June 19, 20232 yr Author I saw that Dobbo recently bumped another thread about foreign language songs and I had no recollection of this thread that I inspired back in 2016! :o Reding through this thread was really a wow moment… anyway I would like to update the thread for accuracy of course, so please can someone help me to collate a concise list of non-English hits from the last 6-7 years that I can add to the opening page. It’s my hope to present a review of a random selection of only 21st century non-English hits to impact the UK charts soon in the 21st Century Throwback thread, so look out for that soon! ;) Also, if Colm read this… I want to see that playlist again please! :heart:
June 19, 20232 yr I'm pretty surprised Bad Bunny nor Rosalía have managed to get low top 30/40 (at least) charting solo singles/without English features here :( They seem to be massive everywhere else.
June 19, 20232 yr The UK public's loss for refusing to embrace both of them. Makes me wish Radio 1 actually did have more influence over the charts because they have kept trying to make ROSALÍA happen, bless. They did at least both make the top 100 on the albums chart with their most recent releases.
June 20, 20232 yr Here's the ones I can think of off the top of my head from 2017 to now (just top 40 hits): Bad Bunny - Mia Billie Eilish - Lo Vas A Olvidar BTS - Idol BTS - Life Goes On BTS - On CNCO - Reggaeton Lento [Little Mix version which charted has English parts though] Luis Fonsi - Despacito [peaked at #4 before the Bieber credit] J Balvin - Mi Gente Kaarija - Cha Cha Cha Kalush - Stefania Manneskin - Zitti E Buoni Sidhu Moose Wala - 47 I know BTS/Blackpink/Jimin had other hits but they had significantly more English parts than the ones I listed, not sure how far you're stretching the criteria for non-English. I'll get my thinking cap on for some more.
June 20, 20232 yr It would be great to have a definitive list compiled of all foreign language top 40 hits. I suppose a good start would be to trawl through these threads. If I ever get the time I might give it a go although who knows when that might happen, if anyone else feels up to the task then feel free!
June 20, 20232 yr Just like Regeton Lento, Enrique - Subeme la Radio ended up with English verses and Spanish chorus for the UK Rosalia & Billie Elish - Lo Vas a Olvidar, is 95% Spanish but also has a bit of English Rosalia-TKN with Travis Scott is maybe 75% Spanish but also has some English Edited June 20, 20232 yr by Bjork
June 20, 20232 yr Always suprises me when read articles about bad bunny being biggest in the world but then nothing in the UK
June 20, 20232 yr Author Some English lyrics here too, but I guess it has a case to be included; ixkoVwKQaJg
June 20, 20232 yr love nwantiti (ah ah ah) by ckay was that part English? it has a few words in Igbo (Nigerian language) but seems to be mostly in English
June 20, 20232 yr Luis Fonsi - Despacito [peaked at #4 before the Bieber credit]Note that this is just a matter of OCC crediting not the versions' popularity; it only charted in the UK once the remix came out. The original peaked at #43 on the UK weekly Spotify chart (while the remix was #1; before the remix it only got to #106).
June 20, 20232 yr Some afrobeats hits could arguably have a case to be considered foreign language hits - 'Last Last' for example is sung in a mix of Yoruba and Nigerian Pidgin English (I think), it borrows so much vocabulary/grammar from West African languages that even a lot of the English parts are probably indecipherable to most people outside the region. I guess the same could be said for a lot of reggae/dancehall songs as well. (and to be fair even some unambiguously English songs are so full of slang that they might as well be a foreign language to people outside their associated culture lol so maybe this isn't a rabbit hole I should even start going down) Note that this is just a matter of OCC crediting not the versions' popularity; it only charted in the UK once the remix came out. The original peaked at #43 on the UK weekly Spotify chart (while the remix was #1; before the remix it only got to #106). Still kind of surprising that it charted at all before the remix came out.
October 3, 2024Oct 3 Hi all I am new to the party on this thread and found it whilst researching for my Foreign language songs show on my Internet Radio Station on Sunday. There are loads of great tunes to choose from. I've looked through it a few times now. I know it only made number 87 in the UK charts but I thought the Gipsy Kings - Bamboléo would be on the list. Best wishes, Tiffer
October 3, 2024Oct 3 More foreign language hits DJ Snake/ Tyga and J Balvin - Loco contigo No87 -2019 Inigo Quintero - Si no estas No90 -2023 Corinne Hermes - Si la vie est cadeau no94 1983 Amina - Le dernier qui a parle No97 1991 Deep Forest - Marta's song No26 1995 Sacred Spirit - Tor cheney nahana 1996 No 45 Sacred Spirit - Wishes of Happiness and prosperity - 1995 No37 In 2024 Jaxomy/ Raffaella Carra - Pedro No57 Floyymenor & Cris MJ - Gata only N058
October 4, 2024Oct 4 Surely this it was a top 3 hit in 1987 Vanessa Paradise- Joe Le Taxi - FRENCH Edited October 4, 2024Oct 4 by stevejb4u
October 4, 2024Oct 4 Author Thank you for the added comments. The opening post is in need of updating and I will try and get onto that over the weekend. In the meantime, please see this unofficial compilation that myself and a few other members of BuzzJack created earlier in 2024 congaining various UK and European hits;
October 4, 2024Oct 4 Also in 2024 Teresa & Maria - alyona alyona, Jerry Heil (#100) Has 1 sentence of English at most
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