Media Vita in Morte Sumus by Notker the Stutterer
Tunak Tunak Tun!
Dragostea Din Tei is also up there
Prisencolinensinainciusol
Or
The Hu - Wolf Totem
I see your Prisencolinensinainciusol and raise with Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot
Shit, I didn’t even think about made up languages in songs. This has to be my favorite.
Well that song is gorgeous.
Neither one of the songs I posted is a made up language technically. The first one was made by an Italian guy, and if you listen closely, they are singing in “English.” At least those are English words. He made the song to simulate for English speakers what it is like to hear a song in English for Non-English speakers.
The second song is in Mongolian.
I knew the Hu was Mongolian.
The other song is complete gibberish though. As you said he is Italian singing what english sounds like to Italians. Not really english but has the cadence of english. There might be some common english words strewn in. I do the same thing to anime theme songs that are catchy. I only know about 150, 200 Japanese words max. That doesn’t stop me from wanting to sing along with Death Note opening credits, poorly.
Both are great songs.
Yeah, it is complete gibberish. He used English words, but put them into nonsense sequences. That’s why if you listen to the song carefully, you can almost understand it.
Your song is full of hooks. Not quite as many as Baby Shark, but easily as many as Rockin Robin
Nena 99 Luftbaloons
Manu Chao, Clandestino. The entire album rocks.
I love 99 Luftballons. Even the kiddies know it by heart here in Germany.
A song not actually about balloons.
Nena, yup. First one I thought of. She did it in english as “99 Red Balloons” but I like the original better.
Beethoven’s 9th
To add a couple more to the classical list: Camille saint-saëns danse macabre, Dvorak’s new world symphony 9, Bach fugue and toccata, and Hiromi spectrum
Just having voice parts does not make something a song. Schubert’s lieder are probably the best known classical songs.
Baba Yetu - Theme for Civilization IV and also the Lord’s Prayer in Swahili.
It’s hard to pick just one, so here’s some of my top:
- Задушу - Вера Брежнева
- Dødsrå - CC Cowboys
- Iubire - 3rei Sud Est
- Die Schlinge - OOMPH!
- Беги - Роёт
- Meine Gang - Cro
- Papaoutai - Stromae
I could keep going this is just what I thought of immediately.
Numa numa song aka Dragostea din tei
A little old
Der Kommissar by Falco
Way too much German industrial/goth/IDM/whatever to mention.
人間椅子 (Ningen Isu) - 無情のスキャット (Heartless Scat) – one I listen to somewhat frequently.
Linda Linda by the Blue Hearts is another.
千本桜 by 和楽器バンド (senbonzakura by wagakibando) is another I like because of the mix of traditional Japanese instruments and style along with modern ones.
Bésame Mucho
truly a special and wonderful song when sang with passion
Besame mucho, como si fuera esta noche la ultima vez
the Pedro Vargas version is peak, outside the original
Recently, anything by Babymetal. They are fucking boss.
Probably Kingslayer
Krigsgaldr by Heilung. It’s in proto-Germanic if I am not mistaken.
(edit: spelling - my proto-Germanic is a bit rusty)
Interesting, apparently the lyrics come from a runic inscription on an ancient grave stone found in Norway.
Oh that’s cool! The lyrics to Hamrer Hippyer appear to be from the Merseburg Charms.
I love songs either using ancient languages or otherwise ancestral. Such as the spring awakening chant buried in Shum by Go A https://youtu.be/sDeMfL8Ib9A
I’m also partial to throat singing and mixing old and contemporary instruments like what Otyken does https://youtu.be/aXsLlOPwe48
Bloodywood - Gaddaar because it absolutely slaps, or maybe Sardaar Ji because I can’t hear it without thinking of this Bhangra group and they make me smile.
Lots of Central / Latin American modern stuff as well like Donde Nací by Orishas, which is also a feel good kind of sound.
Bloodywoods whole catalog slaps
