Yesterday, the annual showing of one of the most watched television programs in the world came to a close once again– and it’s a show most Americans haven’t even heard of! Eurovision, as it has been known as for over 50 years, is a televised song competition in which the countries comprising the European Broadcasting Union get a chance to submit one song to represent their country and compete against the songs of other countries. The music tends to be a mix of catchy pop sounds sprinkled with folk flavor. In more recent years, most of the countries have been submitting songs with English lyrics rather than songs in their native tongue in order to broaden the appeal and popularity of their submission. However, as we all know well here at Globelle Sound, a fantastic song is a fantastic song no matter what language the lyrics are spoken in.
Though this year’s winner, Fairytale by Norway’s representative Alexander Rybak, featured English lyrics, Eurovision 2009 actually featured a fair bit of language variety. In this post I’d like to honor some of the great non-English and partially English songs of the past few years– starting with Eurovision 2007′s winning song!
Song: Molitva
Artist: Marija Šerifović
Language: Serbian
Country: Serbia
Genre: Pop
More Info: Wikipedia Page
Song: Pokušaj
Artist: Elvir Laković Laka
Language: Bosnian
Country: Bosnia And Herzegovina
Genre: Alternative Rock
More Info: Wikipedia Page
Song: There Must Be Another Way
Artist: Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad
Language: Hebrew, Arabic, English
Country: Israel
Genre: Pop Ballad
More Info: Wikipedia Page
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