Friday Breakfast Blend — Covergirl Issue presents:
Friday Breakfast Blend — Covergirl Issue
All about makeup and clothes. No, sorry, April Fools. This week we’ll hear all vaguely and sometimes very recognizable things, particularly things not in English. Plus some foreign language things that were so good (and by good, I mean waaaay too catchy) they became hits even here, and in honor of Chuck Berry, a few old songs which became Rock and Roll classics for other artists.
Playlist:
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ABBA, “Mamma Mia (Swedish Version)”
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of ABBA
Polydor
Sweden, Original
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Stromae, “Carmen”
from Racine carrée
Island France - 2013
Belgium/Rwanda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKftOH54iNU
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Kaoma, “Lambada”
from La Lambada (Version originale 1989)
Les Disques Caractère - 2007
France, Sampled in "Get on the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez
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Big Mama Thornton, “Hound Dog”
from Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
1990
USA, Covered by Elvis, obviously
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Chuck Berry, “Sweet Little Sixteen”
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry
1999
USA, became Surfin' USA by the Beach Boys
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Howlin' Wolf, “Killing Floor”
from The Memphis Recordings from the Legendary Sun Studios, Vol. 9
Documents
USA, became the Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin
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Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe, “Famous 1927 Mississippi Flood”
from Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Vol. 1 (1929-1930)
Document Records
USA, Covered by Led Zeppelin
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Jake Holmes, “Dazed and Confused”
from "The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes
ItsAboutMusic.com
USA, Covered by Led Zepplin
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Carolina Chocolate Drops & Luminescent Orchestrii, “Hit 'em Up Style”
from Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii - EP
Nonesuch - 2010
USA, covering of Blue Cantrell
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Colin Hay, “Down Under”
from Australia
Australia, Acoustic version by the lead singer of Men at Work
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Toots & The Maytals, “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
from Funky Kingston
Island Records - 1973
Jamaica, cover of John Denver
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Don Drummond & Tommy McCook, “(Music is My) Occupation”
from This is Reggae Music
Jamaica trumpet part in ring of fire by johnny cash
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Bongo Man Byfield, “Bongo Man”
from This is Reggae Music
Jamaica, Rewrite of Wonderful World by sam cook
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Tony Tribe, “Red Red Wine”
from 100 Reggae
Universal Music Group International - 1969
Jamaica, Covered by UB40
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Manu Dibango, “Soul Makossa”
from Soul Makossa
Unidisc Music - 1992
Cameroon, The song is probably best known for the chanted vocal refrain "ma-mako, ma-ma-sa, mako-mako ssa", which was adapted and used in songs by many prominent artists, such as Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and Rihanna's hit single "D
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Middle East's Revolutionary Artists, “zombie”
from single
Freemuse - 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFdhHYSvEFQ
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Balkan Beat Box, “Hermetico”
JDub Records - 2007
Israel, sampled in "Talk Dirty to Me" by Jason Derulo and 2 Chainz
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Rachid Taha, “Rock el Casbah”
from Best of Rachid Taha
Universal Music Division Barclay
Algeria, Cover of "Rock the Casbah" by the Clash
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Riegler Hias with D'Hundeskrippln, “Gloana Bauer”
from Für
Austria, cover of "I'm just a Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus Rewritten as "I'm just a small farmer, baby"
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O-Zone, “Dragostea Din Tei”
from Dragostea din tei (Remixes)
Cat Music - 2005
Moldova (Romanian lyrics) Original
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Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup, “We no speak americano”
from We No Speak Americano - Single
Magic Records
Italy Australia
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Don Omar & Lucenzo, “Danza Kuduro ( Don Omar & Lucenzo )”
Sonic Wave International - 2011
USA (Puerto Rico), Farnce/Portugal, "Worldwide Remix" inluded Daddy Yankee, Akon, and Pitbull as well as the original artists, and was on the radio for a while. It's not as good.
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Cheb Khaled, “C'est la Vie”
from Sahra
Barclay - 1996
Algeria/France Covered by Marc Antony as "Vivir a Vivir"
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Yannick, “Ces Soirees La”
from C'est ça qu'on aime
La Tribu
France, samples "December 26 1973 (Oh What a Night)" by Franki Valli and the Four Seasons
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Los del Río, “Macarena”
from Fiesta Macarena
1996
Spain, remixed by and english lyrcis added by the Bayside Boys
beets March 31st, 2017
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