# What's your favorite song in a language you don't understand?

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**Created:** [November 4, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363 "2022-11-04T17:17:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363/26 "2022-11-04T19:34:02Z")

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I guess Latin is a foreign language. So: Gaudete

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1mLGFLdsjFQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Gaudete") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mLGFLdsjFQ)

…with honorable mentions to the [Pearl Fishers duet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVR2hkGtKmw) by Bizet and the totality of French rap music (no, honest, rap in French works _remarkably_ well.)

j

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