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.
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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.
Everything by MADKID and Chihara Minori is great
Does Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano count? It's sung in Gibberish that was meant to sound like an American singing in english to non english speakers.
Lewa lesu mai - classic Fijian song don't know who the original artist is
Also anything from Altin Gün
Yura Yura Teikoku, “YURA YURA TEIKOKU DE KANGAECHU”.
Du Hast - Rammstein (German) Fighting Dreamers from Naruto (Japanese)
Nas Ne Dogoniat
Slack Bird - Tupakkarulla
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!
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:
Midori - Aratamemashite Hajimemashite Midori Desu
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.
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