Rules:
- Over 30 years old
- Should be a HUGE hit everyone in your country remembers to this day
- Preferably something that is relatively unknown outside of your country
- Preferably sang in your native tongue
Schrei nach Liebe by die Ärzte from 1993, German punk band. Everybody that ist Like 60 or younger knows that song. Well, maybe not if you’re in your teens…
Wanted to complain, but damn already over 30 years indeed
Legendary you say? Relatively unknown outside of Germany (and other German speaking countries) you say?
Let me introduce you to Dschinghis Khan by Dschingis Khan
(99 Luftballons, which was mentioned here before, is arguably the bigger hit that really everyone knows. But I couldn’t resist throwing this out there. It was a huge hit and is still known.)
Dschingis Khan is very well known in the US AFAIK
American here. Never heard of it.
Nena - 99 Luftballons comes to my mind. Guess the country
Schwurbelstan?
Interesting. How do you guys feel about Bruttosozialprodukt?
We steigern it.
Butr only when the Werksirene dröhnt
Bavaria?
Germany: Die Fantastischen Vier - Die Da!?!
From 1992, German rap with funny guys moving stupidly in the video
Hallo Thomas!
Hallo! Alles klar?
Klar!
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Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) - Domenico Modugno
We know Volare in germany from football
One of Germany’s favorite Schlager 😝
Germany, 1985:
For Romania it has to be this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JSlZWR3lJs
It even became something of a hymn for the 1989 revolution.
Portugal: Grândola, Vila Morena - Zeca Afonso. Probably not a hit when it came out, as it was banned by the dictatorial regime at the time but it became the anthem of our 1974 revolution, pretty much because it was the song that the revolutionary group chose to be played on the radio station (they took control of) to mobilize their forces.
Zeca Afonso has a bunch of other well-known (and really good) songs, all sung in Portuguese but this is the one most people know by heart. It helps that it gets played every year on the anniversary of the revolution and whenever there’s a protest.
Grândola is a good choice, though because of the political association it will never be a hit with the non-leftist crowd. Dunas or A minha casinha are probably more popular/neutral choices and, unlike Zeca’s song, no-one outside of Portugal has ever heard about them (Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).
OTOH I’m fairly sure that in 50 years few will remember Xutos and GNR, while Grândola will still be sung over the centennial celebrations (assuming we don’t fall back into a far-right dictatorship by then…)
Yeah, that’s a fair point. After my post I thought A minha casinha or Não sou o único would also be good choices.
(Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).
That’s true, from what I can tell, it’s pretty popular in Galiza.
Charles Aznavour - Emmenez moi
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Argentina: Soda Stereo - De Musica Ligera.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
It was actually a bigger hit in the US.
Huh. TIL.
I would say for Canada: The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking. They have a bunch of well known songs in Canada, but some of them are not quite 30 years old yet.
You know, literally minutes after I posted I thought to myself “maybe I should change it to the hip” but decided against it because hey, it’s Rush. But I agree, your choice is a good one.
Ok I start. For Slovakia I say ‘Kráľovná bielych tenisiek’ (Queen of white sneakers) by Elán
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