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Foriegn versions of English songs?
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Gypsy Kings - Hotel California
![]() Russian version of Lady Gaga's Alejandro And how about a foreign version of a foreign song: Korean Version of Numa Numa |
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Sandy Denny's seductive French version of Listen Listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrEf_ThokM |
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Avril Lavigne released 'Girlfriend' in 6 versions, just with the chorus in a different language.
The French one is particularly notable for her dreadful pronunciation, while the Chinese version probably sounds the most bizarre! The fact that she sings the verses and backing vocals in English as normal makes it all even more jarring too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Mhy1cyzR4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS5fBQr1vfU |
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Canto pop versions of English pop songs were quite common in the 80s.
There are numerous examples I could name including those by Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Sally Yeh and Sandy Lam. |
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This doesn't count I guess since it's not spoke in Japanese but sung by a Japanese singer in English who I like
I'm In The Mood For Dancing by Bonnie Pink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s9Ar6diqo0 |
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Heres mika perfofming Grace Kelly in French
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDUg5Hczcdwhe and here he is doing his number 1 French track Elle me dit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul2OlMbDLWg He's new abum went to number 1 in france and bombed here.. so he's a french star now
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Okay it's not Jacques Brel but I just love this version.
Nina Simone ~ Ne Me Quitte Pas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7w7gk1JhQ |
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Presenter Danny Baker (The Candy Man) has lots of these songs in his collection and some of them are very good whilst some are just weird. He used to play them on his afternoon show on Radio London.
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