Scour foreign pop charts! Deliver the goods here!

That Fonseca track is awesome!

Yo Te Quiero is pretty good once it gets going.

Good find with that obscure Bob Sinclar track, which definitely was not the top 10 in EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY in 2006. I still listen to it all the time, summer anthems don't get any better, really.

The Fonseca track is the worst.

WTF?!?!?! I can't get enough of "Superstars." His voice bothered me at first (prof. Eddie Vedder impersonator?), but it's grown on me...I love how the guitar melds with the whistle line at 2:35.

And I live in the United States; I don't get Bob Sinclar, kthx.

Oh, and more knowledgeable people should contribute songs.

#5 in Japan: Tokyo Jihen - Killer Tune

(I love Shiina Ringo and Tokyo Jihen, but this song isn't work so well for me.)

#1 in Indonesia: Rihanna Feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella
#5 in Indonesia: The Samsons - Kisah Tak Sempurna

(I'm just looking this stuff up, I'm not knowledgeable.)

To scour foreign pop.

I live in the US too! Come on, we've been through so many Idol threads together, you should know that! I suppose this is the only country where it didn't make it to the top 10 on the main 100, but I know it was #1 FOREVER on the dance charts in our humble little country.

I know you're American. :)

I guess I just don't keep up w/ dance. :(

I listen to the local dance station when at work, and it tends to be 1/2 remixed American chart hits and 1/2 various songs from Europe.

Here's are my recommendations, all of them brilliant, in the style of an over-exuberant Amazon review:

September - Cry For You (10/10, very Swedish Kylie!!!!)
Monrose - Hot Summer (9/10, German girl group as if Timbaland produced them!!!)
Unklejam - What Am I Fighting For? (10/10, dig the Klaxon-y video!!)
Booty Luv - Don't Mess With My Man (10/10, puts the original to shame!!!)

oh man, "hot summer" was EVERYWHERE in berlin a month ago. i thought it was okay.

liking the september song! "september (all over)" is aces as well

I like the Wisin y Yandel "Yo te Quiero" track. They often manage to add a bid of melody or some unorthodix rhythmic elements that prevent me from saying this is just stereotypical reggaeton.

If you like "Cry For You," check out the album version, which is a little slower and spacier, and her latest track from her new album, which is coming out later this month.

David Fonseca does have a really off-putting voice. It's like Cherie Currie crossed with Brandon Flowers.

This is the Sandy e Junior one on Brazilian Sunday variety TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoTFI0MFxrM&mode=related&search= Check out those dance routines!

this is a great idea for a thread.

#16 France Julie Zenatti - Princesse (Tango)The French Gwen Stefani, perhaps?

Meanwhile, this is the charttopper Koxie - Garcon. I don't know what I think about this.

HAHAHA

#7 in Germany: Bushido-Alles verloren

via Wikipedia: Bushido (September 28, 1978 in Bonn, Germany), born Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, is a German rapper whose style is strongly influenced by American Gangsta rap. He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black. Bushido sucks!!

AND THE NETHERLANDS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! Worst taste ever?
1. Guus Meeuwis - Proosten
2. Mika - Relax (Take It Easy)
3. Jeroen van der Boom - Jij bent zo
4. James Blunt - 1973]
5. Gerard Joling & André Hazes - Blijf Bij Mij

And video of the week: #5 in Slovakia, HORKÝŽE SLÍŽE - RnB Soul

ok that 2nd dude's lyrics couldn't possibly warrant his behavior.

the track is good though, could use more of a bridge or something

Booty Luv - Don't Mess With My Man (10/10, puts the original to shame!!!)

I wouldn't say that. How different does it even sound to the Mood II Swing remix on the original release?

Pink's "Dear Mr. President" hit number one in Austria a couple of weeks ago, at least partially because because they show the video with German subtitles in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland -- it's kinda creepy how many Austrians wanted to talk to me about the song when I was there last month, as if it were unimaginable that an actual AMERICAN might actually PUBLICLY OPPOSE the BUSH ADMINISTRATION. At least two folks asked me if anybody in the States realized that Pink was a genius before the single was released. They're always crushed when I tell them she didn't have the guts to release the song as a single in the States.

Booty Luv - Don't Mess With My Man (10/10, puts the original to shame!!!)

as in "you can have my husband but please don't mess with my man"???

#9 in Argentina: Belanova - Cada Que...

It's like Swygart Jr.

Seems as good a place as any to mention this, which we have been running for the last few weeks. There's a few intriguing games up there now. I have been managing Italy, btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUd1HC39PkQ
lol

(3 in Latvia)

this was 1 last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZfTQUHESnQ

ok, actually digging this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjNUJSuV42k
No. 3 in Belgium

i think this is, like, Japan's Ne-Yo? #7 and climbing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uGqFtPsEjg

Namie Amuro - Fast Car, just entered at 37 in Japan
Can't find Youtube, but I also like this a lot: http://vlog.xuite.net/_pub/play.php?media_id=NjRnV3FoLTIzNzM0NTAuZmx2

for those weary of "vlox.xuite, etc."

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbabcm_mv-namie-amuro-fast-car_music

do you have a good website that compiles foreign charts? is that namie amuro song a cover of the-dream??

American charts are foreign, right?

sure

i don't know if there's a good website, xpost, but i've been using www.lanet.lv/misc/charts/

(and no, not the-dream)