Dragostea din tei (română) from O-Zone Heard it a lot when I was junger.
Numanumanei numanumanumanei
As a younger millenial I can't help it – Gangnam Style was and still is great
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
Kraftwerk is such a gem. They sound exactly like a 80s computer in music form, and I love it.
Carina Burina O Fortuna
*Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, great pick btw. ;)
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!
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.
I'm a basic bitch, so some of the first that came to mind have already been mentioned by others:
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.
"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.
Baby Yetu, theme from Civilization 4, won a Grammy ( a first for a video game). It's the Lord's Prayer in Swahili.
I can HEAR this comment.
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.
if anyone here likes goth music, i highly recommend:
Lisa LeBlanc - self titled album, heard about her from the show Letterkenny, in French.
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
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
La Forêt by Lescop
NAIMONONEDARI (not sure how much this counts. I took Japanese in high school but can't maintain a conversation to save my life.)
Песенка (also grey area for me, I took Russian in uni but I'm far from conversational with it.)
edit: forgot to include Spanish
A lot of Kino songs:
Группа Крови
Восьмиклассница
Место для шага вперёд
Перемен
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.
German song "Redukt" by Einsturzende Neubauten
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)
The lyrics of Rouge no Dengon are really good. It's about a woman who's on a train, leaving town to get away from her cheating husband. She left a "message in rouge" for him to find in the bathroom, that she won't be back until he changes his ways. She's actually going to his mother's house, and she'll have his mother call him to scold him in the morning.
If you're familiar with the song as the opening theme to Kiki's Delivery Service, it really really fits Kiki's character as she listens to the song while leaving home for the first time. You might get the feeling that the themes of the song are things relates to herself: independence, anxiety, maturity, and female solidarity. And of course, if you watch the movie, those are all things she experiences in her new town.
Basically it's a REALLY REALLY good song and absolutely perfect choice for the movie it's in. I also love the singer's other Ghibli movie song you mention, Contrails/Hikoukigumo.
absolutely perfect choice for the movie it's in.
I'm aware of the meaning, but I actually found it strange that they put a song about cheating in a film aimed at children.
I think it's in part because the song is slightly too mature for her that it appeals to Kiki, and maybe to the younger audience who relates to her.
Ah, that makes sense.
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
Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros
Songs in Russian minorities languages:
Anything by Maximum the Hormone and Band-Maid to be honest, but I like "F" and "Different" most :D
First that come to mind:
Afrobeat/pop : great Xhosa rap/singing by moonshine sanelly (English tracks too)
Prog rock: magma creates their own language
Pop: Jay Chou has great tracks in Mandarin
Punk rock: exists in most local languages
Jazz: Avishai Cohen has tracks in ladino.
Electro song: Omar Souleyman has a very interesting background and tracks a nice, sung in Arabic.
Industrial : einsturzende neubauten sings mostly German.
Neu Deutsch Harte : Rammstein is the most known example.
Electroacoustic : Gedalia tazartes, includes vocals of diverse origins
"Buka" by Kwiat Jabłoni
Cafe Tacvba - Hola Adiós
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