33 Non-English Covers Of English Songs (continued)

This is the second half of the list. For the first half of the list click HERE.

Spanish

Beatriz Luengo - Alguien

Cover of Kings of Leon's 'Use Somebody'

Did you realize that your life was missing an acoustic, Spanish version of a Kings of Leon song? No? Okay, it's probably not, but here's one to explode you mind-holes anyway.

Santiago - Kokomo

Cover of Beach Boys' 'Kokomo'

We'd like to think Brian Wilson is smiling down from heaven, giving his thumbs up to this version. Yes, we know he's not dead. We still like picturing it though.

SINIESTRO TOTAL: Miña terra galega

Cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Sweet Home Alabama'

We hope this version is big in Spain so that they too can experience the pain of every amateur guitarist trying to play it.

Chinese

Dawen 王大文 - Creep

Cover of Radiohead's 'Creep'

Of all the international covers of Radiohead, this was our favorite. Plus there's a link under the video on youtube to download a free MP3 of the song. Now you can be a creep in Chinese!

林憶蓮 - 激情

 (Sandy Lam - Passion)

Cover of Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away'

Holy 80's Batman! This cover did little to differentiate itself from the original, except of course for the fact that it's in Chinese. Chinese-Goose, Nooo!

Japanese

Saijo Hideki -Young Man 

Cover of Village People's 'Y.M.C.A.'

If you ever wondered why Village People wrote this song, this is the reason. It was always destined to be covered in Japanese.

MACO - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Cover of Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'

Not a fan of Taylor Swift? Well, prepare to...probably not be a fan of this pretty straightforward cover. Love Taylor? Then you'll love Japanese-Taylor (she probably prefers to be called Maco).

French

Claude Francois - Ce Monde Absurde

Cover of Barry McGuire's 'Eve of Destruction'

With all due respect to Barry, when the apocalypse happens, it'll likely be in French.

Gael Boom - Mirrors

Cover of Justin Timberlake's 'Mirrors'

It's true what they say, Justin Timberlake's music just translates better into French. Sure, our French is a little rusty, but that only helps.

Eileen - Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher

Cover of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made For Walking'

What are boots made for if not for walking? This French version is not any closer to answering the eternal question.

Tukuleur - Afrika

Cover of Toto's 'Africa'

The singer of this cover is from Senegal, which if memory of our second grade geography lessons serves us right, is located in Africa. 

Swedish

Anni-Frid Lyngstad - Liv Pa Mars?

Cover of David Bowie's 'Life on Mars'

David Bowie is always best when covered by other artists, and this is no exception. If you ever wanted to learn Swedish, the Youtuber who posted this was kind enough to include translated lyrics. 

Jonathan Johansson - Alla vill ha hela världen

Cover of Tears For Fears' 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'

You remember the 80's? Well, they're back, and this time, they're Swedish (as if they weren't anyway).

Greek

Protopsalti Alkistis - Ola auta pou Fovamai

Cover of Nickelback's 'How You Remind Me'

We're not sure even covering it in Greek can make Nickelback good, but it sure helps a lot. Plus, dig this crazy video. Silly people, when there's lightning, you should play inside.

Arabic

MC Rai - Everybody Hurts

Cover of REM's 'Everybody Hurts'

Tunisian born artist MC Rai delivers the Arabic version of REM's hit song you said could never be done. But it is done. And you were wrong, yet again.

Punjabi

Cornershop - Norwegian Wood

Cover of The Beatles' 'Norwegian Wood'

Technically speaking, Cornershop is a London based group. That said, the brothers who formed the group are Indian, and this amazing cover of the Beatles' classic is sung in Punjabi.

Estonian

Jaak Joala - Öö Chicagos

Cover of Paper Lace's 'The Night Chicago Died'

Nothing quite like listening to Estonians singing a British song about a gang war in Chicago, where the history and geography is based on gangster films. No, seriously, what is like that?




That's it for our list. We hope you enjoyed globe trotting with us. If you have any suggestions for non-English covers, let us know in the comments.

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