Lost in Translation Vol. 17

The "name that tune" series with a twist. Can you reconstruct the original lyric after translation through half a dozen languages and identify the song?

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Lost in Translation is a weekly “name that tune” series with a twist. Every Monday I’ll present a song lyric which has been run through half a dozen languages before back translation into English. The translation process transmogrifies the lyric into something quite unlike the original and the challenge is for you, Dear Reader, to attempt to decipher the lyric and name the tune. Every weekend I’ll publish a new post with the translated lyric along with the original and a YouTube video timestamped to the start of the lyric.

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It’s Monday, which can only mean one thing—it’s time for another installment of Lost in Translation! As revealed yesterday, last week’s song was “Paid in Full”, from Eric B. & Rakim’s 1987 debut album Paid In Full. This turned out to be a toughie and the additional hint posted on Thursday successfully pointed one reader in the direction of the correct answer. We’re heading to the late 90s for this week’s song, a track that performed well on the alternative rock charts in North America while becoming the band’s biggest radio hit.

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Translated Lyric

Here’s the lyric for this week’s Lost in Translation:

It's up to you, you deserve it and you will get it.

Try it, you will get excellent service.

Love is everything to me, don't exaggerate.

I get excited when the dance sounds.

If nobody’s scored the correct answer by midweek then I’ll be back on Notes with some more clues and on the weekend with the solution.

Hit me with your best shot folks!

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Please head to the comments and let me know whether you’ve figured out this week’s song!!

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