Favorite Foreign Language Songs?
 

After watching Kill Bill Vol 2 I was stunned at the music from the end credits. After getting the album I learned it was spanish/latin song "Chingon - Malaguena Salerosa".

This is simply one of the best songs I've ever heard. I even looked up the spanish lyrics and translated them into english.

So, my question to all you music buffs: What are some of your favorite foreign language songs?

Biftek! :lol: Silly song about food we used to sing in French class...I still find myself singing it seven years after I took French :p

heh...seriously, though...I love "Les Youx Ouverts" by Beautiful South...it's the French adaptation of "Dream a Little Dream of Me." Such a pretty song.

Sepultura - Ratamahatta

best song of all time:

SPEED - Oyasumi


it's so sweet and sad, i just wanna curl up with some ben & jerry's and have a good cry.

Turbonegro - Imorgen Skal Eg Daue

Sylvain Chomet - Belleville Rendez-Vous (the french version), Siente Mi Amor by Salma Hayek is good, and some stuff from Mad Capsule Markets is ok as well if you like harder rock

Shakkazombie - Siroi Yami No Naka

Siroi! Siroi yami no naka!

Siroi! Siroi yami no naka!

There's a beautiful song in Italian called "Per Te" by a guy named Jovanotti.

99 Luftballoons by Nena

Rammstein - Du Hast

"Jaan Pehechaan Ho" - This was in the opening credits of Ghost World, the one Thora Birch was dancing to.

How'd I forget that one??

And that one? Damn...

anything by her heirness, Ayumi Hamasaki.

There's so many but I'll try to keep my list short:
Ex-Robin De Bois - Telephone (French)
Cendrillon - Telephone
New York avec toi - Telephone
Marlene - Noir Désir (French)
Les écorchés - Noir Désir
En route pour la jolie - Noir Désir
Tostaky - Noir Désir

I could go on and on and on...

Plastilina Mosh - Mr. P Mosh

I regularly beat off over the song at the start of Desperado by Antonio Banderas and Los Lobos

Meiko Kaji - Urami Bushi

It's on the Kill Bill Volume 2 Soundtrack. I like it alot.

majority of the anime openings...
fave is of noir-kopperia no hitsugi and rocks-hound dog(naruto)
obsession-.//hach sign
season 1 opening of hikaru no go
NGE

I'll have to agree with that one.

Also, coming from the complete opposite side, “Ubi caritas,” by Maurice Duruflé, is one of the most gorgeous a cappella pieces ever written. Sounds sparse and simple, but the chords are wild when you break it down.

Buena Vista Social Club is the best foreign language music I've heard. The story behind the music and the music itself is amazing. Great stuff.

Here's a link to the cd info: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music

oh man, I'd forgotten all about the Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme song. That one's awesome as crap. It's even in the playlist right now.

Buena Vista Social Club's stuff.

RattaMahatta by Sepultura

And if it counts, Caress Me Down by Sublime.

Noir Desir-Le Vent Nous Portera

Anything Rufus Wainwright sings in French

Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto

Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam - Teru Pallu Sarka Jaye Re

There is a korean band called Billy Club Sandwich. I have no freakin clue what the name of the song they do is, but it is a great dance/techno song. Which is really funny because I'm more of a metal head then a techno type, but the song just rocks.

Alizee songs. Most Europeans hate her, but I like the fake french Britney Spears sound.

I liked Noir Desir, until I found out the head guy killed his wife (girlfriend?)...

Girl from Ipanema, the original.

Asian Rap - Khmer Rap - Khmer Kid - Khmer Muy Cheat (Tight Ass Remix)
its about being khmer for life and having khmer pride. Khmer Song - San P-Nith - Baby I'm So Sorry (Peewy Mix)
This one is cool I like to sing along to it, it sounds like an american song but I dont know if I have heard the american version.

Moi...Lolita by Alizée

especially if accompanied by also watching the video!

Alizee songs. Definately. I love European rock because it's similar to techno, but different, and I love techno. Give me any european techno and I'm set as well.

Some favorites:
1)Anything and everything by Charles Aznavour
2)Most everything by Astrud Gilberto
3)Most everything by Patricia Kaas
4)The last album by Pizzicato Five was pretty damn fabulous.
5)Does Bob Dylan singing count as a foreign language?

I have to admit that I like Alizee especially the videos with the mute button firmly in hand.

Yes and yes!

Also, "El Desierto", by Lhasa. Great, sultry, and slightly gravely voice.

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Kal Ho Na Ho
 

Currently, the theme song Kal Ho Na Ho from the movie by the same name just blows me away. Especially when mixed with the other instrumental track that features the same melody.

Mahi Ve is more popular with most people. But, for me Kal Ho Na Ho is timeless. Check out all the instruments that show up in the mix.

rammstein - adios

1) rammstein- Riechst So Gut
2) megaherz- Kopfschuss

Rammstein - engel

Rammstein - Du Hast, of course.
The Young Gods - Rue Du Tempetes

Dare I say... Oye Como Va?

Gortoz a Ran from the Blackhawk Down soundtrack.

Haunting. Don't understand a word of it, hell not even sure what language their singing but I like it alot and listen to it often.

"J'Aurais Toujours Faim de Toi" - The Police

I got extra credit in French class in high school for translating it.

Tunak Tunak Tun by Dahler Mendi


OK, not really but that video still makes me laugh

Danse Sur La Merde - Prototypes. I know, I'm a pop culture freak.

anything by pandit pran nath
"commme à la radio"--brigitte fonatine
too many serge gainsbourg songs to list

Mika Nakashima - Love Addict

As a Norwegian, most stuff is foreign-languaged to me :D

Some non-English stuff:

Sigur Rós, Icelandic group

I can fully and without hesitation give both Ágætis Byrjun and ( ) my warmest reccomendations. Samples:

http://www.vortex.is/festival/mp3/si..._untitled8.mp3
http://www.vortex.is/festival/mp3/staralfur.mp3
http://www.vortex.is/festival/mp3/olsenolsen.mp3
http://www.drrnwbb.com/sigur-ros/vidrarvel.mp3
http://www.gella.is/gunni/sigur_ros_untitled4.mp3



Other than that, we have
Gåte - Snåle mi jente
Gåte - Statt opp (Maggeduliadei)
Gåte - Litle fuglen
Lacuna Coil - Comalies
Any and all Ulver ;)

Cielito Lindo, the traditional Latin tune, especially the old Pedro Infante version is definitely one of my faves. If you understand the lyrics, they're beautiful! But the song is great even if you have no idea what's being said.

You probably recognize this song to hear it too, even if you didn't know what it was called.

Sigur Ros - Well, it's half Icelandic and half gibberish, but it sure as hell ain't English, so it counts in my book

Andrea Bocelli's Le Misere - It just floored me the first time I heard it, even though I don't know Italian well enough to understand the whole thing. Still gets me every time