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  1. 1.Olena UUTAi – Blessing of Nature★ favorite

    191K Likes

    5:43

    Best comments

    1.“Fuck. She howls better than an actual wolf.”

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    1. 2.“The dislikes are from real wolves who are jealous of her howl.”
    2. 3.“Only kids from 10,000 B.C. will remember this banger.”

  2. 2.Jain – Makeba★ favorite

    3.4M Likes

    3:43

    Best comments

    1.“I literally typed 'ma kebab' to find this.”

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    1. 2.“'My kebab makes my body dance.' Yes, it does.”
    2. 3.“Fun fact: she studied computer graphics, which is why her videos are so freaking good.”

  3. 3.Otava Yo – Oy, Dusya, oy, Marusya (Cossack lezginka)★ favorite

    274K Likes

    5:41

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    1.“My son is 22 months old and he's your fan. He constantly asks us to play 'Masyusya'... honestly, our eyes are twitching – but it beats the kids' cartoons.”Translated from Russian

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    1. 2.“We should all come together and sing in peace. Love from your cold neighbor, Greenland.”
    2. 3.“The little bridge where the three girls sing, and the chapel in the background? My husband built them – it's a movie set on an island in Lake Ladoga.”Translated from Russian

  4. 4.Robbie Robertson – Ghost Dance

    7.9K Likes

    4:13

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    1.“Everybody else: 'Oh yes, this music so good, love it.' Me, who's only here for a school assignment: ...”

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    1. 2.“I sang a song with him a few months before he formed the Band. He always had a great voice, but here it shows a real jewel of work and love for his forefathers.”
    2. 3.“In a meditation some years ago, I met a family in the woods. This man opened the door, embraced me and told me the name of my people. I searched for three years and found nothing – did I make it up? Then one day I bought a new CD, Music for the Native Americans... and there it was: Shoshone!”

  5. 5.Amadou & Mariam – Sabali

    80K Likes

    3:01

    Best comments

    1.“I can't believe a Coca-Cola commercial got me here. Welp, might as well enjoy it.”

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    1. 2.“Back when we were recording 'Welcome to Mali,' Damon Albarn came to visit us in Bamako. This started a new creative process for us, as we were used to composing each on our own. With 'Sabali,' we all came together. We have wonderful memories of this collaboration.”
    2. 3.“My baby boy was born on February 22, 2026. I named him Matteo Sabali. Thank you, Amadou & Mariam, for this masterpiece.”

  6. 6.Batzorig Vaanchig & The Kiffness – In Praise of Genghis Khan (The Kiffness Remix)

    123K Likes

    4:05

    Best comments

    1.“I made my dog listen to this song. Now he's a horse.”

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    1. 2.“I made my cat listen to this. Now he's a khat.”
    2. 3.“I made my mom listen to this. Now she's Mongolian.”

  7. 7.Otava Yo – Pro Ivana (The Tale of Ivan Groove)

    354K Likes

    4:55

    Best comments

    1.“From Finland, I need to transmit this message to our eastern brothers and sisters: our planet needs more wonderful Slavic insanity. Shine your potato and keep playing. Please.”

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    1. 2.“'What kind of music do you listen to?' 'It's complicated...'”
    2. 3.“I'm sitting here in Texas with my son Ivan. We found this video by accident, loved the tone... and suddenly I see the lyrics are about an Ivan. My son smiled. He is 7.”

  8. 8.Enigma – Return to Innocence

    1.4M Likes

    4:55

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    1.“When you desperately try to find the title of this song, so you type 'ooyyayeeya ooyayaiyaa.'”

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    1. 2.“I SPENT TWENTY YEARS OF MY LIFE TRYING TO FIND THIS SONG. I EVEN GOOGLED 'HAAA YO WAII YA EH OH AIYAAAA' AND NOTHING CAME UP... UNTIL TODAY, WHEN MY SIS CASUALLY DROPPED IT. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE NOW. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.”
    2. 3.“The chanting at 1:34 is Guo Yingnan, a highly respected elder of Taiwan's Amis tribe; the high-pitched female voice is his wife, Igay Duana. Enigma never got their permission, which led to an international lawsuit. All he asked afterward: that everyone know this song comes from the Amis people.”

  9. 9.Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby

    69K Likes

    3:54

    Deep Forest built this dance hit on a 1970 recording of Afunakwa, a Solomon Islands woman singing a traditional lullaby, without her permission. Tarsem Singh's video sends a little girl on a tricycle around the world in search of sleep, shot in eight countries in late 1993.

  10. 10.Songhoy Blues ft. Iggy Pop – Sahara

    2.2K Likes

    3:07

    Best comments

    1.“I love the sound of the guitars! I'm in France – you make so much noise we hear you from here ;)”

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    1. 2.“Wow, did not expect to hear Iggy Pop here.”

  11. 11.Adjágas – Mun ja Mun

    290 Likes

    3:43

    Best comments

    1.“Hauntingly beautiful.”

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    1. 2.“This track appeared on MTV2's '120 Minutes' on February 3, 2007.”

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