99 Luftballoons - Nena https://open.spotify.com/track/2IJftBfq7pJ43tfnOR0RB3?si=Tj9rOKguQkOmpb3jJM27uw
"99 Red Balloons"'es Nena officially outs herself as QAnon, "Reichsbürger"
I was just gonna say this. I'm learning German and it felt cool being anle to losten to it in the original
Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano
Off the top of my head,
Psy - Gangnam Style
Rammstein - entire catalog
The Hu - most of their stuff
So many. I like music and I like languages so when there are lyrics there's a good chance it's not English.
There are so many more. I didn't even touch Caribbean patois or Arabic or Polynesian languages etc. I'm very big on global music though, especially with a strong beat and lyrical themes on anti-colonialism...
I got really into German punk a few years ago. Some of my favorites.
Die Ärzte Schrei nach Liebe
Wizo Raum Der Zeit
Die Toten Hosen Hier kommt Alex
Die Ärtze are cool. I like many of their songs, but I DO speak (some) German so I couldn't list it here.
My German is limited to what I remember from taking high school German nearly 30 years ago (basically cursing and asking how much the calculator costs), so I figured it was safe for me to post them.
The entire sound track for FLCL by The Pillows.
When that show was new, I could sing them all. Kinda. I certainly had no idea what the words were, but I listened to them enough that I could fake it lol
Just rewatched the first season this past weekend, the soundtrack for that show is absolutely incredible
Eivør - Trøllabundin
I have listened to it so much that I know the lyrics perfectly, and it's even possible my pronunciation is close to correct, yet I don't speak a word of Faroese.
Anything by stromae really. In some of his songs you can even hear the emotion he conveys without understanding any French
Stromae - Papaoutai (I found out it existed because Pentatonix did a cover of it)
That guy's also got some other interesting songs, with quite a bit of social commentary: carmen, Fils de joie, tous les mêmes, Santé
That's where I first heard him. I was expecting to find more techno/club music after this one but nope...I was interestingly surprised.
Kind of a joke but the song is catchy.
The guy is a Norwegian comedian I think & he bet his friends that he could get a dumb song into the Billboard top 10 or something. I believe he succeeded in a few European countries.
The song is absolutely ridiculous considering he doesn’t speak Spanish, but it’s just a funny story.
yes, I am obsessed with songs with non-language lyrics! I know of four sources (including Nier) that does it and I just love it
Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol:
Both the name of the song and its lyrics are gibberish but are intended to sound like English in an American accent.
Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers. The intent was to demonstrate how English sounds to people who do not understand the language proficiently.
Have you listened to Hanezeve Caradhina from Made in Abyss? https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFzDQ2OjFko
The anime is really dark, but have some bright and hopeful moments which this song captures so well.