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 of 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!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MpR8Tio1klnb85LLqimgX

Update: Thanks to all who have participated so far! The playlist is getting long and very eclectic. I am being introduced to what will soon become some of my favorite songs and styles. I will keep updating the playlist as new music is added.

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[–] 22 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Music from Sigor Ros comes to mind.

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    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

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    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!

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    [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    The Pillows - because of FLCL

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I'm a basic bitch, so some of the first that came to mind have already been mentioned by others:

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    "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.

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    [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I don't speak Portuguese, but sometimes I get in a mood to listen to bassa nova. I like the rhythm.

    Mas Que Nada - probably my go to. I listen to that enough to annoy people around me.

    I also like Águas de Março, particularly Elis Regina's duet with Jobim.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Baby Yetu, theme from Civilization 4, won a Grammy ( a first for a video game). It's the Lord's Prayer in Swahili.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Lisa LeBlanc - self titled album, heard about her from the show Letterkenny, in French.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    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)

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The lyrics of Rouge no Dengon are really good. It's about a woman who's on a train, leaving town to get away from her cheating husband. She left a "message in rouge" for him to find in the bathroom, that she won't be back until he changes his ways. She's actually going to his mother's house, and she'll have his mother call him to scold him in the morning.

    If you're familiar with the song as the opening theme to Kiki's Delivery Service, it really really fits Kiki's character as she listens to the song while leaving home for the first time. You might get the feeling that the themes of the song are things relates to herself: independence, anxiety, maturity, and female solidarity. And of course, if you watch the movie, those are all things she experiences in her new town.

    Basically it's a REALLY REALLY good song and absolutely perfect choice for the movie it's in. I also love the singer's other Ghibli movie song you mention, Contrails/Hikoukigumo.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    absolutely perfect choice for the movie it's in.

    I'm aware of the meaning, but I actually found it strange that they put a song about cheating in a film aimed at children.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    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 - Stromae

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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)
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    [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    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

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago*

    A lot of Kino songs:

    Группа Крови

    Восьмиклассница

    Место для шага вперёд

    Перемен

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    German song "Redukt" by Einsturzende Neubauten

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    La Forêt by Lescop

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    Pentagram - Bir (Turkish metal) Arkona - Yarilo (Russian folk metal)

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    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

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    Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros

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    El Derecho de Vivir en Paz by Victor Jara

    Anything by Shin Jung Hyun, but especially Beautiful Rivers and Mountains and The Sun

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    La Rage by Keny Arkana

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    Mundian to Bach ke

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    Ongaku by Yellow Magic Orchestra

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I am going to make a playlist just from this thread, thank you all who have participated so far.

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