Anything by Sigur Ros.

Well I do speak some Spanish but Del Castillo Rios Misticos is such a banger whether you can understand it or not.

The song Inta Omri is gorgeous, look for a Um Kathoum version.

Great thread - I'll throw in a few although I'm late to the party.

Gaspar Nali - Abale Ndikuwuzeni

Anything from the Afro-Cuban All Stars or Buena Vista Social Club albums

Orchestra Baobab - Sey

Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor mix)

Lexicon Avenue - Here I Am (Rutabaga mix)

Starts off in English but really kicks in when it turns Welsh.

patio song by Gorkys Zygotic Mynci

Tunak Tunak Tun will forever be a banger.

Anything by:

Dir En Grey

Yoshida Brothers

Anything from Ningen Isu.

Ningen Isu - Heartless Scat

Any Song I listen because I don't like songs in my language. I don't know why.

Anything Jam Hsiao works, but I really like his song A Love Song For You. I also found out about a group called 製燥者StoryMaker and I absolutely love their song Sin of Sloth. I have so many different songs, mostly vocaloid and other related software, songs that I like that are in Chinese, Japanese, some in Korean, and even a song in Ukrainian that I like, but I ain't doing a super list of songs. I know about 3 quarters of college worth of Japanese, but I still don't consider it a language I speak.

Nanook - Ingerlaliinnaleqaagut

I like most songs by Carla's Dreams (Romanian/Moldovan + Russian). From eurovision, Shum (Ukrainian) and My sister's crown (English+Ukrainian+Czech+Bulgarian) are pretty good. Slavic languages just sound nice in songs.

Also most pop in catalan (eg. La sortida, escriurem, Ara!).

For something rarer check out Pat Boy who sings in Mayan.

September by Mariya Takeuchi.

I like a good amount of Japanese music but that makes my top five songs.

I'm enough of a lyrics person that the language barrier is a pretty big issue when it comes to music but HATRIÐ MUN SIGRA and I si demà no tornara are both undeniable bangers

https://open.spotify.com/track/0y7m0EBue5jIrSojxqqPR2?si=h0InWsdcQgSdD5jlu5D-nA

"Teresa Rampell" by Manel. It's in Catalan.

I read further down that a user even has a dedicated playlist for these kinds of songs. I should probably start my own.

And I'm afraid this thread is going to keep me busy for a while...

Here are a few examples from my "favorites" playlist:

Youssou N'Dour - Undecided (Japoulo)

Ornella Vanoni - Non Dirmi Niente

Kourosh Yaghmaei - Gole Yakh

Nana Caymmi - Tens (Calmaria)

Aaand now onto Bollywood...

• Malhari

• Maahi Ve

• Bole Chudiyan

• Heer

I'm a Eurovision Song Contest fan, though I only came to it in the last few years, so I have a ton of good songs for this question!

ESC 2021

• SHUM by GO_A (Ukraine) was my winner for that year.
• Zitti E Buoni by Maneskin (Italy) was the actual winner and launched them to international success. They are on the US radio now too.
• Voy a Quedarme by Blas Canto (Spain) is very pretty. I DO speak Spanish, but y'all might dig it.

ESC 2022

• Brividi by Mahmood & Blanco (Italy)
• Trenulețul by Zdob şi Zdub & Frații Advahov (Moldova) is some of the most fun music I've ever heard.
• Saudade Saudade by MARO (Portugal) is partly in English but entirely beautiful.
• In Corpore Sano by Konstrakta (Serbia) was one of my top songs this year. Her odd stage/video performance really makes it.
• Stefania by Kalush Orchestra (Ukraine) was the winner this year, only partly because of the invasion. It was probably in most people's top 3 anyway, and it got such a huge percentage of the votes that it really skewed the rest of the results. (Fun fact, the flautist/lead in this song is the same flautist from SHUM in 2021)

ESC 2023

• Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä (Finland) is a TREMENDOUS bop. It's so catchy. As he was touring around before the actual semi-finals he lost his trademark lime green jacket, and fans made and brought replacements to shows for him until it was found.
• Mama ŠČ! by Let 3 (Croatia) is beyond weird but really catchy. They're the most charismatic artists ever to fake pooping themselves during an interview.
• Ai Coração by Mimicat (Portugal) is fun and has a kind of old school vibe.

ESC 2024 is in National Finals season now, where each country chooses their entry, usually with a reality show contest. The semi-finals are 7 and 9 May and the Finals will be on 11 May. You can stream on Peacock, or hop on a VPN and watch the live feed from Sweden or Denmark or somewhere.

This Frederic song was on my feed one day. I had to hunt it down later that week and fortunately it was easy to describe because I found a thread of someone trying to find the same song.

Rammstein, most of what eluveitie makes and inabakumori makes...

Gangnam Style

Mungkin Nanti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWcMwUySDvI

Kasa no Hone - Anathallo

Pretty much anything by Sigur Ros

ill never marry you

The Snake by Lana Lubany

There's a really solid Country Roads cover in the film Whispers of the Heart from studio ghibli

Hislerim - Serhat durmus
Land of the Heroes (Arabic Version) - Alan Walker

Swamp - Mid-Air Thief

Canım Oy - Altin Gün

Both albums are pretty great all the way through though.

Literally anything by Thievery Corporation, though a lot of their music is in English

Dame veneno by Los Chunguitos.

Olivia Lufkin - Stars shining out

Shchedryk (Ukranian original version of Carol of the Bells) comes to mind. Folk rhymes better with their original tongue in general

In the early 200x, I was listening to an Argentinean punk rock group called Dos Minutos.

None of the song names really stick out to me (of course), but here's a link to one.