# Your Favorite Songs in English From Bands Who Dont Speak English As a First Language **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964 "2020-05-17T05:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/1 "2020-05-17T05:00:53Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/8d5oWanua7s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD8d5oWanua7s I love this song because I was really into Fallout 4 before the 'Rona hit us and this song would pop up on one of my downloaded radio stations. It really appealed to the romantic in me. This is a Finnish band and I think they rock. ---
**Author:** ![bowlweevils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@bowlweevils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bowlweevils)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/2 "2020-05-17T06:20:12Z")
One word: Björk ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/3 "2020-05-17T07:56:53Z")
A lot from the Scorpions. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/4 "2020-05-17T08:10:39Z")
Take on Me from A-ha Tarzan Boy from Baltimora ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/5 "2020-05-17T12:04:58Z")
Karin Krog, [Out Of This World.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ZC80Lx334) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/6 "2020-05-17T13:12:40Z")
“Venus” by the Shocking Blue ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/7 "2020-05-17T13:14:00Z")
These girls are natives of Austria. Their speaking voices in interviews sound like female Arnold Swartzenegger [The Mona Lisa Twins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1NZg3j1TA0) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/8 "2020-05-17T14:16:23Z")
ABBA, forever and always. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/9 "2020-05-17T14:21:53Z")
Ma Belle Amie by the Dutch group the Tee Set [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bioah3q7JOk/hqdefault.jpg "TEE-SET - MA BELLE AMIE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bioah3q7JOk) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/10 "2020-05-17T14:25:46Z")
Radar Love, from Golden Earring. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/11 "2020-05-17T14:34:01Z")
Shonen Knife - [Top of The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_benmP9I3o) Turn the volume to 11. You’ll be glad that you did. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/12 "2020-05-17T15:15:37Z")
Anything by [Aurora](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ht9MyJLT4) Anything by [Sigrid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5x93pXSmRM) [Tove Lo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzRyxGBGiAE) is nice. Björk is nice. [Sugarcubes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFQPNApwJGU)were better. [Röyksopp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADBKdSCbmiM) Other older things: [Wolfsheim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42b5RMF5p4A) [Young Gods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36PnotCVYLM) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/13 "2020-05-17T15:52:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > ABBA, forever and always. First band to come to my mind, as well. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/14 "2020-05-17T16:46:17Z")
[Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlH59eT6BvQ)by [Motorpsycho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorpsycho)(Norway) [Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZ0ETo8bkQ)by [the Soundtrack Of Our Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soundtrack_of_Our_Lives) (and their predecessors, [Union Carbide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Carbide_Productions) [Production](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ZwZizhxX0)) (Sweden) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/15 "2020-05-17T17:03:02Z")
Turboneger Norwegian (Turbonegro in English) All My Friends are Dead [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o6EFg5eWWlM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDXvpSlKIDJhWI5NYN6LxEvxwYf-w "Turbonegro, All My Friends Are Dead (With Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6EFg5eWWlM) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/16 "2020-05-17T17:07:15Z")
Celine Dion. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/17 "2020-05-17T17:09:29Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Celine Dion. Isnt she Canadian? I understand that French is the primary language in Quebec but arent Quebecois bilingual? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/18 "2020-05-17T17:18:37Z")
Any band from Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/19 "2020-05-17T17:22:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Any band from Scotland. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpVhSx0fZwM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpVhSx0fZwM) :D:D ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964/20 "2020-05-17T19:06:42Z")
Caro Emerald - Back it up Pink Martini - Amado Mio - more like dual language, [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sCbzWiJLVhk/maxresdefault.jpg "Amado Mio - Pink Martini ft. Storm Large") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbzWiJLVhk) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-in-english-from-bands-who-dont-speak-english-as-a-first-language/853964.md?page=2)