I've been gathering tracks for the last few weeks for a compilation of non-english sung tracks for a friend... Managed to find quite a few great ones. Just wondering if anyone had any more suggestions? Here's a couple of the highlights I've found


Sigur Ros - Svefn-y-Englar (from the 'Vanilla Sky' soundtrack)
Swci Boscawen - Asdar Y Nefoedd
Emilie Simon - Fleur du Saison
Issa Bagayogo - Banani
Yankaw - Nahawa Doumbia (Aqua Bassino Dub mix)
Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mann Atkia Beparwaah de Naal
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

So anyway - drop your world-music (i hate that term!) or other fave non-english tracks here!

Chaiyya Chaiyya by Dil Se (the song at the beginning of 'the Inside Man')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2gW3zwMMQ

Angelique Kidjo - agolo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6buwDkXtaB8

Angelique Kidjo - Batonga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZtnmqODchU

Mc Soolar - La Belle et Le Bad Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXzVGmOF97A

Sorry to nitpick, but shouldn't you have called this "Best Non-English Language Songs"?

Voyage Voyage - Desireless
Le Port d'Amsterdam - Jacques Brel
in fact, anything by Jacques Brel

Pretty much anything by the absolutely amazing Chihiro Onitsuka. Here is as good a place to start as anywhere:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sKWLSCVjLE

erm... yes... thanks

my personal favourites. 5/5 for all of these. please check them out

Mustafa Sandal ft Gentlemen - Isyankar
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0MX_ZNZXtro

Tarkan - Dudu
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zOX1FK0DtAo

Tarkan - Verme
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2q6Ny2Wb5qI

Alizee - Moi Lolita
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gEjmJPim-Pw

Ismail YK - Bomba Bomba
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J7c7eKGu0Yg
Last edited by Kargo : 06-10-2006 at 18:03

I love Si Voy A Perderte- Gloria Estefan

La Tortura - Shakira (goon to be released in the UK0

and

Será Será (Las Caderas No Mienten) - Shakira, which is the Hips Don't Lie Spanish Version! i Love it!

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Joe Le Taxi - Vanessa Paradis
Fur Immer - Warlock
Tristesses de la Lune - Celtic Frost
Tokyo Mon Amour (Original Japanese Version) - Pizzicato 5
There She Is - Witches Cool Video
La Bomba! - 666
Lambada - World Party

Juanes - La Camisa Negra
MC Solaar - Hasta La Vista
Kelly Joyce - Vivre La Vie
Nuttea - Un Trop Peu de Temps

Embrujada - Tino Casal

ANYTHING by Sigur Ros. Also check out Dungen and Kent

Angela - Sian Supa Crew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPs9HnkOwgg


I also love that MC Solaar track from the paris ep of SATC but I dont know what its called.

What about Mausam by Nitin Sawhney?

Anything by Jaques Brel, but at a push I would recommend Le Cathedrale or Avec Elegance

Sonne by Rammstein

Might sound a bit odd next to Jacques Brel, though

La Belle et Le Bad Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXzVGmOF97A

Coiffeur d'Oiseaux - Dyonisos
Uzhur-La Bar - Yat-Kha
Mita Mina - Hedningarna
Kappee - Varttina
Mahk Jchi - Ulali
Ancestors - Huun-Huur-Tu featuring Malerija

For a start

I think it would sound perfect myself
When creating a compilation CD, jump from one musical style to something completely different ... that's my method
And very well it works too

Alizee- Moi..Lolita, great song!!!!

una paloma blanco

Noir Desir - Le Vent Nous Portera
Noir Desir - L'Enfant Roi
Rachid Taha - Barra Barra
Kristi Stassinopoloulou - The Secrets of the Rocks (English title, but Greek lyrics)
Rammstein - Ohne Dich
Värttina - Riena
Ogun Sanlisoy - Pencere

OMG thanks so much.

Im picturing the empty cafe with the the red wine stained copy of Carries book on the table.