May 10, 20179 yr I know "Je t'aime... moi non plus" was a UK #1 not in the English language. Is "Despacito" (possibly) only the second UK #1 in a foreign language?
May 10, 20179 yr Las Ketchup were also #1 back in the day. They did have parts of the song in English though. Edited May 10, 20179 yr by FleetSeb
May 10, 20179 yr I know "Je t'aime... moi non plus" was a UK #1 not in the English language. Is "Despacito" (possibly) only the second UK #1 in a foreign language? There was also: Julio Iglesias - 'Begin The Beguine' (1981, Spanish) Falco - 'Rock Me Amadeus' (1985, German) Los Lobos - 'La Bamba' (1987, Spanish) Enigma - 'Sadeness (Part I)' (1990, Latin/French) Yolanda Be Cool - 'We No Speak Americano' (2010, Italian) Psy - 'Gangnam Style' (2012, Korean)
May 10, 20179 yr In the context of "all of One Direction's singles were immediate #1s or top 3s so the solo things also have to be" bracket that the press will measure them by it probably is. See also the Spice Girls' immediate solo efforts 15 years ago. But taken on its own merits Niall has actually turned out some decent singles so far. And I'm not even a 1D fan! Once a video and some promo is out in the ether it will improve, provided it's not lost in a backwash of Harry and Liam releases. Zayn hasn't gone top 10 with anything except his debut / zaylor thing though right
May 10, 20179 yr Zayn hasn't gone top 10 with anything except his debut / zaylor thing though right Correct, although that's quite a big "except" when he's only put out 4 singles as a lead artist :kink:
May 10, 20179 yr There was also: Psy - 'Gangnam Style' (2012, Korean) I can't believe I had forgotten that 'Gangnam Style' was UK number 1 for only 1 week. :o Eh, Sexy Lady is in English, right? :P
May 10, 20179 yr Yolanda Be Cool - 'We No Speak Americano' (2010, Italian) This is actually in Neapolitan which is different to (although largely mutually intelligible with) Italian. #funfact
May 11, 20179 yr napolitan is just a dialect, not a language :) even if the topic is controversial :) there's been also some #1 songs with parts in Spanish like Loca People or Hips Don't Lie
May 11, 20179 yr There was also: Julio Iglesias - 'Begin The Beguine' (1981, Spanish) Falco - 'Rock Me Amadeus' (1985, German) Los Lobos - 'La Bamba' (1987, Spanish) Enigma - 'Sadeness (Part I)' (1990, Latin/French) Yolanda Be Cool - 'We No Speak Americano' (2010, Italian) Psy - 'Gangnam Style' (2012, Korean) Wasnt the version of Rock Me Amadeus released in the UK, a German/English mix (reducing German lyrics?)
May 11, 20179 yr Wasnt the version of Rock Me Amadeus released in the UK, a German/English mix (reducing German lyrics?) Yes, had some English. Chanson D'Amour by Manhattan Transfer, No.1 in 1977, had some French too.
May 11, 20179 yr Rock Me Amadeus's title and hook are in English anyway, unless my German's not up to scuff and 'Rock Me' is also a German phrase...
May 11, 20179 yr Gangnam style and Despacito don't really ocunt though as they both have English so they aren't solely in foreign languages
May 11, 20179 yr they're primarily in foreign language though, if you took out the songs that had a bit of English you'd be left with very few.
May 11, 20179 yr Rock Me Amadeus's title and hook are in English anyway, unless my German's not up to scuff and 'Rock Me' is also a German phrase... "Rock me" is a German phrase in as much as it's how a native German speaker would say that.
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