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What are your favorite songs in a language other than English?

Here's a few of my faves......

Japanese:

Ue o Muite Arukoo

(by Sakamoto Kyu)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtXQ31F1A-k

(Most English Speakers know this song as "Sukiyaki".)

Korean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi1Q02UIzLQ

Missing You

(by Baby V.O.X.)

Chinese:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw0YpSqHh8k

I'm Still Loving You

(Also by Baby V.O.X)

Spanish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74C_gVCT2wU

La Bamba

(Ritchie Valens)

BQ: What are your fave songs in English that have excerpts in other languages? (A good example of this is "Michelle" by The Beatles,which features a chorus mostly in French.)

BQ1: What are fave songs that have been remade into languages other than their original? (A good example is how Utada Hikaru remade "Ue o Muite" into English,and Selena remade it into Spanish.)

BQ2: Who are your fave groups that release their songs in more than 1 language? (A good example is DBSK,and how they released "Hug" in Japanese,Chinese,and English versions.)

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