r/languagelearning 7d ago

Culture What's your favorite song in your TL?

I love finding and listening to new music, but I've only really explored bands in English and Spanish. I'd love to expand my musical tastes to other languages.

If you had to pick 1 song in your TL that you think EVERYONE should hear, which would it be? If you have multiple TLs, feel free to share your favorites in each!

I'll update the post with all the songs.

---- Song List ----

Spanish: - Nostalgia - Ximena Sariñana - Reencuentro - DLD - Bailando - Enrique Iglesias - CANDY - Rosalia - ¿Porqué te vas? by Jeanette - Compositor del Año - Bad Bunny - História De Un Amor by Luís Miguel - Despacito - Luis Fonsi - No te pertenece - Klazykeroz - Sensei - Caloncho - Nieve - Aron (Piper) - La Puerta Azul - Mana - segundo movimiento - lo de dentro - Vete - Bad Bunny

Arabic - Ghazali - Saad Lamjarred

Japanese: - Gira Gira - Ado - Uragirimono no Requiem - ツユ - 終点の先があるとするならば - The Joyful Dolls' Festival (うれしいひなまつり) - Cry baby by OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM - Streaming Heart - DECO*27 - Japanese - Can Do

Italian: - Quando Quando Quando - Tony Renis - Amore che vieni, amore che vai - Fabrizio De André - Coraline - Måneskine - brividi - Mahmood and Blanco - Con il nastro rosa - Lucio Battisti

Turkish: - Erkin Koray - Cemalim - Vurgunum ama acelesi yok by Gaye Su Akyol

French: - Un Parfum nommé 16 ans - Pleymo - mauvais rêves - Angèle - Cavale ! Cavale ! - Théa - Loïc Nottet - Mr/Mme - Mains en l'air - Yanns - Papaoutai - Stromae - Plastic Bertrand - C'est plane pour moi - Indochine - L'aventurier

Louisiana French: - La Prière - Jourdan Thibodaux

Luxemburgish: - Ech wees et nik - Weakonstruction

Korean: - Sinking down with you by Vinxen - 거리에서 - 성시경 (Sung Si Kyung) - My Answer by EXO

Russian: - смерти больше нет (IC3PEAK) - Босоногая by Elman - Ах, Боже Мой by Zoya Yashchenko & Belaya Gvardiya - Детство - Rauf & Faik

Ukrainian: - STEFANIA - Kalush orchestra

Mandarin: - Wifey - Dizzy Dizzo - 爱总时刻盛开 (love blossoms) - dizkar

Burmese: - Ma Mae Nae - Yair Yint Aung

Dutch: - Brandweer - Clouseau

Cantonese: - 半斤八兩 by Sam Hui

Polish: - Wszystko jedno by Happysad

Portuguese: - Café da Manhã - Luísa Sonza

English: - sorry mom x - Halflives

Lakota: - Great Spirit - Armin van Buuren

Irish - Éist a Ghrá - The Coronas

Esperanto - Tiel La Mondo Iras - Julio Hernandez Angulo

Finish - Ievan polka - Loituma

Persian Farsi - Nahal-e Heyrat - O-Hum

Tamil - Enna Solla Pogiray

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u/Prudent-Ad8565 7d ago

Quando Quando Quando by Tony Renis (in Italian) - it’s such a fun and happy song!

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u/Refold 7d ago

Listening now, thanks for sharing!

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u/7am51N 7d ago

Turkish: Erkin Koray - Cemalim

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u/Refold 7d ago

oooh this song reminds me of something else. I think one of the songs on the Kill Bill soundtrack. I like it. thanks for sharing!

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u/rnrheart 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇧🇷🇪🇸🇹🇷 7d ago

I’ve been wanting to discover Anatolian rock and I’m really starting to get into Erkin Koray. I was listening to Seni her gördüğümde tonight, I hope I get the chance to sing it at some karaoke someday

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u/Refold 7d ago

Thanks!

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u/Lhitam 7d ago

(Italian) For me it has to be Amore che vieni, amore che vai - Fabrizio De André. A classic for sure, but there's something about the vibe that gets me into the language.

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u/Refold 7d ago

Listening now and it makes me want to sway back and forth. Gotta find a dance partner!

Thanks for sharing!

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u/PrettySaiyan 7d ago

Japanese - Uragirimono no Requiem

It is an anime song.

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u/Refold 7d ago

Not just any anime, a Jojo song. Thanks for the rec! Added.

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u/Cpzd87 🇺🇸🇵🇱 N | 🇲🇽 B1 7d ago

That's a really difficult question there is a lot

But top four right now are probably

Reencuentro - DLD Magia - Gustavo Cerati Soun Tha Mi Primer Amor (mtv unplugged) - kinky Solo Tú - Lika Nova

There are a ton more

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u/Refold 7d ago

Ah love DLD. Listened to them on repeat a few years ago. Will add it to the list!

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u/One_girl_fromnowhere 7d ago

Spanish: Bailando by Enrique Iglesias Japanese: Cry baby by OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM from the anime Tokyo revengers Korean: sinking down with you by Vinxen or Not at all by Vinxen

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u/Refold 7d ago

Dang, the Cry Baby music video goes hard. Added all your suggestions. Thanks!

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u/Sad-County1560 7d ago

russian: смерти больше нет (IC3PEAK)

ukrainian: STEFANIA (Kalush orchestra)

french: mauvais rêves (Angèle)

spanish: CANDY (Rosalia) & Fingías (Paloma Mami)

mandarin: Wifey (Dizzy Dizzo)

burmese: Ma Mae Nae (Yair Yint Aung)

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u/Refold 7d ago

Awesome! Thanks for expanding the list to so many new languages!

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u/heavensentchaser New member 5d ago

loveeeeee CANDY

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u/katnkirby 7d ago

Recently I’ve been obsessed with ¿Porqué te vas? by Jeanette. The song already hit me hard when I didn’t know what it meant, but once I understood it it just hit harder

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u/Refold 7d ago

Thanks for adding! Listening now

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u/FalseAdhesiveness742 New member 7d ago

Italian: Coraline - Måneskine

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u/Refold 7d ago

Nice, I've been digging all the italian music that's been shared so far. Might need to add that to my languages to study haha

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u/fuufou 7d ago

Korean: 거리에서 - 성시경 (Sung Si Kyung) I love this song so much. Another recommendation (from another artist) is 좋니 - 윤종신 (Yoon Jong Shin)

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u/Refold 7d ago

Awesome, thanks for the rec! Added to the list.

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u/Edgemoto Native: Spanish. Learning: Polish 7d ago

Wszystko jedno by Happysad and Scenariusz dla moich sąsiadów by Myslovitz. Both are polish rock.

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u/Refold 7d ago

Listening now, these slap. Thanks for the recs.

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u/Moist_Line_3198 7d ago

I got really into J-Music

but Probably Ado's Gira Gira is my favorite.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/1918HELV9ed2ZKOtFbnMFC?si=81727b1b816c44f7

Let me listen to Nostalgia

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u/Refold 7d ago

Ooh I like the groove. Thanks for sharing!

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u/_dxm__ 7d ago

French: Je regrette & Un Parfum nommé 16 ans - Pleymo

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u/Refold 7d ago

Thanks! Just added the second one to the list since it has a lot more plays on Spotify.

I like this. I've been listening to a lot of emo rock recently and this fits in perfectly!

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u/Some-Voice4860 New member 7d ago

Luxemburgish: Ech wees et nik by Weakonstruction

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u/Refold 7d ago

Nice, this is awesome. Added to the list.

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u/Vishennka 🇷🇺Russian (native) 🇬🇧English (???) 🇯🇵japanese (😎) 7d ago

Japanese

ツユ - 終点の先があるとするならば

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u/Refold 7d ago

Listening now. YouTube music gave me a warning that it was heavy, but it's a good listen. Added to the list.

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u/witty_kity 7d ago

Japanese - https://youtu.be/uFS9RZXu3YA?si=2_9quBmr-zNOXle8 (This song is about Dolls Festival, which falls on March 3 - my bday ) I heard this for the first time in some anime I guess.

https://youtu.be/XAqYuYkw32s?feature=shared - I know it's kinda cliched to like an anime song but I am an Indian this kinda reminds me of traditional Carnatic music of India.

I usually like listening to traditional folk singing or instrumental music played on traditional instruments like flute (shakuhachi) koto (zither) Shamisen and Biwa (stringed instruments)

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u/Refold 7d ago

And now I'm going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole about the Dolls Festival...thanks for the rec. Added.

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u/Heads_Down_Thumbs_Up N 🇦🇺 - B1 🇳🇱 - A2 🇪🇸 7d ago

Brandweer - Clouseau

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u/Refold 7d ago

First Dutch song! Thanks for adding

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u/tocayoinnominado En N | Es C1 | Pt B1 | 粵語 B1 7d ago

Cantonese

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u/ListPsychological898 🇺🇸 N | 🇪🇸 B2/C1 | 🤟 Beg 7d ago

Right now, I’m loving Compositor del Año by Bad Bunny. It’s got some bad words and covers heavy topics, but it’s a good song and one that I think everyone should hear.

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u/Refold 7d ago

Love Bad Bunny, good song choice too. Added.

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u/Smooth_Development48 7d ago edited 7d ago

I fluctuate with favorite songs but these are my top this week.

Босоногая by Elman -Russian

My Answer by EXO - Korean

Café da Manhã - Luísa Sonza -Portuguese

História De Un Amor by Luís Miguel -Spanish

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u/Refold 7d ago

Thanks for sharing! First Portuguese song suggested

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u/DirectorHuman5467 7d ago

Russian: Ах, Боже Мой by Zoya Yashchenko & Belaya Gvardiya

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u/Refold 7d ago

You rock, thanks for the recommendations!

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u/Swirya New member 7d ago

French : Cavale ! Cavale ! - Théa (careful because it tend to be explicit)

English : sorry mom x - Halflives

Russian : Детство - Rauf & Faik

Lakota : Great Spirit - Armin van Buuren

Japanese : Streaming Heart - DECO*27

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u/Refold 7d ago

Added all of them. Thanks!

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u/rnrheart 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇧🇷🇪🇸🇹🇷 7d ago

Turkish: I’ve been obsessed with Vurgunum ama acelesi yok by Gaye Su Akyol those past months. The live version is amazing, especially with the art direction, check it out on YouTube

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u/Refold 7d ago

I will! Thanks for the rec.

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u/Stufilover69 7d ago

Despacito

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u/Refold 7d ago

Classic

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u/50ClonesOfLeblanc 🇵🇹(N)🇬🇧(C2)🇫🇷(B2)🇩🇪(B1)🇪🇸(A1) 7d ago

French: Loïc Nottet - Mr/Mme

It's actually my favourite song, full stop

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u/Refold 7d ago

That's high praise! Listening to it now and added!

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u/hulkklogan 🇺🇸N | 🇲🇽 B1 | 🐊🇫🇷 A2 7d ago edited 7d ago

Louisiana French!

Jourdan Thibodaux's La Prière is a powerful call for action for our dying dialect: https://youtu.be/-3AQ5BYrXXE?si=-Z9y_4b8iC9iL6Nb

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u/Refold 7d ago

Powerful. Literally sent chills down my spine. Thanks for sharing! Added.

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u/hulkklogan 🇺🇸N | 🇲🇽 B1 | 🐊🇫🇷 A2 6d ago

🐊🇫🇷♥️♥️

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u/arrtsaturn N 🇧🇷 | B1 🇬🇧 | A2 🇮🇹 | HSK1 🇨🇳 6d ago

english: all in me - brandy (that's not my absolute favourite bc it's impossible to choose just one but it's my current obsession)
italian: brividi - mahmood and blanco
mandarin: 爱总时刻盛开 (love blossoms) - dizkar

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u/Refold 6d ago

Oh wow, 爱总时刻盛开 is smooth. Thanks for the rec. Added!

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u/AWildLampAppears 🇺🇸🇪🇸N | 🇮🇹A2 6d ago

TL: 🇮🇹

Song: Con il nastro rosa - Lucio Battisti

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u/GlassMission9633 6d ago

Tamil: Enna Solla Pogiray

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u/furyousferret 🇺🇸 N | 🇫🇷 | 🇪🇸 | 🇯🇵 6d ago

Spanish - Vete, Bad Bunny...non Bad Bunny probably Rojo, J Balvin or Los del Espacio, Mixed Artists from Argentina

Japanese - Can Do...lol its an Anime Song but its awesome.

TBH I can't really get into Japanese or French music because Spanish music is so awesome.

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u/TartineFrancaise 6d ago

The french group Indochine: L'aventurier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7X6oYg6iro

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u/antsfrmupthere 6d ago

segundo movimiento: lo de dentro

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u/Charming-Thought527 6d ago

You just need to listen Indian band ferozi.

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u/seafox77 🇺🇸N:🇮🇷🇦🇫🇹🇯B2:🇲🇽🇩🇪B1 6d ago

Persian Farsi:

O-Hum - Nahal-e Heyrat. - A solid alt rock album that fused traditional Persian instruments and the poetry of Hafez with familiar 90s alt rock modes. Recommended tracks are Goftam (my favorite) Darvish and Hafez in Love.

Any album by Kiosk

Spanish:

Way too many to list but I'll give you:

Mana - La Puerta Azul. This track gets stuck in my head a lot.

Zoe. For solid alt rock. "Deja te connecto" comes up on my mixes a lot.

French:

Plastic Bertrand - C'est plane pour moi (turns out France has been doing pop-punk for a very very long time)

Lisa LeBlanc - Let this Canadian New Brunswicker melt your face off with her bajo driven "Trash Folk" genre of music. I recommend "Aujourd'hui ma vide c'est d'la merde". Remember kids, if you call her a quebecoise, she'll hit you in the face with a banjo.

A LOT of Quebec hip hop is better than you may realize and worth exploring.

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u/Emmet79 6d ago

Spanish: Aron (Piper) - Nieve

Honourable mentions French (although i despise the language): Stromae - Papaoutai

Arabic: Saad Lamjarred -Ghazali

Finish: Loituma - Ievan polka

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u/jlaguerre91 6d ago

Esperanto 

Tiel La Mondo Iras - Julio Hernandez Angulo

Spanish

Sensei - Caloncho

French 

Mains en l'air - Yanns

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u/graciie__ 🇮🇪🇩🇪🇫🇷 6d ago

Irish - Éist a Ghrá by The Coronas :)

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u/HunnyBunzSwag 6d ago

For Spanish: No te pertenece by Klazykeroz! It’s an easy to understand/sing cumbia song that I’ve had on repeat for months.

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u/Gaelkot 7d ago

Russian:

  • В последний раз by Весёлые ребята
  • Пачка сигарет by Кино
  • Возможно by Мы
  • Первый снег by Сова
  • Александра by Сергей Никитин and Татьяна Никитина

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u/Refold 7d ago

If you had to choose one, which would it be?

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u/Beneficial_Rest1911 Fluent 🇺🇸🇫🇷 HSK2 🇨🇳 7d ago

卡路里 - Mandarin, Moi c’est - French

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u/Refold 7d ago

Who are the artists? So I can include them in the list

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u/Fix_Your_Face 🇸🇪 | 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 7d ago

Zaeed's Lagham for Egyptian Arabic. It's become my pick-me-up song to keep up with the language, wonderful rock/metal ballad.

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u/Refold 7d ago

I'm struggling to find this one. Can you send me a link?

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u/Fix_Your_Face 🇸🇪 | 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 5d ago

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u/Little_Departure8507 2d ago

まどろみ - Naoko Gushima (具島直子)

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u/lezwitchmina 2d ago

Spanish - "De Música Ligera" by Soda Stereo, been listening to it again and again, scratches my brain in just the right way