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Google Translate Songs are remixes of popular songs in which the original vocal tracks are replaced with a narration of the lyrics provided by Google's Translate's text-to-voice feature.

Origin

Though Google Translate^[1] has been available since 2006, Google Translate-narrated songs did not appear on YouTube until April 2010, when German YouTuber quelllympfe^[2] uploaded a Google Translate version of Eminem's 1999 hit rap single My Name Is.

Spread

In April 2011, Tumblr user Popshit!^[3] further popularized Google Translate covers of pop songs with a remix version of Lady Gaga's Born This Way. On May 4th, 2011, a YouTube video^[4] for the song was uploaded on May 4th, 2011. The fad has been since featured on several internet humor sites and blogs, including Japanese culture blog CrunchyRoll^[5], I Heart Chaos^[6], FunnyJunk^[7] and Geekosystem.^[8]

Rebecca Black's Friday

A Google Translate rendition of Rebecca Black's Friday was uploaded to YouTube on March 23rd, 2011 by nameinflashinglights^[12].

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Google Translate Easter Egg

On November 28th, 2010^[9], Redditor harrichr posted a tip on how to get Google Translate to beatbox by translating a combination of the letters P, V, Z, and K from German to German. This was then reposted to Geekosystem^[10] and TechCrunch.^[11]

Notable Examples

Search Interest

Search for "Google Translate Singing" peaked in April 2011 when the My Name Is cover was posted to YouTube and the Born This Way cover was uploaded to Tumblr.

External References

^[1] Google Translate – Home

^[2] YouTube – quelllympfe's Channel

^[3] Tumblr – Popshit!

^[4] YouTube – Google Translate singing 'Born This Way' by Lady Gaga

^[5] Crunchyroll – Google Translate sings the Madoka OP

^[6] I Heart Chaos – Google Translate sings us a little song about Google Translate

^[7] FunnyJunk – Google translate singing Blow by Kesha

^[8] Geekosystem – Google Translate Sings Us a Song About Google Translate [Video]

^[9] Reddit – TIL how to make Google beatbox for you!

^[10] Geekosystem –
How to Make Google Translate Beatbox

^[11] TechCrunch – How To Turn Google Translate Into Google Beatbox

^[12] YouTube – Google Translate Sings Friday by Rebecca Black

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Google translate English → Chinese → Korean → Tamil → English You know what to do with that big You know how to make a fat donkey. Swing, swing, swing fat butt. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle I came in like a wrecking ball Do you want to build a snowman? My anaconda don't want none I'm such a failure, the ball You have to build a snowman You are unless useless bread to my unless you've got buns hun Baby I'm preying on you tonight It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down python Honey, I made tonight Friday and Saturday, today was on friday Pick up daddies at the playground Is that the woman next to me? the last Friday Playground Dad captured In other words, it's a girl next to me? I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I was swinging chandelier chandelier So because I'm the Map So I'm following the map that leads to you It's going down; I'm yelling timber This is how I cried tree

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About

Google Translate Songs are remixes of popular songs in which the original vocal tracks are replaced with a narration of the lyrics provided by Google's Translate's text-to-voice feature.

Origin