Migrant from another place. Familiar songs sung in other languages, suggestions more than welcome! Now with more than 3000 scrollable foreign covers archived from that aforementioned other place, most of which have links that still work.https://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mzjjeyhwak2hHere is a Brazilian Portuguese cover of The Beatles'"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", recorded in yer actual late sixties, man. https://youtu.be/x0oe4x62eqA?is=oQmOS3kbm4hq-gRj04 Nov 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjjeyhwak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mzggrorbrk2uIf you ever wondered if a Hungarian-language cover of MC Miker G and DJ Sven's solitary hit - the Madonna-sampling "Holiday Rap" - ever existed, breathe easy, one does. And here is the promo video. https://youtu.be/DJFomIy77rM?si=SApNcqYaDxBUm9Gc03 Nov 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzggrorbrk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mze22esaec2vThis is what UB40's "One in Ten" sounds like in Dutch. https://youtu.be/fOLIOVeyoCI?is=SpkHJ9qpLEpCQaJo02 Nov 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mze22esaec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mzdzt3zf3c2vIf you remember Billy Ocean's number 15 hit "Loverboy" from back in 1985, you may be entertained by this German version thereof. https://youtu.be/bykO7rkbUWM?is=rtu9szNpImkKCVEp02 Nov 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdzt3zf3c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mz75ybjn422kIncredible that this has not surfaced on previous Halloweens, but here is Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers' seasonal staple "The Monster Mash"... in Chinese. https://youtu.be/k09xRpYIMoA?is=U8BhlEAMU3JeptKo31 Oct 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz75ybjn422khttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mz75njinyk2kHappy Halloween to all who celebrate. Here's an Icelandic-sung cover of Michael Jackson's "Thriller". #halloween https://youtu.be/wcnR4l2ut5Q?is=kCp3hlNu8HJfKfny31 Oct 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz75njinyk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mz72htoays2kOh yes, a Chinese-language version of Duran Duran's "Notorious" exists. https://youtu.be/J8v1KYgDWtQ?is=8Zsgl11DFQED3tK131 Oct 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz72htoays2khttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mz6l244xj22xHere is a version of Alanís Morissette's "Ironic" in low German. https://youtu.be/9Y4v8QFAAhI?is=UIfC_htwcgRoXquJ31 Oct 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6l244xj22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mz6ds3kivs2xUnknown to many anglophones, Gazebo's "I Like Chopin" was one of Italo Disco's most internationally successful singles. Here is but one of two differently translated Czech covers thereof. https://youtu.be/WenljgH-Gxk?is=p_GDu9ETmLiHZkZy31 Oct 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6ds3kivs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3myqampedds2lUnsure if this French-sung iteration of "The Windmills of Your Mind" really counts as a foreign cover if it's being sung buy the guy who co-wrote it, who also coincidentally happens to be the father of the singer in Beach House. But whatever. https://youtu.be/qhPGAeQk-78?is=iOk1dtBLZQOIPoPb25 Oct 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myqampedds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3myqa7angmc2lHere is a tremendous Czech cover of The Mixtures' 1970 hit "The Pushbike Song", complete with accompanying video! https://youtu.be/VLirZyFGY5o?is=pCKAJ4sYicyEuyM925 Oct 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myqa7angmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mynqmw5bnk22Despite much of their rich oeuvre not being covered in other languages, this Czech cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" was recorded in 2009. https://youtu.be/Rhs9JWFdIB4?is=IzwcmkVoauwlvknf24 Oct 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynqmw5bnk22https://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mynqbz4xvs22This is what a possibly not totally serious German language cover of The Rolling Stones' "Angie" sounds like. https://youtu.be/PH10ZUkTwzs?is=wYoL1otAOxPHbOwy24 Oct 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynqbz4xvs22https://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mynpugkj3222The translated-back title of this frankly bizarre 90s Hungarian-sung cover of Dead Or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" is "I Can Already See You On Me". https://youtu.be/utE1xMyGaXs?is=uZPAAUMXfMmncA9024 Oct 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynpugkj3222https://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mynpjmoyw222An Arabic version of Sylvia Vrethammar's 1974 UK top five hit "Y Viva España" (itself a cover of a Flemish original) exists and this is it. https://youtu.be/PUlTW_4YrvQ?is=P2TkF7vDrU_ktlVj24 Oct 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynpjmoyw222https://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3myfylevddc2aThis rather peculiar, almost acapella take on Sade's "Smooth Operator" (but with vague free jazz noises in the background) is sung in Swedish. https://youtu.be/h7xhvtvhl7E?is=ShZvOW-ZKItkdqTI21 Oct 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfylevddc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3myb5gdjmrk2mAnd how about a cover of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" sung acapella by an all-female quintet in Norwegian? https://youtu.be/tMdBOQcI-g0?is=PpdtI5H4oFRBG1kQ19 Oct 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myb5gdjmrk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3myb56zll2s2mNow here's a curious version of Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf" in Argentine Spanish. https://youtu.be/uDosXBH58NI?is=VAo36LHFA2WFpaan19 Oct 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myb56zll2s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3myakjv5bb22cItself a cover version of a forgotten Bucks Fizz track, Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" gets a rework in Croatian. https://youtu.be/90FdzVQGnr8?is=d1iJGtlsjrwneZRq19 Oct 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myakjv5bb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3my6nb73d5c2wAnd sticking with the ultra-camp Army of Lovers, here is a Flemish cover of their arguably most notorious song "Crucified", re-christened LUCIFER by a distinctly un-camp middle-aged Belgian lady. https://youtu.be/_kvClfKnlQ4?is=1wVKnE2zT9D7kR_D18 Oct 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6nb73d5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3my6mttikj22wAre you ready for a Russian cover of Army of Lovers' "Sexual Revolution", complete with saucy promo video? https://youtu.be/B7khbQPgBfI?is=JC2eCk3vKzEyaPgW18 Oct 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6mttikj22whttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3my6mjn6c622wGet your motor running for this cover of Steppenwolf's Easy Rider-soundtracking "Born To Be Wild", sung entirely in Burmese. https://youtu.be/hNHURBPpDfU?is=n3ydOW1vfnDPVDcN18 Oct 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6mjn6c622whttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3my6mbbbbas2wTalking of Slow Hand, here is the first of three totally different Czech translations of Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven". https://youtu.be/xCI2dvkmaUQ?is=iqpySZuJq13e4QR-18 Oct 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6mbbbbas2whttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3my6lwlf4c22wIf you ever wondered what a Korean-language version of The Pointer Sisters' "Slow Hand" sounded like, wonder no more. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=JoIHztAanHU&si=zbULxqfl4eTPWEWg18 Oct 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my6lwlf4c22whttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3my3v7squ222gThis Dutch-sung cover of Elvis Costello's "I Want You" slows the thing down even more than the original. https://youtu.be/h7tOJetpRPs?is=2rTh-VoGE5mxb6sG17 Oct 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3v7squ222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3my3utspeek2gOne for the ABBA fans now, a French-language cover of the aforementioned combo's "Arrival", performed as a duet with yr actual Frida! https://youtu.be/tHcVoAqr2ng?is=0v7WFeZOXZTbY_MV17 Oct 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3utspeek2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3lasfnpwtj52bDon't let the opening words in English confuse you, this is a Japanese language version of The Bangles' "Eternal Flame" as sung by the legendary Seiko Matsuda. https://youtu.be/OLlHScsYniU?si=ebfmZtTolnNBzCAn06 Sep 2023 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lasfnpwtj52bhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mxzg5bb6t22u"Didn't We Almost Have It All?" asked Whitney Houston in 1987, unaware that this Greek version of that very song would emerge from the ether the very next year. https://youtu.be/_ee--TnA7-s?is=G9VlzIlWsGltAHpi16 Oct 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzg5bb6t22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mxzfsokunk2vA low-rent Chinese version of Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" exists. https://youtu.be/jhzENyjyPRQ?is=yzdfrMF7ScUFXfCY16 Oct 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzfsokunk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/foreigncovers.bsky.social/post/3mxzfia3nps2vHard as it may be to believe, but Kiss's anthemic "I Was Made For Loving You" only scraped the number 50 position on the UK hit parade before turning round again in 1979. In Finland however, the song merited a cover version in the local lingo. https://youtu.be/8MGNXb4j_68?is=EvvydSAfeWzq_gSw16 Oct 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:4xo7e2ucmlrijtkvdof4wibp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzfia3nps2v