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In the pursuit of the most translated song ever

571 sats \ 8 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 23h Music

This past weekend, this question came up in a chat with my friends and none of us could answer it. We couldn't find a proper answer online either, so we were all just throwing out guesses. We're ruling out Christmas, birthday, and that kind of songs. So, hit me with the song you know that's been translated into the most different languages. Not necessarily sung by the original artist.

Here's mine:

🇧🇷 [OG] Garota De Ipanema

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 The Girl From Ipanema

🇫🇷 La Fille d'Ipanema

🇩🇪 Der Boy von Ipanema

🇪🇸 La Chica de Ipanema

🇮🇹 La Ragazza di Ipanema

🇨🇳 伊帕内玛女孩

🇷🇺 Девушка из Ипанемы + 🇺🇦 Дівчина з Іпанеми

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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @oliverweiss 12h

The song Gyöngyhajú lány written by Hungarian rock band Omega in 1969 has multiple “language” versions.

Hungarian Gyöngyhajú lány by Omega

English Pearls in Her Hair by Omega

German Perlen im Haar still by Omega

Polish Dziewczyna o perłowych włosach by Kult

Czech Dívka s perlami ve vlasech by Aleš Brichta

Serbian Devojka biserne kose by Griva

Lithuanian Meilės nėra by Keistuolių Teatras

And, as a bonus, Kenya West used (without permission, so stole) the original song in his New Slaves song

37 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 12h

The English version sounds familiar, but I'm not sure if I’d heard it before. Good song!!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @oliverweiss 4h

I like it too. I discovered the band and the song not long ago while visiting Hungary. I googled it a bit more and found out that other versions existed. This isn't so unusual for countries from the former Soviet bloc.