Hardy;

Her husband was pretty good back then, too;

I love a bit of 60s Europop!

Oh did he do the cactus song?

My first thought when I saw your title was Voyage Voyage.

But my most played one must be Voila l'Ete, by Les Negresses Vertes.

Love this - Daniel Balavoine

Probably 500 miles by the Proclaimers. No idea what they're saying but it's a catchy tune.

Most things by the Belgian force of nature that is Stromae but for pure nostalgia Dragostina Din Tei:

Also Tahir Palali, these two songs. I have no idea if they hit the charts or not, but they are fabulous and hypnotic, I could listen to them over and over. Just don't ask me what they're about, I have no idea!

Ca plein pour moi - Plastic Bertrand

This from Eurovision 23. Should have won 😃

Not been in the UK charts as far as I know, but Patricia Kaas' music is just beautiful:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ltv6HQewNQ0&pp=ygUpcGF0cmljaWEga2FhcyBpbCBtZSBkaXQgcXVlIGplIHN1aXMgYmVsbGU%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FBtIk5_6XpU&pp=ygUkcGF0cmljaWEga2FhcyBlbnRyZXIgZGFucyBsYSBsdW1pZXJl

We also love this gloriously silly song on our family car mixtape:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CKofw_GNbXA&pp=ygUpYWxsZXMgaGF0IGVpbiBlbmRlIG51ciBkaWUgd3Vyc3QgaGF0IHp3ZWk%3D

I'd also suggest checking out a lot more of Falco's music beyond Rock Me, Amadeus - we have several others of his on the mixtape too. You may not like it at all; but you just might!

Make up your own words.

Sex boom!
Chesty Chesty!
Fettucine!
She'd rather start a day!

European chart; two fabulous voices: Eros Ramazzotti and Tina Turner

Not poppy but Georges Brassens.

Formidable par Stromae.

Mundian to Bach Ke by Panjabi MC

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