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 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!
Rush Job - Sheena Ringo
Swamp - Mid-Air Thief, but the whole album Gongjoong Doduk is pretty good.
Dixie - Harmonium
Le tombeau est vide - Chromb!
For fun:
El Corazón - Hard n Phirm
Honorable mention that might not technically count:
Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano
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 - StromaeThe Seatbelts, “The Real Folk Blues”
El Coo Cooi - Voodoo Glow Skulls
Liebeslied - KMFDM
[온스테이지2.0] 이날치 - 범 내려온다(with 앰비규어스 댄스컴퍼니)
There’s a Playlist called ‘Kein English’ that I enjoy quite a bit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5UlpZblwRyqrqQbk8G1j0B?pi=yAQH9aB_S86xN
The Pillows - because of FLCL
Ado, especially Elf
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.
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
Dragostea din tei (română) from O-Zone Heard it a lot when I was junger.
Numanumanei numanumanumanei
El Derecho de Vivir en Paz by Victor Jara
Anything by Shin Jung Hyun, but especially Beautiful Rivers and Mountains and The Sun
La Forêt by Lescop
For metal - Utsu-P. He’s a Vocaloid metal artist and his stuff absolutely slays.
Highlights: Pure White Poison, Sugarcoat of Love, Harakiri, Gorgon, and really anything he writes using Gumi.
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!
