Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: Tunes you probably know in languages you may not… From Motown to Beyonce in Italian, Spanish, Japanese + more
Listen to “Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music” every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.
This week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music showcases huge hits performed by the original artists in foreign languages! From classic Motown tunes, to new wave hits from The Police and Blondie, to Belle & Sebastian, to Beyonce, Olivia Rodrigo to The Beatles… in German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and many more.
See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for Mar. 1, 2025
HOUR ONE:
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- “Aqui Con Tigo” – Smokey Robinson
- “Shock Den Affen” – Peter Gabriel
- “I’m A Cookoo (Japanese Version)” – Belle & Sebastian
- “Héros” – David Bowie
- “Será Será (Hips Don’t Lie)” – Shakira & Wyclef Jean
- “Je Ne Repartirai Pas” – Nat King Cole
- “Wie Schon Das Ist” – Marvin Gaye
- “Mon Ami Geh Nicht Fort” – Celine Dion
- “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” (Spanish & Japanese) – The Police
- “L’Amore Verra” – The Supremes
- “Can’t Change Me (French Version)” – Chris Cornell
- “99 Luftballons” – Nena
- “Angelitos Negros” – Roberta Flack (RIP)
HOUR TWO:
- “Irremplazable” – Beyonce
- “Así es la vida” – David Lee Roth
- “Conociéndome, Conociéndote” – ABBA
- “Chiquitita” – Cher
- “Questions 67 & 68” (Japanese Version) – Chicago
- “traitor” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “El Cancer” – Joe Jackson
- “Sei Solo Tu” – The Temptations
- “Sie Liebt Dich” – The Beatles
- “Un-break My Heart” (Spanish Version) – Toni Braxton
- “Mariposa Libre” – Sting
- “So Ein Mann” – Phil Collins
- “Sunday Girl” (French Version) – Blondie
- “Con Le Mie Lacrime” – The Rolling Stones
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