Rules:
- Over 30 years old
- Should be a HUGE hit everyone in your country remembers to this day
- Preferably something that is relatively unknown outside of your country
- Preferably sang in your native tongue
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) - Domenico Modugno
We know Volare in germany from football
One of Germany’s favorite Schlager 😝
Here comes the hotsteppers, ini kamoze !
France, Chanson de Prevert from 1962 : https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=5DeA8FPqWwc
I dont think Gainsbourg got much audience outside of France, but he was THE french singer for almost half a century
The english version from Mick Harbey is probably better: https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=6J_ls-1FYuk
Charles Aznavour - Emmenez moi
Become an instant fan no matter your language
Bobbysocks - La det svinge!. 1985, Eurovision, nothing but good vibes. 🎶
Germany: Die Fantastischen Vier - Die Da!?!
From 1992, German rap with funny guys moving stupidly in the video
Random question, but how well known is my old German teacher’s favorite techno song: Eine Insel Mit Zwei Bergen? To which I still remember all the words 15yr later lmao.
I had the Single when I was a kid
I’d say pretty much everybody between 40 and 45 remembers that song
Hallo Thomas!
Hallo! Alles klar?
Argentina: Soda Stereo - De Musica Ligera.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
It was actually a bigger hit in the US.
I would say for Canada: The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking. They have a bunch of well known songs in Canada, but some of them are not quite 30 years old yet.
You know, literally minutes after I posted I thought to myself “maybe I should change it to the hip” but decided against it because hey, it’s Rush. But I agree, your choice is a good one.
This song was HUGE in the US. My one of my absolute favorite songs to play
No way, I love that song!
Sing it again, High-fructose Boy 😁
Portugal: Grândola, Vila Morena - Zeca Afonso. Probably not a hit when it came out, as it was banned by the dictatorial regime at the time but it became the anthem of our 1974 revolution, pretty much because it was the song that the revolutionary group chose to be played on the radio station (they took control of) to mobilize their forces.
Zeca Afonso has a bunch of other well-known (and really good) songs, all sung in Portuguese but this is the one most people know by heart. It helps that it gets played every year on the anniversary of the revolution and whenever there’s a protest.
Grândola is a good choice, though because of the political association it will never be a hit with the non-leftist crowd. Dunas or A minha casinha are probably more popular/neutral choices and, unlike Zeca’s song, no-one outside of Portugal has ever heard about them (Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).
OTOH I’m fairly sure that in 50 years few will remember Xutos and GNR, while Grândola will still be sung over the centennial celebrations (assuming we don’t fall back into a far-right dictatorship by then…)
Yeah, that’s a fair point. After my post I thought A minha casinha or Não sou o único would also be good choices.
(Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).
That’s true, from what I can tell, it’s pretty popular in Galiza.
Ok I start. For Slovakia I say ‘Kráľovná bielych tenisiek’ (Queen of white sneakers) by Elán
I would imagine everyone in Finland still knows this one, right?
Nena - 99 Luftballons comes to my mind. Guess the country
Schwurbelstan?
Interesting. How do you guys feel about Bruttosozialprodukt?
We steigern it.
Butr only when the Werksirene dröhnt
And The Stichel lustvoll stöhnt
And the gabelstapelfahrer mit der stapelgabler prahlt
Bavaria?