In the US, I honestly can't remember one since "Macarena"
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 11:29 (eleven years ago) link
"Gasolina"?
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
Also "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
the answer is Coldplay, innit?
― barthes simpson, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
"open coldplay style"
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
Shakira's "La Tortura" made it to #23.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
google says it only made 39 in the u.s. billboard top 40 (and 54 in the billboard hot 100, what's the difference?)
It made #39 on the Top 40 Tracks chart -- this was a (now-defunct) airplay-only chart. The Hot 100 is the main U.S. singles chart, which combines airplay and sales (and now even streams, IIRC?).
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it cracked me up when the lead single from Shakira's Spanish album did better than the lead single from its English counterpart (although "Hips Don't Lie" came along and eclipsed all of the above). DJP's suggestions are probably the 2 biggest, but i do wonder what the biggest non-English non-Spanish hits in America are.
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:05 (eleven years ago) link
Of all time? These have all hit #1:
1. Domenico Modugno, "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu" ("Volare") (1958, Italian)2. Kyu Sakamoto, "Sukiyaki" (1963, Japanese)3. The Singing Nun, "Dominique" (1963, French)4. Falco, "Rock Me Amadeus" (1986, German)
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
Another 21st-century Spanish hit: "Oye Mi Canto" (has a few lines of English in it, but no more than "I Know You Want Me").
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
Spanish is a little bit different by virtue of there being way more Spanish speakers in the country + lots of people taking Spanish classes + there are cognates and stuff
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
I have no idea what they're saying in the chorus of "Calabria" so I have no idea if that half-counts or not
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
I think we can all agree that this is the first time a song from East Asia topped the charts over here
― barthes simpson, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
2. Kyu Sakamoto, "Sukiyaki" (1963, Japanese)
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
Was Panjabi MC - Mundian to Bach as big in the states as it was in Mexico? Don't really follow charts but that song got some heavy airplay over here.
― Moka, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
i think the jay-z rapping over the top version did well but i doubt the original did? it was huge in the UK.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
<i>In the US, I honestly can't remember one since "Macarena"</i>
Wasn't the version of the Macarena that got big in the US the version that featured English vocals in the verses?
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
"Mundian To Bach Ke" - #33 US
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
What about Aserejé? That was big in the UK that year I seem to recall, no idea how good it did in the USA.
Also Wes - Alane and Lambada were definitely top hits in the USA.
― Moka, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
As memory serves, "Macarena" had one English verse but it was still almost all Spanish. "Asereje" did nothing in the US. I see on Wikipedia that it hit #54, and even that surprises me.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
It seems Alane didn't chart on the states at all either. You're missing out on some good, corny tunes America.
― Moka, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Enigma - Sadness part 1 (latin/french) only went to #5 in the US
― lil queequeg (peter grasswich), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Gasolina was mega.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
"Gasolina" only made it to #33 but "Oye Mi Canto" made it to number #12? Weird, the former felt like a much bigger deal.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
Agree w/that, tho maybe Nina Sky gave "Oye Mi Canto" a wider appeal?
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
I'm guessing "Gasolina" maybe had a crossover delay thing going on? Like by the time it hit English-language stations, Spanish-language stations had moved on?
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
Probably because Billboard was (is?) mainly payola driven, not actual sales. Gasolina was #1 or at least top 5 all across the world.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Sukiyaki is so great btw. why doesn't it get played on the radio always?
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
I hear the Taste Of Honey cover on the radio from time to time.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:41 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
inevitable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4uDSnYQx3Q
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
btw the snl skit was really unfunny and embarrassing, but you know....snl!
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it's to be expected at this point. "hey, we're aware of this thing that's supposed to be really funny, I'll bet it'd be even funnier if we did it with our cast of crazy goofs!!!"
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
i thought ppl yelling at butts was gonna be a thing like planking or tebowing but i can't find a tumblr for it.
― slugbuggy, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 08:53 (eleven years ago) link
they were yelling at butts in portland before it was cool
http://i.imgur.com/kKD5t.jpg?7736
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
eating money out of a butt != yelling at a butt
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
#11 in the US this week
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Up to #2 on UK iTunes.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
they were yelling at butts in portland before it was cool― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:01 AM (8 hours ago)
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:01 AM (8 hours ago)
that is golden gate park, san francisco, california, son.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRwPRfYLWPE
Always going to happen.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:45 (eleven years ago) link
surely that half arsed effort will be bettered by a player w/ more finesse soon
― ogmor, Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:52 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, Balotelli tweeted yesterday that he was going to use that celebration, guess he got beaten to it.
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Thursday, 20 September 2012 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
Balotelli would execute the horsey dance with much more verve.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 September 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
That's Mario trying to emotionally blackmail Mancini into putting him in the team, that is..
― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 20 September 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
been celebrating goals with gangnam dance since mid-august
― skrill xx (cozen), Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
So I haven't seen this noted anywhere, but that makes it highest-charting foreign-language hit in the U.S. since "Macarena," right? I'm not counting "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)," which is mostly in English.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
what about Drake's hits?
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://rlv.zcache.com/img/imt-prd/pd-137299890145917137/isz-m/at-238560305421145726/realview.jpg?urbanimage_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbandictionary.com%2Fproducts.image.php%3Fdefid%3D2387389%26greeting_card_outside%3D1&urbaninside_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbandictionary.com%2Fproducts.image.php%3Fdefid%3D2387389%26greeting_card_inside%3D1&urbanword_txt=CHORTAL
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
I believe this video actually is the weaponized entertainment of Infinite jest. Just startled that the Entertainment turns out to include a dude yelling at a butt.
― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Thursday, 20 September 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
I'm still pondering how the ADD generation decided that the next best thing is a music video that lasts over 4 minutes. I still haven't watched the full video. Both the song and the video overwear their welcome by the middle.
― Moka, Friday, 21 September 2012 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
I'm trying to unpack that challop and failing.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Friday, 21 September 2012 08:36 (eleven years ago) link