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What songs from foreign languages are most successful among English speakers?

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I thought of a few examples, but want some more. Don’t count songs with nonsense lyrics or instrumentals without lyrics. Don’t count bilingual songs (unless neither of them is English, or if the English portions are commonly omitted). Don’t count songs primarily popular among immigrant populations or others fluent in that language.

Basically, songs an American monoglot could sing along with, but couldn’t translate.

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PlatonicaWhore@lemmy.world
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DESPACITO.

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IN-GRID - Tu Es Foutu and also by her In Tango Alizée - J’en ai marre or J’ai pas vingt ans or Moi Lolita

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CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world
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Schnappi, das kleine krokodil was quite popular in Australia in the early 00’s.

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Melllvar@startrek.website
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Prisencolinensinainciusol makes me laugh.

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CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world
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I mean it was a song by an Italian that at the time didn’t speak English trying to make a song that to Italians would sound like it was in english.

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