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* [[David Bowie]] uses the phrase "Ouvre le chien" in two different songs. The literal translation from French is "Open the dog."
* The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] song ''Around the World'' has parts of the chorus sung in a fake stereotypical Chinese sounding language.
* Played for humor in the Angry Salad cover of Nena's "99 Red Balloons": their version is mainly in English (based on the translated version released as a single), but towards the end vocalist Bob Whelan starts throwing in stock German phrases, as a tongue in cheek nod to the original German version: "99 o tannenbaum, weinerschnitzel
* Lionel Richie's "All Night Long" features some African-sounding gibberish in its breakdown section. Richie originally wanted an authentic translation, but after learning there were literally thousands of languages spoken in Africa, he decided it was easier to just make something up.
* As part of the satire, the "Inuit" chanting in [[The Residents]]' ''Eskimo'' is actually strangely enunciated English: Most famously the track "Festival Of Death" includes a garbled chant that is actually "Coca-cola adds life!".
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