Songs with Japanese

Damicci

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• 22 Dec 2006

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I noticed there are quite a few songs from the US that have Japanese in them:

"How Can I Ease The Pain" Lisa Fischer (In the beginning she says "Gomennasai, Aishitemasu")
"Get Ur Ffreak On!"--Missy Elliott (Kore kara minna de mechakucha odotte sawago sawago)
"Planet Rock" Afrika Bambata (Everybody say "ichi ni san shi")

Can you guys think of others?

 

JimmySeal

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• 25 Dec 2006

• #2

Mr. Roboto - Styx

 

Damicci

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• 29 Dec 2006

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• #3

How could I have forgotten that song.
Nice one Jimmy.

 

Kyoko_desu

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• 3 Jan 2007

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"What you're waitin' for" by Gwen Stefani.
It's not her but a young-boy-like voice goes
窶ｰﾂｽ窶佚停?堙≫?堙??堙ｩ窶堙ｱ窶堋ｾ窶堙ｦﾂ？ﾂ 窶堋?窶堙ｱ窶堋ｽ窶堙娯?堙?窶堙娯?堙俄?堙??堋ｫ窶堙ｩ窶堙娯?堙可。窶｢|窶堋ｪ窶堙≫?堙??堙ｱ窶堋ｶ窶堙｡窶堙銀?堋･ﾂ。
Nani matterun da yo? Anta no mono ni dekiru no ni. Kowagatten ja nee.

 

Damicci

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• 17 Jan 2007

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HOLY #$@# I would have never noticed that. I listened to it just now and they surely are saying that towards the end of the song. Well in this remixed version I have. Nice find Kyoko chan!

 

Arigatogozaimasu

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• 18 Feb 2007

• #6

wait..how do you write these in japanese?

 

Davey

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• 18 Feb 2007

• #7

In one of Madonna her recent songs she is saying Gomen nasai, but yeah she is also saying something in Dutch haha.

I forgot the name of the song, but it is on one of her recent CD's.

Interesting thread!

 

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dark_secrester

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• 15 Mar 2007

• #8

Cradle of Filth, A gothic rock band from the UK, seem to use japanese to fit in with the song. An example is instead of saying goodbye, they say sayounara.
It is sung Saaa--you--naa--ra
As you can see, goodbye wouldn't fit as well- An attempt at making it fit:
Goo-ooo-ood-byee
I have heard it in other rock songs, but it is usually discrete...

 

Seon-a Kim

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• 15 Mar 2007

• #9

Of the ones I know that are written here I never noticed.

 

Manchester_Mike

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• 10 Apr 2007

• #10

David Bowie's "It's No Game No.1" from the "Scary Monsters" album includes a few lines of Japanese.

There's also a line right at the end of The Tube's "White Punks on Dope" (album version only, I think) which has always baffled me...

 

Anohito

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• 12 Apr 2007

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There is a song that was not performed by a US singer, but it was entirely in Japanese, and it was a number one hit in the USA in 1963. It was Kyu Sakamoto's "Ue o Muite Aruko", which was retitled "Sukiyaki" when it was released in the USA. Unfortunately, Sakamoto died in a plane crash in 1985.

 

-Rudel-

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• 13 Apr 2007

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NOFX new song, "Cool and Unusual Punishment" that has a funny saying at the end...lol

This song is pretty much about their experience during one of their concerts.

 

NekoMama7

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• 13 Apr 2007

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If my memory serves me right, The Police did a Japanese version of "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da," and it was released only in Japan.

 

Damicci

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• 8 May 2007

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I have heard Sukiyaki, they played it once at a Sonic Burger Shop. Every now and then you can hear it on the local radio station as part of a morning show.