Music from Sigor Ros comes to mind.
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Not individual songs, but Kraftwerk and Rammstein come to mind.
Alien weaponry have a track called Kai Tengata that includes Maori vocals
Although I listen to quite a lot of music from countries where English is not the native language, most bands just sing in English anyway
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Carina Burina O Fortuna
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I don't speak any Irish, but I am obsessed with Kneecap at the moment. Some of their lyrics include English of course, some tracks are fully in Irish. Either way, they are great!
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I'm a basic bitch, so some of the first that came to mind have already been mentioned by others:
- Papoutai - Stromae (along with some other of his songs)
- Baba Yetu - Christopher Tin
- Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone
To those, I'll add some other meme songs / songs that have been used in English-speaking media:
Also the ultra-popular ones everybody already knows and I won't bother to link, such as Bad Apple, Gangnam Style, the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack, etc.
The Pillows - because of FLCL
I believe the appropriate response is Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam. No but seriously. Band Maid, Die Antwoord, The Hu, all great bands that sing on different languages. Oh also The Warning.
"Baba Yetu" - we learned it for the choir. Luckily, i found a translation, so we now know that we are not ordering fridges or something. Look for "baba yetu stellenbosch" for a nice version.
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I don't speak Portuguese, but sometimes I get in a mood to listen to bassa nova. I like the rhythm.
Mas Que Nada - probably my go to. I listen to that enough to annoy people around me.
I also like Águas de Março, particularly Elis Regina's duet with Jobim.
Several Japanese songs, such as Summer of Goodbye, Message in Rouge and Contrails
Garland of a Hundred Flowers - My neighbours' national anthem can't be this cute! (Nepali)
Halls of Hueyteotl and Baba Yetu (both Swahili, both from video games)
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if anyone here likes goth music, i highly recommend:
- she past away, most of their discography tbh (turkish)
- lebanon hanover (german, some of it)
- στο σκοτάδι (sto skotadi) by selofan (greek)
- nasha by aurat (urdu)
- reflejos by vacíos cuerpos (spanish)
- fantasmas by twin tribes (spanish)
- à contrecœur by hante. (french)
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Con Te Partirò - Andre Bocelli
遙か彼方 - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
アイワナビー - Stance Punks
I Samma Bil - Bo Kaspers Orkester
A 67-Es Út - Republic
Papaoutai - Stromae
La Forêt by Lescop
Lisa LeBlanc - self titled album, heard about her from the show Letterkenny, in French.
German song "Redukt" by Einsturzende Neubauten
Slanias Song - Eluveitie
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I married an Indian woman and have been getting into Bollywood music, and honestly there’s so many good songs!
Two of my favorites are:
Qaafirana
Khuda Jaane
Liu Yuning - Unintentional Big Dream (Fangs of Fortune OST)
刘宇宁 - 无心生大梦
This song is a departure from LY’s usual genre. It goes hard and is so exciting. All my friends know this song and can sing the chorus because I made them listen to it many times.
Pentagram - Bir (Turkish metal) Arkona - Yarilo (Russian folk metal)
El Derecho de Vivir en Paz by Victor Jara
Anything by Shin Jung Hyun, but especially Beautiful Rivers and Mountains and The Sun
Baby Yetu, theme from Civilization 4, won a Grammy ( a first for a video game). It's the Lord's Prayer in Swahili.
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"Buka" by Kwiat Jabłoni
Cafe Tacvba - Hola Adiós
Ongaku by Yellow Magic Orchestra
kate ryan - desenschantee. (no idea how to spell it)
Lafee - prinzeschen
rammstein - du hast
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I speak/understand Spanish, Icelandic, Dutch, Arabic and German but I ended up listening to Estonian music for a bit and they have some bangers there.
🇪🇪 Alüspukse by 5MIINUST
🇪🇪 push it by nublu
🇪🇪 kanuu by säm
Also, fun note, for a country og 400k Iceland has 3 entries here.
Anything by Maximum the Hormone and Band-Maid to be honest, but I like "F" and "Different" most :D
Seu Jorge's full album of Bowie covers is so epic. Love it, and really adds to the Life Aquatic
La Rage by Keny Arkana
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Dude! I love mundian to bach ke!
But most of my "foreign" language music pleasures are less identifiable.
Like, there's a lot of zydeco that's in French that I love, but it's hard to find recordings of any kind, much less digital options.
And I can essentially endlessly listen to what's called throat singing, but have no idea what titles would be to recommend. Almost all that I have is Mongolian or tuvan, and didn't come from a CD.
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Tuvan Internationale and Kongurei by Huun Huur Tu.
Good news everyone!
And if you don't speak English, let me know what you think:
I'm enjoying No Comment by Kneecap recently
Songs in Russian minorities languages:
- In Bashkir language Homay by Ay Yola
- In Tatar language Piala by Aigel
- In Chulym language Legend by Otyken
Ya Rayah by Rachid Taha
Loved it on first listen and it made me a fan of Taha’s. It’s kinda Arabic pop rock but with traditional instrumentation.
If you like this, maybe checkout the album Diwan 2 afterwards.
Zuco 103 - Zabumba no Mar - Portuguese
Leningrad - Fish - Russian
Mohammed Rafi - Jaan Pehchan Ho - Hindi(?) (That song from the movie "Ghost World")
Basically anything by Ado. This one's probably my favorite.
Nao Force - Joutro Mundo https://youtu.be/A2I6dEdQqOY
Tongo Barra - Vieux Farke Touré, Khruangbin https://youtu.be/bVDRTYeGw6Q
Un Simple Histoire - Thievery Corporation https://youtu.be/sCoeuDvwUFk
The French Open - Foals https://youtu.be/MuRODr6vygw
A lot of Kino songs:
Группа Крови
Восьмиклассница
Место для шага вперёд
Перемен
Mundian to Bach ke
I am going to make a playlist just from this thread, thank you all who have participated so far.
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Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni - https://youtu.be/EelX_LwPHbA
- INTERNETFREUNDIN by SALÒ (I'm learning German though and the lyrics aren't hard to understand)
- Cần Một Ngày by Cá Hồi Hoang
- La fin du Monde by Juniore
- Les Garçons de L'Été by Sébastien Delage
I could go on and on...
Midori - Aratamemashite Hajimemashite Midori Desu
or really any of the songs on Alegranza
I've been a bit obsessed with one of Cleopatra's arias from Handel's Giulio Cesare, Se pietà di me non senti. She's bummed that she thinks her brother is going to have her killed.
Se pietà di me non senti giusto ciel io morirò.
Tu da' pace a' miei tormenti o quest'alma spirerò.
Just heaven, if you feel no pity for me, I shall die.
I shall give up the ghost if you do not pacify my torment
Ado, especially Elf
Dragostea Din Tei ("Numa Numa") is unironically one of my favourite songs. It wouldn't have blown up as a meme if it didn't go so hard.
Pepas by Farruko is another bop.
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I love good lyrics so am not wild about listening to music in a language I don't understand but its kinda common to have songs with english and another language so the stuff I don't understand is just kinda dispersed. Also since I watch animes Im used to having songs that are in a lnguage I don't know. Don't really have a favorite though. All my favorite songs are in english.
Hjerteknuser by Kaizers Orchestra but it's a lil' cheat since I understand a little Norwegian.
Hoppípolla by Sigur Rós this one sounds so so beautiful.
Jumalan terve by Markus Krunegård when he expanded to Finnish music I was a bit surprised to learn he speaks Finnish natively. So when he then released this album I was very excited. It's Swedish styled pop but in Finnish.
I often take little exploratory searches for some of my favorite genres in foreign languages, though the ones I remember the most tend to split between English and the other language. Stuff like Tomcraft and Sido
Metal Band-maid
Just some incredible and fun music out there when you explore the world.
Wardruna - Helvegen (and the Kalandra cover) Bendik - Stille (all of the old albums before the style pivot are amazing)
Those are immediately on my mind and needed to share them in case someone else might enjoy! There is a lot more, those just popped right up without even thinking
Edit: Ekkolodd - Perler too, Asgeir - Heimförin!
These four songs are a solid intro to the bands if anyone’s interested!
Edit2: Well fuck me, I did mention Kalandra, but the absolute best from them in my opinion happens to be in Norwegian (I think?): Kalandra - Virkelighetens Etterklang!
Tldr:
Wardruna - Helvegen
Kalandra - Helvegen (cover of above)
Bendik - Stille
Ekkolodd - Perler
Asgeir - Heimförin
Kalandra - Virkelighetens Etterklang
Seven Seconds by Youssou N'dour and Neneh Cherry (French and English)
- this was my first foray into "world music" in, like Grade 7.
Sadeness by Enigma (Latin and French)
Miserere by Arvo Pärt (Latin)
The Expanse by Clinton Shorter (Old Norse?)
Disappointment by Moon (Russian?)
Also, I lived in Korea when Gangnam Style dropped. It was magical at the outset, but now... well, hyperexposure is a real thing. But, good on Psy for his work.
Prédio - Apanhador Só
I got this one. Just fun vibes. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg3-zq0s5kw&desc_update=1
Otherwise some Anri songs like
Remember Summer Days
And similar City Pop (i think that's the genre)
For metal - Utsu-P. He's a Vocaloid metal artist and his stuff absolutely slays.
Highlights: Pure White Poison, Sugarcoat of Love, Harakiri, Gorgon, and really anything he writes using Gumi.
Yura Yura Teikoku, “YURA YURA TEIKOKU DE KANGAECHU”.
Anda inn by Ouse Idk what it means but by god is it catchy
New World, by L'ArcenCiel
Everything by MADKID and Chihara Minori is great
Du Hast - Rammstein (German) Fighting Dreamers from Naruto (Japanese)
A rap about abes odyssee. Probably. Thats what the title and video say. Got some serious flow.
The Seatbelts, “The Real Folk Blues”
I was originally gonna say Sigur Ros but that's already been covered
My shout out goes to Niteworks then, who sadly did their farewell tour last year. One of my favourites:
Nas Ne Dogoniat
El Coo Cooi - Voodoo Glow Skulls
Liebeslied - KMFDM
[온스테이지2.0] 이날치 - 범 내려온다(with 앰비규어스 댄스컴퍼니)
Mahlalela by Letta Mbulu from South Africa
I don't really know what language that is. If somebody could provide a transcription of the lyrics, I would be very happy to finally be able to translate and understand it.
YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T
Судно (Борис Рыжий) - by Molchat Doma
Malagueña Salerosa by Chingon from Kill Bill
ETA: +1 for Carmina Burana, and I’ll add Hall of the Mountain King, & Beethoven’s 9th for good measure!
Slack Bird - Tupakkarulla
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