tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940472.post5029572724309352184..comments2023-05-14T07:34:49.534-04:00Comments on Ithaca Blog: Foreign Language Songs Quiz: Answers and WinnerDavid Makarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300041635253368213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940472.post-8343660294738119552008-10-02T09:13:00.000-04:002008-10-02T09:13:00.000-04:00These answers are only partly correct. I can think...These answers are only partly correct. I can think of one more song in each language that made the Billboard charts in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>French: "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango hit #35 in 1973.<BR/>German: "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk hit #25 in 1975.<BR/>Spanish: "La Tortura" by Shakira & Alejandro Sanz hit #23 in 2005.<BR/><BR/>Additionally Los Lobos also had a hit with "La Bamba" so same song, different recording. Also Snow had a hit with the song "Informer" which was rapped in Jamaican patois - essentially a derivative of English, but most unintelligible.Lairorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887180033058572871noreply@blogger.com