Τρίτη 7 Απριλίου 2026

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - M

 
Words of Hellenic (Greek) origin in popular, successful or favorite international songs.


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Lyrics: Girl of eighteen fell in love with everything Found new life in Jesus Christ Hit by a car, ended up On a life-support machine

Lyrics: I saw an orange robe burning I saw a youth on fire I saw metal machines that were turning On a generation that hadn't yet tired

Lyrics: The competition is a colour TV We're on "still pause" with the video machine




Lyrics: Fame and fortune is a magnet, it can pull you far away from home



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Cosmic Girl - JAMIROQUAI 
Lyrics: It was clear that she was from another time Like some baby Barbarella With the stars as her umbrella She asked me if I'd like to magnetise

Iron Man - BLACK SABBATH 
Lyrics: he was turned to steel in the great magnetic field

Powerful Stuff - FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS   
Lyrics: like a magnet

Rocket - DEF LEPPARD   
Lyrics: spotlight magnetic razor rhythm laser love

She’s Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy - CHUMBAWAMBA (2000)   
Lyrics: magnetic



maniac

The Edge Of Heaven - WHAM!  
Lyrics: I’m like a maniac at the end of the day

Love Missile F1-11 - SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK   
Lyrics: psycho maniac
 
Lunatic-GAZEBO      
Lyrics: sexomaniac



marathon

Empty Souls - MANIC STREET PREACHERS (2004)
Lyrics: Exposed to a truth we don't know Collapsing like the Twin Towers Falling down like April showers Colossal, endless like a marathon

Grete Weitz - SUNDAY CLUB
Lyrics:  

Seven Seas Of Rhye - QUEEN  
Lyrics: storm the master marathon

Yesterday’s Men - MADNESS   
Lyrics: a metropolitan marathon



martyr

Generations Of Love - JESUS LOVES YOU    
Lyrics: the angels and martyrs

Perfect Way - SCRITTI POLITTI     
Lyrics: you wanna martyr me too



mathematics

Algernon's Simply Awfully Good at Algebra - MALCOLM McLAREN & THE BOOTZILLA ORCHESTRA
Lyrics: Of course, he don't know much about the world and girls and all But his mathematics nobody can beat



mausoleum

Sexx Laws - BECK    



megaphone

This Time I Know It's For Real - DONNA SUMMER   
shout it out with a megaphone



melancholic

Aeroplane - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS

Every Lover's Sign - THE LOVER SPEAKS (1986)
Lyrics: I am I spy...spying on myself A tragic subject And in this lie a million musty reasons For a clumsy feeling In the melancholy boxing of a lover's conversation

Melancolie - PEPPINO DI CAPRI

Monotonie - IDEAL (LP New German Rock-83)

9 AM (The Comfort Zone) - LONDON BEAT   
melancholy and melody

Rose Garden - LYNN ANDERSON (1970)
Lyrics: life shouldn’t be so melancholy



melodramatic

Basket Case - GREEN DAY



melody

Aeroplane - ROBERT PALMER    
tell her you know the melody

Aura - CUCO (LP Fantasy Getaway2022)
Lyrics: Sing some melodies, I'll be your harmony I want you next to me, just like we're A and B

Come Into My Life - JOYCE SIMS    
sweet melodies

Forever Young - ALPHAVILLE
 
Gypsy Woman - SANTANA

I Will Be With You - T’PAU    
I hear this melody

I Write The Songs - BARRY MANILOW
Lyrics: I've been alive forever And I wrote the very first song I put the words and the melodies together I am music and I write the songs

I’ll Go Where Your Music Takes Me - JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS (1976)    
Lyrics: And I'll be your second harmony We'll make sweet melodies

Lambada - KAOMA      
cancao riso e dor melodia de amor

Music & Lights - IMAGINATION

No No Never - MATT BIANCO (1984)
Lyrics: Come closer to me, drift into my melody

On The Beach - CHRIS REA

Pandora’s Box - PROCOL HARUM

Piano In The Dark - BRENDA RUSSEL 
he plays a melody

Piano Man - BILLY JOEL   
in the mood for a melody

The Piper - ABBA                   
a strange melody

Poison Arrow - ABC    
the sweetest melody is an unheard refrain

Sing It Back - MOLOCO     
come to my sweet melody

Lyrics: I've often wondered, how did it all start? Who found out that nothing can capture a heart Like a melody can? Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan

Lyrics: I'll count the hours until that day rhapsody plays, a melody for you and me

Yeh Yeh - MATT BIANCO (GEORGIE FAME)

Yesterday Once More - CARPENTERS 
those old melodies

When Smokey Sings - ABC  
debonair lullabies in melodies revealed



mentor

Tomorrow Comes Today - GORILLAZ



metal

Lyrics: I saw an orange robe burning I saw a youth on fire I saw metal machines that were turning On a generation that hadn't yet tired

Walk Like An Egyptian - BANGLES 
they like the punk and the metal band



metaphor

A Girl Like You - EDWYN COLLINS      
metaphorically

Forrest Fire - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984)
a simple metaphor



meter

Experiment IV - KATE BUSH 
the meters are over   (theory)



meteor

Galaxy - WAR
Superman, Batman, blowin' all night Playin' one on one with a meteorite



method

Method Of Modern Love - HALL & OATES

My Baby - THE PRETENDERS    
if there is a method to writing a song

Simply Irresistible - ROBERT PALMER    
her methods are inscrutable



metropolis

Native Boy - ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE
Lyrics: Pucker up your lips and kiss To that commanding expanding metropolis Below that Trumpet Boy

Stripped - DEPECHE MODE
Lyrics: Metropolis Has nothing on this You're breathing in fumes I taste when we kiss



metropolitan

Yesterday’s Men - MADNESS



micro heat

It’s A Miracle - CULTURE CLUB       
plastic smiles & micro heat



microphone

I Know You Got Soul - ERIC B & RAKIM    
the rhymes on the microphone

Manchild - NENEH CHERRY         
I turn the microphone on

No Limit - 2 UNLIMITED

Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS
 
Superstylin' - GROOVE ARMADA



microscope

Red Right Hand - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (1994)  
microscopic
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When We Was Fab - GEORGE HARRISON  
the microscopes that magnified the tears



migraine

The Message - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE

Lyrics: I got a bad migraine That lasted three long years And the pills that I took Made my fingers disappear



monk

In Liverpool - SUZANNE VEGA



mono

Come on Eileen-DEXY’S M. R.    
he moved a million hearts in mono

Life In Mono - MONO



monogamy

I want your sex-G. MICHAEL   monogamy mix / explore monogamy (video)

Kids-ROBBIE WILLIAMS & KYLIE MINOGUE



monopoly

Goodbye To The Village - KILLING JOKE (1986)
Lyrics: Where soil will not provide, no king and land are one Monopolize the holy ground, all that we hold as sacred




monotonia

La Solitudine-LAURA PAUSINI



moron

God Save The Queen - SEX PISTOLS    
Lyrics: it (the fascist regime) made you a moron



murmur

Election Day - ARCADIA
Lyrics: By roads and backways, a lover's chance downwind Cut open murmurs and sounds be calm hands on skin

Elvis’ Rose Royce-WAS (NOT WAS)  
Lyrics: then I heard a soulful murmur



muscle

So Many Men, So Little Time - MIQUEL BROWN (1983)
Lyrics: Feels like heaven every night Being here with someone new A physical thrill, a beautiful smile And wonderful muscles, too



music

A Spaceman Came Travelling - CHRIS De BURGH   
the sweetest music filled the air

All Night Long - LIONEL RICHIE (1983)
Lyrics: Well, my friends, the time has come To raise the roof and have some fun Throw away the work to be done Let the music play on

Lyrics: Now I understand myself (When I'm down) Like the sweet sound of hip music There'll always be something new

Andante Andante - ABBA (1980)
Lyrics: I’m your music I’m your song

Angie Baby - HELEN REDDY (1974)
Lyrics: When he walks in her room He feels confused like he walked into a play And the music's so loud, it spins him around 'Til his soul has lost its way

Bette Davis Eyes - KIM CARNES

Body Rock - MARIA VIDAL (1984)
Lyrics: Body rock Get your body in the music

Careless Whisper - GEORGE MICHAEL
as the music dies

C’mon Everybody - EDDIE COCHRAN
when you hear the music

Copacabana - BARRY MANILOW (1978)
LyricsMusic and passion were always the fashion At the Copa, she lost her love

Dancing Barefoot - PATTI SMITH GROUP
Lyrics: Some strange music draws me in Makes me come on like some heroine

Dancing In The Street - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS

Dance With Me - DEBELAH MORGAN (2000)
Lyrics: Baby, look into my eyes Let the music hypnotize Let our bodies synchronize One dance and you'll be mine (You'll be mine)

Dolce Vita - RYAN PARIS (1983)
Lyrics: We're dancin' like in a Dolce Vita With lights and music on

Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark - ROBERT CRAY BAND

Don't Stop The Dance - BRYAN FERRY (1985)
Lyrics: Don't stop, don't stop the dance (No) More music (Don't stop the dance)

Downtown -  PETULA CLARK        
listen to the music

Every Woman In The World - AIR SUPPLY (1980)
Lyrics: It's such a crazy old town, it can drag you down Till you run out of dreams So you party all night to the music and lights But you don't know what happiness means

Flesh For Fantasy - BILLY IDOL

Forever Young - ALPHAVILLE

Harvest Moon - NEIL YOUNG (1992)
Lyrics: We know where the music's playing Let’s go out and feel the night

Heart Of Rock’n’roll-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS   
r’n’r music

Hey Mambo - BARRY MANILOW & KID CREOLE

I Wanna Wake Up With You - BORIS GARDINER   
Lyrics: you can put the music to my song

I Write The Songs - BARRY MANILOW
Lyrics: I've been alive forever And I wrote the very first song I put the words and the melodies together I am music and I write the songs

I’ll Go Where Your Music Takes Me - JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS (1976)    
Lyrics: I'll go where your music takes me Where your rhythm makes me

It’s All Right - PET SHOP BOYS  
the music plays for ever

The Joker - STEVE MILLER BAND   
I play my music in the sun

Knock Three Times - DAWN

La Plage de Saint Tropez - ARMY OF LOVERS (1993)
Lyrics: We have a dirty love affair And there is musique in the air When we're in love

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - INDEEP

Last Train To London - ELO 
music in the air / let the music play

Missing You - CHRIS DeBURGH     
romantic music

Music & Lights - IMAGINATION

Pass The Dutchie - MUSICAL YOUTH (1982)
Lyrics: Music happen to be the food of love

Play That Funky Music - WILD CHERRY

Private Dancer - TINA TURNER   
any old music will do...

Radio Ga Ga - QUEEN     
our music changes through the years

Rhythm Nation - JANET JACKSON    
with music by our side...

Sexy Eyes - DR. HOOK

Somewhere In The Night - BARRY MANILOW

Spice Of Life - MANHATTAN TRANSFER   
music & candle lights

The Spirit Of Radio - RUSH (1980)
Lyrics: One likes to believe in the freedom of music But glittering prizes and endless compromises Shatter the illusion of integrity, yeah

Susanna - THE ART COMPANY (1984)

Staying Alive - BEE GEES

St. Elmo’s Fire - JOHN PARR   
I can hear the music playing

Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS
Lyrics: A band is blowing Dixie, double-four time You feel alright when you hear that music ring

Teardrops - WOMACK & WOMACK  
the music don’t feel like it did
 
Thank You - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE 
dance to the music

Lyrics: So I say thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing

You Get What You Give - NEW RADICALS  
you got the music in you

You Make Me Feel - SYLVESTER / J. SOMERVILLE




Maracaibo - LUISA LU COLOMBO (1981)
Lyrics: Maracaibo, balla al Barracuda, sì ma balla nuda, Zazà Sì ma le machine pistole, sì ma le mitragliere



mystery 

Best Of My Love - EMOTIONS

Lyrics: Hey, girl, ain't no mystery At least as far as I can see

Chain Reaction - DIANA ROSS

Come On - LEVELLERS          
It’ no mystery

Don’t Get Me Wrong - THE PRETENDERS   
mystic moon

Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me) - AMANDA LEAR
Lyrics: For me, you are an enigma For me, you really are a mystery

European Female - THE STRANGLERS
Lyrics: I knew she was a feline She moved with ease and grace Her green eyes, they held mystery No emotion on her face

First Time - ROBIN BECK 
so mysterious yet so incredibly real

Fresh - KOOL & THE GANG

Goodbye To Love - CARPENTERS  
what lies in the future is a mystery to us all

Heart Of The Beat - 3V (OST Breakdance)   
it’s a mystery to me

How Men Are-AZTEC CAMERA   
it’s no mystery

Lyrics: The secret of your beauty And the mystery of your soul I've been searching for in everyone I meet

I’m Not Scared - EIGHTH WONDER      
your life’s a mystery

Invisible Touch - GENESIS     
It’s something  mysterious

Jonah - BREATHE      
wrapped in mystery & style

Like A Prayer - MADONNA

Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - EDISON LIGHTHOUSE

Maniac - MICHAEL SEMBELLO

My Sharona - KNACK

Oblivious - AZTEC CAMERA  
like a mystery that never ends

On The Beach - CHRIS REA  
the sands of time will blow a m.

Right Between The Eyes - WAX
Lyrics: True love for me was nothing but a mystery Just something only captured in a dream Oh, then suddenly It was hitting me Right between the eyes

Round & Round - SPANDAU BALLET

The Stars We Are - MARC ALMOND   
mysteries of love

Street Of Dreams - RAINBOW

Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin’ - INNER CITY  
this m. Is thrilling

Would I Lie To You - CHARLES & EDDIE 
Lyrics: Everybody's got their history (History) On every page, a mystery (It's a mystery, yeah)



myth

Getting jiggy with it-WILL SMITH

Hey Manhattan-PREFAB SPROUT

Motorcycle Emptiness - MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Lyrics: Life lies a slow suicide Orthodox dreams and symbolic myths

Simply irresistible-ROBERT PALMER   
that kind of love is mythical

You could be forgiven-BREATHE          
myth and sham



mythology

Walls come tumbling down-STYLE COUNCIL 
mythologised


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