I like to listen to music that has a great feel to it and in languages I do not speak or understand. That way I can enjoy it without the burden terrible lyrics. ☺️
I have a few that I listen to a lot:
Amatz by Shanti Dope - Filipino rap
Mundian To Bach Ke by Punjabi MC - upbeat Bollywood style
Life on Mars by Seu Jorge - just him and a guitar
Update: I have created a Spotify playlist with the songs so far. I will continue to update the list as new songs get added. If you find your song on the list but meant a different version please DM me a link to the one you want. Enjoy!
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)
- 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…
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
Pentagram - Bir (Turkish metal) Arkona - Yarilo (Russian folk metal)
A rap about abes odyssee. Probably. Thats what the title and video say. Got some serious flow.
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.
Rush Job - Sheena Ringo
Swamp - Mid-Air Thief, but the whole album Gongjoong Doduk is pretty good.
Dixie - Harmonium
Le tombeau est vide - Chromb!
For fun:
El Corazón - Hard n Phirm
Honorable mention that might not technically count:
Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano
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 - StromaeThe Seatbelts, “The Real Folk Blues”
The Pillows - because of FLCL
El Coo Cooi - Voodoo Glow Skulls
Liebeslied - KMFDM
[온스테이지2.0] 이날치 - 범 내려온다(with 앰비규어스 댄스컴퍼니)
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.
There’s a Playlist called ‘Kein English’ that I enjoy quite a bit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5UlpZblwRyqrqQbk8G1j0B?pi=yAQH9aB_S86xN
