S/D C/D etc Bilingual, multilingual songs that are great

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None of you English or American ppl will know this, but one of the most beautiful Dutch evergreen songs is one that is half Dutch, half English: Oude Maasweg, by The Amazing Stroopwafels. Starts out in English, ends in Dutch. You don't need to understand either or both languages to realize it's a great song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVghH346RIk

Any more examples of this? Bilingual songs? Whatever the languages, list them here!

a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 7 November 2014 23:50 (ten years ago)

Noooo, actually used the wrong YT link. Meant this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp1LbP-6CRY

a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 7 November 2014 23:51 (ten years ago)

First one I thought of:

Rita Pavone - My Name is Potato (Italian/English)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZJXWkWeS2k

emil.y, Saturday, 8 November 2014 15:11 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMey9IT7hk

challop (Willl), Saturday, 8 November 2014 16:10 (ten years ago)

2nd half is welsh btw

challop (Willl), Saturday, 8 November 2014 16:12 (ten years ago)

Welsh is the best language

individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:03 (ten years ago)

The partisan by Leonard Cohen is a great song

individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:05 (ten years ago)

My first instinct was to say something by Lhasa de sela but I don't think she actually had any songs that did this despite writing great songs in 3 languages

individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:08 (ten years ago)

Haha lady marmalade is playing in the pub as we speak

individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:12 (ten years ago)

This is becoming more and more common in French chart music, e.g.
Julien Doré - Paris-Seychelles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmE_aahc448
which has verses in pretty high-level/poetic French but a chorus in simple English. The video is very cool.
You see the same for urban tunes that are aimed at young people who are vaguely familiar with US R&B like
Indila - Run Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0HiCLw7q0M
again verses in French with a chorus that's a mixture of French and English.

Sharkie, Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:16 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuadw6jBESw

New Challa by Reshma, I'm not sure what language the bits of this that are not in English are, I think it's Punjabi?

soref, Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:17 (ten years ago)

I have a feeling this happens a bit in K-Pop too? Am I just making that up?

emil.y, Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:22 (ten years ago)

a bunch of African artists i like have songs that seem to veer between French or English and different African languages

Stim McRaw (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:04 (ten years ago)

It's very common in Japanese and Korean pop - often with bits of English interspersed seemingly at random.

Perennial favourites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ctiB6M8njs

Tommy February6 - Lonely In Gorgeous (Japanese / English)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvCjkd3p08

CSS - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex (English / Portuguese)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm7Fns9KI8A

Gogol Bordello - Zina-Marina (English / Russian)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMhXP0hVHJI

Los Super Elegantes - Por Que Te Vas (Spanish / English)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZlJK-HNZw

Eva Polna - Je T'aime, Ya Tebya Tozhe Nyet (Russian / French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4FE85bo4cI

Magic System - Un Gaou a Oran (French / Arabic / something else)

Lots of Eurovision songs are dual-language, including the greatest of them all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10XR67NQcAc

Ruslana - Wild Dances / Dyki Tantsi (English / Ukrainian)

Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:04 (ten years ago)

almost a UK hit, fond memories of hearing this on daytime radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVrg6av-nI8

PaulTMA, Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:19 (ten years ago)

greek / nihongo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpugFa8XAQk

just my $0.02

fuhgeddaboudit! (missingNO), Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:36 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKCS1ANpmo

challop (Willl), Saturday, 8 November 2014 19:05 (ten years ago)

xp

Magic System are on my black list since their recent singles (Tu es fou, Magic in the Air), I mean a priori they seem like a serious group but why do they insist on creating this party-in-a-box garbage, it's unbearable

Sharkie, Sunday, 9 November 2014 11:19 (ten years ago)

god help me I'm gonna try not to post any Mars Volta here

imago, Sunday, 9 November 2014 11:21 (ten years ago)

xp, the recent EDM singles have not been good but Mamadou from last year was terrific.

Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Sunday, 9 November 2014 11:25 (ten years ago)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GWHn4FAvEbY

Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 9 November 2014 11:38 (ten years ago)

oops. Try again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWHn4FAvEbY

Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 9 November 2014 11:40 (ten years ago)


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