Name a legendary musical hit in your country. Rule: must be over 30 years old
Name a legendary musical hit in your country. Rule: must be over 30 years old
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
Legendary you say? Relatively unknown outside of Germany (and other German speaking countries) you say?
Let me introduce you to Dschinghis Khan by Dschingis Khan
(99 Luftballons, which was mentioned here before, is arguably the bigger hit that really everyone knows. But I couldn't resist throwing this out there. It was a huge hit and is still known.)
Schrei nach Liebe by die Ärzte from 1993, German punk band. Everybody that ist Like 60 or younger knows that song. Well, maybe not if you're in your teens...
I have no idea how well known this is outside of Scotland, or at least the UK, but it meets all the other requirements: I'm Gonna Be by the Proclaimers, probably better known as 500 Miles
Can't believe no one mentioned this beauty! Mo-Do - Eins Zwei Polizei
Great idea!
A dutch song about Belgium from the 80s:
Edit: removed tracking from link
Germany: Die Fantastischen Vier - Die Da!?!
From 1992, German rap with funny guys moving stupidly in the video
Here comes the hotsteppers, ini kamoze !
Skipper Klements morgensang: https://youtu.be/C0QQzXgKwOI?si=Ifno3B832V7P33D- A song from 1970 (I actually thought it was way older) about a civil war in 1534
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.
Charles Aznavour - Emmenez moi
Become an instant fan no matter your language
I dunno if this is legendary, but most people in Denmark know this song from school: Livstræet (The (Norse) Tree of Life) from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSrdJF9hRg
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 Harvey is probably better: https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=6J_ls-1FYuk
DAD - Sleeping my day away.
They have made some very memorable song and have become even better since then!
Also note the left handed base player with the
fourtwo string base. He has had some very unique basses made through his career
Images - Les Démons de minuit
It still can be heard at every wedding parties.
I would imagine everyone in Finland still knows this one, right?
For Romania it has to be this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JSlZWR3lJs
It even became something of a hymn for the 1989 revolution.
'Kender du det ?" (1975) by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
The country is Denmark :)
Australia: Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce Shaddap you face
Argentina: Soda Stereo - De Musica Ligera.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
Ok I start. For Slovakia I say 'Kráľovná bielych tenisiek' (Queen of white sneakers) by Elán
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) - Domenico Modugno
Germany, 1985:
On behalf of Canada, Home for a Rest
Use https://radiooooo.com and cheat
Bobbysocks - La det svinge!. 1985, Eurovision, nothing but good vibes. 🎶
There are so many good ones for Austria. Probably have to go for Fürstenfeld by STS. I have never met somebody in Austria who wasn't able to sing this, even (or especially) when drunk.
Oh, there are so many songs I could choose. Most hits from Brazil aren't well known outside. This one is a certified classic, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOchidcyv9Q
Still slaps 33 years later.
Germany
The title of this song from 1974 became a German saying.
Udo Lindenberg, originally a jazz drummer, was the first German to make authentic German rock and pop music, in the German language, without it being "Schlager".
Alles klar auf der Andrea Doria (All clear on the Andrea Doria):
'Fog on the Tyne' by Gazza and Lindesfarne from 1990. I have to warn you that it's awful, and yet, infuriatingly catchy.
For those who don't know, Gazza was a famous and talented English footballer with a massive booze addiction, and a tendency towards domestic abuse.
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