Ok, there’s A Song For Europe, To The End, Denis, Psycho Killer, Spanish Bombs and a few more obvious ones....but what other mostly English songs feature lyrics in another language can the BCB massive rustle up?
Asking for a friend.
English songs with lyrics in another language
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Talk About The Passion
Bremen Nacht
Talk About The Passion
Bremen Nacht
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
Michelle, I'm Not Scared, Fade to Grey, Should I Stay or Should I Go.
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fange wrote:One of the things i really dislike in this life is people raising their voices in German.
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It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
The Hills by The Weeknd contains a lullaby in Amharic over the fade.
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Spanish Stroll
Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
It’s no Game
reconnez Cherie
Wunderbar
Warszaw
reconnez Cherie
Wunderbar
Warszaw
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
There's the ace French version of Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? by The Wedding Present.
echolalia wrote: I despise Prefab Sprout. It will be decades before “hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque” is surpassed as the most terrible lyric in pop history. That fucking bastard ruined all three things for me forever.
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
and then there's this:
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
Je Suis Un Rock Star - Bill Wyman.
I'm not sure I've got the hang of this....
I'm not sure I've got the hang of this....
echolalia wrote: I despise Prefab Sprout. It will be decades before “hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque” is surpassed as the most terrible lyric in pop history. That fucking bastard ruined all three things for me forever.
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Together Alone by Crowded House includes a refrain sung by a fantastic Maori choir.
And there's that one by Kylie.
And there's that one by Kylie.
echolalia wrote: I despise Prefab Sprout. It will be decades before “hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque” is surpassed as the most terrible lyric in pop history. That fucking bastard ruined all three things for me forever.
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Je ne sais pas pourquois
Rapture
Sunday girl
Paris match
Una paloma blanca
Las palabras de amor
Volare
Wooden heart
Vino, Dinero y Amor - actually there are a lot of Elvis ones
La isla bonita
Oh what a circus
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Homeless
Biko
Games without frontiers
Rapture
Sunday girl
Paris match
Una paloma blanca
Las palabras de amor
Volare
Wooden heart
Vino, Dinero y Amor - actually there are a lot of Elvis ones
La isla bonita
Oh what a circus
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Homeless
Biko
Games without frontiers
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
Monsiuer DuPont by Sandie Shaw. Apart from the title, she manages to fit in j'taime and j'adore as well ! Does this count ?
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Ranking Ted
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
slightbreeze wrote:Monsiuer DuPont by Sandie Shaw. Apart from the title, she manages to fit in j'taime and j'adore as well ! Does this count ?
Yes!
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
You mean like when Bryan Ferry says 'Oy', or when Petula Clark sings in German or Italian?
Why does YT keep telling me to try again later?
Why does YT keep telling me to try again later?
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The backing vocals on this song's chorus (first one's at 0:44) are in Spanish (Oh, ¿cuándo seré? Un día seré). I never knew until the Pet Sounds Sessions box came out; there's a hidden track at the end of one of the discs with that bit isolated.
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And of course...
(actually by The Unholy Modal Rounders, not Michael Hurley)
(actually by The Unholy Modal Rounders, not Michael Hurley)
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
Oh, just noticed PP beat me to it.
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Re: English songs with lyrics in another language
Lady Marmalade.
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