Songs with Japanese

[Damicci]

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]

Mr. Roboto - Styx

[Damicci]

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

[Kyoko_desu]

"What you're waitin' for" by Gwen Stefani.
It's not her but a young-boy-like voice goes
何待ってるんだよ？　あんたのものにできるのに。怖が ってんじゃねぇ。
Nani matterun da yo? Anta no mono ni dekiru no ni. Kowagatten ja nee.

[Damicci]

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]

wait..how do you write these in japanese?

[Dutch Baka]

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!

[dark_secrester]

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...

[Ayu-youkou]

o_O

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

[Manchester_Mike]

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]

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-]

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]

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]

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.