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.

Tuvan Internationale and Kongurei by Huun Huur Tu.

Froukje — Groter Dan Ik

"Buka" by Kwiat Jabłoni

Songs in Russian minorities languages:

• In Bashkir language Homay by Ay Yola
• In Tatar language Piala by Aigel
• In Chulym language Legend by Otyken

Anything by Maximum the Hormone and Band-Maid to be honest, but I like "F" and "Different" most :D

Sexy Doll by Republika
Sola by Amplifiki
Hudey Hudey by Asu Maralman
Viszlát Nyár by AWS
Matando Sueños by Euroshima
Kufi by Duman
Mówię Ci, że by Tilt
Ich zieh nur noch einmal um by Das Auge Gottes

Just to name a few

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

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.

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)

Anda inn by Ouse Idk what it means but by god is it catchy

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)

Судно (Борис Рыжий) - by Molchat Doma

Basically anything by Ado. This one's probably my favorite.

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

New World, by L'Arc~en~Ciel

Seu Jorge's full album of Bowie covers is so epic. Love it, and really adds to the Life Aquatic

"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.

Good news everyone!

https://youtu.be/FM3aJQzqV90

And if you don't speak English, let me know what you think:

https://youtu.be/O3gz3nnYv68

Cafe Tacvba - Hola Adiós

Dragostea din tei (română) from O-Zone Heard it a lot when I was junger.

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.

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:

• Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi
• Je survivrai - Michele Richard

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.

Dragostea De Inchiriat

Iselilja

Tein kai lottorivini väärin

NAIMONONEDARI (not sure how much this counts. I took Japanese in high school but can't maintain a conversation to save my life.)

Sommernacht

Mikrofonkåt

Hit Sale

Сама-сама

Песенка (also grey area for me, I took Russian in uni but I'm far from conversational with it.)

Skyscrapers

LALALILALA

Dime Que Me Quieres

edit: forgot to include Spanish

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

Luna - Diljit Dosanjh

Music from Sigor Ros comes to mind.

As a younger millenial I can't help it – Gangnam Style was and still is great

Wolf Totem by The Hu

The Pillows - because of FLCL

Carina Burina O Fortuna

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.

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.

万能青年旅店 - 大石碎胸口
Apashe ft. Instasamka - Uebok (Gotta Run)

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!