Lost in Translation Vol. 20

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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Alright folks, this is it, the final installment of Lost in Translation! After a 20-week run I’m bringing the series to a close with what I’m hoping will be a fairly challenging entry. Having said that, experience shows that my opinion about difficulty has little to do with reality. We’ll see what happens!

This late 60s rock song made the top twenty in more than ten countries, seeing particular success in Continental Europe, where it made the top five in five countries, including three number ones.

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Translated Lyric

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

I don't think anyone in my family tree is like that.

So, they're definitely tall or short.

So you can't change that. But that's okay.

So I don't think it's a bad thing.

If nobody’s scored the correct answer in the next few days 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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