Lost in Translation Vol. 4

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 Friday 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 segment of Lost in Translation! Last week’s song was “Super Freak” by Rick James from his fifth album, 1981’s Street Songs.

I’m a little worried that I’m choosing translated lyrics that are too difficult to guess and wondering whether I should start throwing out a hint or two each week (i.e. “this week we have a 1980s track from a male solo artist”). Let me know what you think in the poll below.

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Translated Lyric

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

I fell in love but lost my feelings

citywide riots

Sooner or later the hot weather will end.

i feel bad

I’ll be back on Friday with the solution.

Have at it 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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