Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - F, G

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

F, G


fantasy, fantastic (φαντασία, φανταστικός)

A Whole New World - PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE (OST Aladdin, 1992)

Lyrics: A whole new world A new fantastic point of view No one to tell us no or where to go Or say we're only dreaming

Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) - SOUL II SOUL (LP Club Classics Vol. One, 1989)
Lyrics: back from a fantasy

Barbie Girl - AQUA (LP Aquarium, 1997)
Lyrics: life in plastic, it's fantastic

Between The Sheets - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (LP Between The Sheets, 1983)

Lyrics: Hey, girl, what's your fantasy? I'll take you there to that ecstasy

Bohemian Rhapsody - QUEEN (LP A Night At The Opera, 1975)

Lyrics: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Breaking Up My Heart - SHAKIN STEVENS (single, 1985)

Lyrics: Thought he'd left your mind And that only time stood between your fantasy - fantasy Guess I always knew he'd be haunting you

Call Me - SPAGNA (LP Dedicated To The Moon, 1987)
Lyrics: I'll u-u-u-use all my fantasy to dream about you

Imaginary Lover - ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (LP Champagne Jam, 1978)

Lyrics: It's my private pleasure Midnight fantasy Someone to share my wildest dreams with me (the song refers to masturbation)



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Can’t Stop Loving You Now - MATTHEW FISHER
Lyrics: it's just a fantasy

China In Your Hand - T’PAU
Lyrics: a prophecy for a fantasy

Come Back & Stay - PAUL YOUNG
Lyrics: I shut my eyes and I fantasize

Dance With Me - ORLEANS

Lyrics: Fantasy Could never be so killing I feel free

Don’t Get Me Wrong - THE PRETENDERS
Lyrics: it might just be fantastic

Don’t Stand So Close To Me - THE POLICE
Lyrics: Young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy

Dreamtime - DARYL HALL
Lyrics: you were talking through the smoke in your fantasy... believe it's alright to fantasize

Enchanted Lady - THE PASADENAS
Lyrics: let’s explore all fantasies

Fantasy - EARTH, WIND & FIRE

Lyrics: Every man has a place In his heart, there's a space And the world can't erase his fantasies Take a ride in the sky On our ship, fantasize

Ghostdancing - SIMPLE MINDS
Lyrics: they all went to heaven in a stupid fantasy

Happy Children - P. LION
Lyrics: your fantasy will find new nice colours

Hey You - PINK FLOYD
Lyrics: but it was only a fantasy, the wall was too high

High On You - SURVIVOR

Lyrics: I must be livin' in a fantasy world

Hit me with your rythmstick - IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS

Hungry eyes - ERIC CARMEN

I do what I do - JOHN TAYLOR 
that we fantasize

I’ve had the time of my life - B. MEDLEY & J. WARNES
as we felt this magical fantasy

I know him so well - E. PAIGE & B. DICKSON

Into the groove - MADONNA

Is your love strong enough - BRYAN FERRY

I should be so lucky - KYLIE MINOGUE

I wanna do it with you - B. MANILOW
I want to love out my fantasies

Keeping the dream alive-FREIHEIT

Kiss-PRINCE

Kiss you all over-EXILE

Music & lights-IMAGINATION
secret fantasies

Never too much-L. VANDROSS
my love fantasy

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - SIMPLE MINDS (1982)

Lyrics: New gold dream Crashing beats and fantasy, setting sun in front of me

No Mercy - STRANGLERS

No Regrets - ROBBIE WILLIAMS (98)

Obsession-ANIMOTION
my fantasies are turned to madness

O Pastor-MADREDEUS
fantasia

Rain or shine-5 STAR
my fantasy come true

Round & round - SPANDAU BALLET

Saving all my love for you - WHITNEY HOUSTON
just an old f.

Sounds Like A Melody - ALPHAVILLE (LP Forever Young, 1984) 

Lyrics: give me more tragedy, more harmony and fantasy, my love

Street of dreams-RAINBOW

Truly madly deeply-SAVAGE GARDEN

Voices in my head-NAKED EYES

Who can it be now-MEN AT WORK

You can win if you want-MODERN TALKING

F.E.A.R.-IAN BROWN (2001)
fantastic expectations

Jackie don’t go-SURVIVOR



galaxy

Clouds across the moon - RAH BAND
this is the intergalactic operator

Cosmic girl - JAMIROQUAI

Spacer - SHEILA & B. DEVOTION

Weightless - PREFAB SPROUT



geometry

Perfect skin - L.C.A.T.COMMOTIONS

She blinded me with science - THOMAS DOLBY



giant

Carnival - THE CARDIGANS

Le Geant De Papier - JEAN-JACQUES LAFON

Looking Through The Eyes Of Love - GENE PITNEY
a hero a giant

Time Will Crawl - DAVID BOWIE (LP Never Let Me Down, 1987)

Lyrics: I've never sailed on a sea I would not challenge a giant I could not take on the church (Time will crawl)

Walking On The Moon - THE POLICE

Lyrics: Giant steps are what you take Walking on the moon



government

Belfast child - SIMPLE MINDS
my faith in church & God & the government

Today - TALK TALK
governed by the title on the wall

Virtual insanity - JAMIROQUAI   
govern....



gram

California Love - 2PAC feat. DR. DRE
Lyrics: Dressed in Locs and Khaki suits and ride is what we do Flossin' but have caution, we collide with other crews Famous because we throw grams Worldwide, let 'em recognize from Long Beach to Rosecrans



graph

Everything counts - DEPECHE MODE
the graph on the wall



graphite

I.G.Y. - DON FAGEN



guitar

Superstar - CARPENTERS
play your sad guitar



gym

American Pie - DON McLEAN
I saw you dancing in the gym

Memories - LEONARD COHEN
dance me to the dark side of the gym

Walk This Way - RUN DMC
school gym locker

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - E (Epsilon)

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

E


echo (ἠχώ)

Africa - TOTO (LP Toto IV, 1982)
Lyrics: I hear the drums echoing tonight

All Souls Night - LOREENA McKENNITT (LP The Visit, 1991)
Lyrics: Bonfires dot the rolling hillsides, figures dance around and around to drums that pulse out echoes of darkness, moving to the pagan sound

Boy Child - NOEL SCOTT ENGEL (LP Scott 4, 1969)
Lyrics: echoes of laughter hide in the cities thighs

Breathless - DAN WILSON (LP Free Life, 2007)

Lyrics: Your voice is echoing again Through catacombs inside my mind

Chains - TINA ARENA (LP Don't Ask, 1994)

Lyrics: I pretend I can always leave Free to go whenever I please But then the sound of my desperate calls Echo off these dungeon walls

Crazy - GNARLS BARKLEY (LP St. Elsewhere, 2006)
Lyrics: even your emotions have an echo in so much space

Desert Moon - DENNIS DeYOUNG (LP Desert Moon, 1984)

Lyrics: I still can hear the whisper of the summer nights It echoes in the corners of my heart

Don’t Need A Gun - BILLY IDOL (LP Whiplash Smile, 1986)
Lyrics: I see a scene so cold, it echoes in blue

Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - THE JAM (LP All Mod Cons, 1978)

Lyrics: The distant echo Of faraway voices boarding faraway trains To take them home to The ones that they love and who love them forever

Drumming Song - FLORENCE + THE MACHINE (LP Lungs, 2009)
Lyrics: but as the water fills my mouth, it couldn't wash the echoes out

Echo Beach - MARTHA & THE MUFFINS (LP Metro Music, 1980)
Lyrics

Echoes - PINK FLOYD (LP Meddle, 1971)

Lyrics: [Verse 1: David Gilmour & Richard Wright] Overhead, the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine

Echoes In The Night - GARY BROOKER (LP Echoes In The Night, 1985)
Lyrics: hold on to those echoes in the night

Everybody’s Talkin' - NILSSON (single, 1968 / OST Midnight Cowboy, 1969)
Lyrics: I don't hear a word they're saying, only the echoes of my mind

Fake Tales Of San Francisco - ARCTIC MONKEYS (LP Whatever People Say I Am... 2005)
Lyrics: echo through the room

(Feels Like) Heaven - FICTION FACTORY (LP Throw The Warped Wheel Out, 1984)
Lyrics: I can't believe the things you say, they echo what I fear

Feels So Right - ALABAMA (LP Feels So Right, 1981)

Lyrics: Lying here beside you I hear the echoes of your sighs

Forgotten Town - THE CHRISTIANS (LP The Christians, 1987)
Lyrics: hear your words echoing around my mind

From A Distance - BETTE MIDLER (LP Some People's Lives, 1990)
Lyrics: from a distance there is a harmony and it echoes through the land

Funhouse - P!NK (LP Funhouse, 2008)
Lyrics: echoes knocking on locked doors

I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - STEVIE WONDER (LP Talking Book, 1972)

Lyrics: And the words of love I speak to you Will echo in my mind

I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) - GRACE JONES (LP Nightclubbing, 1981)

Lyrics: Footsteps echo on the stones

I'll See You In My Dreams - GIANT (LP Last Of The Runaways, 1989)

Lyrics: Gone, the voice that used to fill the room is all but gone An echo of a perfect love that ended wrong

Long White Car - HIPSWAY (LP Hipsway, 1986)

Lyrics: Cool blue notes echo this land loud The jewels in my heart

Love In Your Eyes - GAZEBO (LP Gazebo, 1983)
Lyrics: Life is just a brand new Echo A Digital Delay

Midnight Summer Dream -  THE STRANGLERS (LP Feline, 1983)
Lyrics: I don't remember much at all But his words were echoing

Never Enough - LOREN ALLRED (OST The Greatest Showman, 2017)

Lyrics: You set off a dream in me Getting louder now Can you hear it echoing?

Outside Looking In - DREAM SEQUENCE (single, 1982)

Lyrics: voices that echo to the darkness

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echo

Perfect Strangers - DEEP PURPLE
Lyrics: I am the echo of your mind

Pornography - THE CURE
Lyrics: echoes round the sweating bed

Seventh Stranger - DURAN DURAN
Lyrics: echoes growing in the heart of twilight

Soldier Of Fortune - DEEP PURPLE
Lyrics: 

Sound Of Silence - SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Lyrics:

Stairway To Heaven - LED ZEPPELIN
Lyrics: 

Supreme - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Lyrics: echoes

Tears From The Moon - CONJURE ONE feat. SINEAD O'CONNOR

Lyrics: And all the things I should have said Echo now, inside my head

The Living Years - MIKE & THE MECHANICS
Lyrics: 

The Spirit Of Radio - RUSH
Lyrics:

There Is An End - THE GREENHORNES feat. HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
Lyrics: Words disappear Words weren't so clear Only echos passing through the night

Three Imaginary Boys - THE CURE
Lyrics:

Time Passages - AL STEWART (1978)

Lyrics: Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn

Town Called Malice - THE JAM
Lyrics: 

Turn The Page - BOB SEGER 
Lyrics: echoes

What You Waiting For - GWEN STEFANI

Lyrics: Like an echo pedal, you're repeating yourself

Your Latest Trick - DIRE STRAITS
Lyrics: echoes roars dinosaurs

eclectic

Hello Again - THE CARS
Lyrics: you want to be eclectic

Starry Eyed Surprise - PAUL OAKEFOLD feat. SHIFTY SHELLSHOCK
Lyrics: Eclectic, electric, ladies of the evening drinking booze and mingling

eclipse

It’s All Right Ma - BOB DYLAN, BEF featuring T.T.D’ARBY

the child’s balloon eclipses both the sun & moon

Elevation - U2
Lyrics:

Total Eclipse - KLAUS NOMI
Lyrics: 

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - BONNIE TYLER
Lyrics: 

You’re So Vain - CARLY SIMON

Lyrics:

ecology, ecological

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - MARVIN GAYE

Lyrics: 

Sweet Harmony - THE BELOVED

Lyrics:

economy

Ping Pong - STEREOLAB
Lyrics:

The River - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Lyrics:

ecstasy

Baby Be Mine - MICHAEL JACKSON
Lyrics: we can share this ecstasy

Between The Sheets - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (LP Between The Sheets, 1983)

Lyrics: Hey, girl, what's your fantasy? I'll take you there to that ecstasy

Breakthrough - QUEEN
Lyrics: I wanna rush headlong into this ecstasy

Daydreamer-DAVID CASSIDY
Lyrics: I was living in the world of ecstasy

Divine Emotions - NARADA
Lyrics: a higher notion of ecstasy

Don’t Mess With Dr. Dream - THOMPSON TWINS

Lyrics:

Don't Stop Me Now - QUEEN
Lyrics: Tonight, I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive And the world, I'll turn it inside out, yeah I'm floatin' around in ecstasy

Fantasy - EARTH WIND & FIRE
Lyrics: 

Groovin' - THE YOUNG RASCALS
Lyrics:

I Love The Night (The Ecstasy Of Flight) - CHRIS DE BURGH
Lyrics: 

I Was Born To Love You - FREDDIE MERCURY
Lyrics: you’re my ecstasy

Music & Lights - IMAGINATION
Lyrics: 

Naked In The Rain - BLUE PEARL
Lyrics: 

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - SIMPLE MINDS

Lyrics: She's the one in front of me, siren and the ecstasy

Rent - PET SHOP BOYS
Lyrics: 

Secret Rendezvous - KARYN WITE
Lyrics: a first class ticket to ecstasy

Sometimes - ERASURE
Lyrics: as we fall in ecstasy

Street Player - CHICAGO
Lyrics: 

There’s Nothing Like This - OMAR
Lyrics: ecstasy the word of the night

To All The Men I've Loved Before - SHIRLEY BASSEY
Lyrics: who filled my nights with ecstasy

Touch My Heart - DANUTA
Lyrics:

You’re A Woman - BAD BOYS BLUE
Lyrics: 

The Way You Make Me Feel - MICHAEL JACKSON
Lyrics: just hold me baby and I'm in ecstasy

One Night In Bangkok - MURRAY HEAD

Lyrics:

ego

Beat Street Breakdown - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE (single, 1984 / OST Beat Street, 1984)

Lyrics:  Egomaniacs control the self-righteous

Ghostdancing - SIMPLE MINDS
Lyrics: shattered egos

Lady In Black - URIAH HEEP

Lessons In Love - LEVEL 42
for restless eyes egos burn

Meet El Presidente - DURAN DURAN 
hell has no fury like a young girl’s ego

Peek A Boo - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
flaccid ego in your hand

Ziggy Stardust - DAVID BOWIE

Die Another Day - MADONNA (OST Die Another Day, 2002)
Lyrics: I'm gonna destroy my ego I'm gonna close my body now

electric

Are Friends Electric - TUBEWAY ARMY

Auberge - CHRIS REA

Lyrics: There's a sudden itch, an electric twitch Sometimes I swear this body's got a mind of it's own

Bright Idea - ORSON

Lyrics: Will I learn to regret it, or should I forget it? Whatever this is- it feels electric

Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - BILLY OCEAN (LP Suddenly, 1984)

Lyrics: Electric eyes that you can't ignore And passion burns you like never before

Electricity - OMD
Lyrics:

First Time - ROBIN BECK
electricity flows like the very first kiss

Happy When It Rains - JESUS & MARY CHAIN
plug into her electric cool

Heaven In My Hands - LEVEL 42
it feels electric to me

Hello Again - CARS
you want to feel electric... (eclectic)

Hold On To Love - JON ANDERSON

Human Nature - MICHAEL JACKSON 
electric eyes are everywhere

Ich Steh Auf Licht - MUENCHENER FREIHEIT 
elektrisches licht

Like The Way I Do - MELISSA ETHERIDGE
electrify

Lola - KINKS
Lyrics; under electrician candle light

Mellow Yellow - DONOVAN 
Lyrics: electrical banana

New Religion - DURAN DURAN 
sitting down electric chair

Rhythm Of The Night - DeBARGE
electric stars

Steppin’ Out - JOE JACKSON 
electricity so fine

You May Be Right - BILLY JOEL
 alone in your electric chair

Birdhouse In Your Soul - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS 
electrical

elephant

Dear Jessie - MADONNA
pink elephants and lemonade

The Great Beyond - REM
I’m pushing an elephant up the stairs

embryo (έμβρυο)

I Am Woman - HELEN REDDY (LP I Am Woman, 1972)

Lyrics: I am woman watch me grow See me standing toe to toe As I spread my lovin' arms across the land But I'm still an embryo With a long, long way to go Until I make my brother understand

Endymion (Ενδυμίωνας)
Endymion is regarded personification of both the sundown & eternal beauty

Jocelyn Square - LOVE & MONEY (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)
Lyrics: All the memories that flower and blossom In this pale Endymion hour They paint a picture of you

energy

Electric Υouth - DEBBIE GIBSON
feel the power you see the energy

Faded Flowers - SHRIEKBACK

Lyrics: A veil of cloud Correct as energy

Feel So High - DES'REE

Funky Town - LIPPS, Inc., PSEUDO ECHO
keep me groovin’ with some energy

Give Me One Reason - TRACY CHAPMAN (1996)

Hypnotised - SIMPLE MINDS

In The Evening - SHERYL LEE RALPH (1984)

Infected - THE THE
I’ve got too much energy

Jive Talkin' - BEE GEES 

Lyrics: Oh, my child, you got so much You gonna take away my energy

Lover Come Back To Me - DEAD OR ALIVE

The Power Of Love - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

Touch Me (All Night Long) - CATHY DENNIS

Lyrics: A new recreation To channel all this energy Let's solve the equation I need to keep you close to me

Victory - KOOL & THE GANG
release that energy

We Are The People - EMPIRE OF THE SUN

What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - INFORMATION SOCIETY
Lyrics

enigma

Cowboy Dreams - PREFAB SPROUT
Lyrics: I wanna be the guy who wears the white hat Then rides across the plain I'm gonna be your

enigmatic stranger Honey, you are looking at your Shane

Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me) - AMANDA LEAR

Lyrics: For me, you are an enigma For me, you really are a mystery

epic

Epic - FAITH NO MORE (1990)

Lyrics: 

epoch

Beatles & Stones - THE HOUSE OF LOVE (LP The House Of Love, 1990)

Lyrics: Look at me, proud of being Proud of being seventeen Locked in epoch and a smile Soft from the school

erotic

Erotica - MADONNA

Lyrics: 

Wishing Well - TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY
erotic images floating through my head

ethnic

Ich bin ein auslander - POP WILL IT ITSELF
ethnic

euphoria

Die Sennerin vom Koenigsee - KIZ
ephorie

Euphoria - LOREEN



exorcism

Funhouse - P!NK

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Electra

Revolution Βaby - TRANSVISION VAMP
booster charged Electra

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - D (Delta)

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

D


deacon (διάκονος)

Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN (LP Aja, 1977)
Lyrics: they call Alabama The Crimson Tide, call me Deacon Blues



delta (δέλτα)

Delta Dawn - HELEN REDDY (single, 1973)
Lyrics: In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn, prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on

Delta Lady - JOE COCKER (LP Joe Cocker! 1969)
Lyrics: you're my Delta Lady

Graceland - PAUL SIMON (LP Graceland, 1986)
Lyrics: The Mississippi Delta was shining

Machine Gun Ibiza - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Jordan: The Comeback, 1990)
Lyrics: he's a stone delta blues man

Ode To Billie Joe - BOBBIE GENTRY (single, 1967)
Lyrics: It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day

Walking In Memphis - MARC COHN (LP Walking In Memphis, 1991)
Lyrics: Put on my Blue Suede Shoes and I borded the plane, touched downin the Land of the Delta Blues in the middle of the pouring rain



democracy (δημοκρατία)

Blind - TALKING HEADS (LP Naked, 1988)
Lyrics: all in the name of democracy

Good Morning Britain - AZTEC CAMERA feat. MICK JONES (LP Stray, 1990)
Lyrics: in the hills and the valleys and far away you can hear the song of democracy

Sowing The Seeds Of Love - TEARS FOR FEARS (LP The Seeds Of Love, 1989)
Lyrics: could you be squeaky clean and smash any hope of democracy

Universal Soldier - DONOVAN (single, 1965 / original by Buffy St. Marie)
Lyrics: he’s fighting for democracy



demographic (δημογραφικός)

I’d Rather Jack - THE REYNOLDS GIRLS (single, 1989)
Lyrics: Who needs Pink Floyd, Dire Straits? That's not our music, it's out of date Demographic stereo They never play the songs we know

demon (δαίμων, δαίμονας)

Don’t Mess With Dr. Dream - THOMPSON TWINS (LP Here's To Future Days, 1985)
Lyrics: In the hours before the dawn You curse the day that you were born Those demons scream in ecstasy And you crawl around in agony

The Devil Went Down To Georgia - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (LP Milion Mile Reflections, 1979)
Lyrics: And then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this 

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - ELTON JOHN

Lyrics: And while I'm away Dust out the demons inside

I Want You Tonight - PABLO CRUISE

Lyrics: sometimes when I talk I don't know who I'm foolin' As the demon livin' deep inside It's really me all right

Judas - LADY GAGA

Lyrics: Jesus is my virtue, and Judas is the demon I cling to

Kick It In - SIMPLE MINDS
Lyrics: don’t let the demons in

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - AIR SUPPLY

Lyrics: I can make all your demons be gone

No More "I Love You’s" - THE LOVER SPEAKS
Lyrics: I used to have demons in my room

No Regrets - ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Lyrics: I know they´re still talking (You´re far too short to carry weight) The demons in your head

One Of These Nights - EAGLES

Lyrics: You got your demons and you got desires... I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself I've been searching for an angel in white

Rainbow In The Dark - DIO

Lyrics: Do your demons Do they ever let you go? When you try, do they hide deep inside?

Rush Rush - DEBBIE HARRY 

Lyrics: He's a real speed demon He's one of a kind

Station To Station - DAVID BOWIE

Lyrics: Here are we, one magical movement From Kether to Malkuth There are you, drive like a demon From station to station

Summer (The First Time) - BOBBY GOLDSBORO
Lyrics: the sun was a demon

Tender - BLUR

Lyrics: Tender is the day The demons go away

Tired Of Being Sorry - RINGSIDE

Lyrics: Lets me down so For a thousand reasons that I know To share forever the unrest With all the demons I possess Beneath the silver moon

2 Minutes To Midnight - IRON MAIDEN

Lyrics: The killer's breed or the demon's seed

The Wizard - BLACK SABBATH

Lyrics: Evil power disappears Demons worry when the wizard is near

You Want It Darker - LEONARD COHEN

Lyrics: They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle-class and tame I didn't know I had permission To murder and to maim You want it darker



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devil

The Devil Went Down To Georgia - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (LP Milion Mile Reflections, 1979)
Lyrics:

One Of These Nights - EAGLES

Lyrics: I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself I've been searching for an angel in white

Rush Rush - DEBBIE HARRY 

Lyrics: a son of a devil (see: demon)

Strange Kind Of Love - LOVE & MONEY (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)

Lyrics: I could never be your friend If I could never be you King I'm wide open Can you hear the devil sing?

Toxic - BRITNEY SPEARS

Lyrics: It's gettin' late to give you up I took a sip from my devil's cup Slowly, it's takin' over me

What Difference Does It Make - THE SMITHS
Lyrics: Oh, the devil will find work For idle hands to do I stole, and then I lied Just because you asked me to

diabolical

Let's Talk About Sex - SALT-N-PEPA (LP Black's Magic, 1990)

Lyrics: He may fiend and have a wet dream Because he seen a teen in tight jeans What makes him react like that is biological But scheme of gettin' in those jeans, is diabolical

diagnose

Do You Read Me - RORY GALLAGHER  (LP Calling card-1976)
Lyrics: Well, you got that somethin' and it's hard to specify I just can't diagnose that look that's in your eyes

Manchild - NENEH CHERRY
Lyrics: I know what the time is and the crowd will keep on playing it Through the speaker boxes. Loud's my diagnosis



diagram

Build - HOUSEMARTINS
Lyrics: they came and drew us diagrams



dialogue

Holidays In The Sun - THE SEX PISTOLS
Lyrics:



diamond

A Whole New World - PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE (OST Aladdin, 1992)

Lyrics: Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling Through an endless diamond sky

Express Yourself - MADONNA    

Lyrics: You don't need diamond rings Or eighteen karat gold Fancy cars that go very fast You know they never last, no no

Tonight, I Celebrate My Love For You - PEABO BRYSON & ROBERT FLACK

Lyrics: Tonight, our spirits will be climbing To a sky lit up with diamonds

diet

Money-Go-Round-STYLE COUNCIL
Lyrics: a diet of lies


dilemma

Dilemma - NELLY feat. KELLY ROWLAND
Lyrics:



diplomat

Blinded by the light-MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND
Lyrics:

Highly strung-SPANDAU BALLET 
Lyrics: she used to be a diplomat

Leave in silence-DEPECHE MODE   
Lyrics: diplomatic relations

Something Special - DE-PHAZZ

Lyrics: If I would ever lose you To someone else one day I shall be diplomatic Just like Cassius Clay

Sun City - ARTISTS UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID
Lyrics: quiet diplomacy



disco

All I Wanna Do - SHERYL CROW
Lyrics: this ain’t no disco

Blame It On The Boogie - THE JACKSONS
Lyrics: at every kind of disco

He’s The Greatest Dancer - SISTER SLEDGE
Lyrics:

I’m Too Sexy - RIGHT SAID FRED   
Lyrics: disco dancing

Kids Wanna Rock - BRYAN ADAMS
Lyrics: sounded like a disco

Never Knew Your Name - MADNESS
Lyrics: in the discotheque

New York, N.Y. - NINA HAGEN
Lyrics:

Panic - SMITHS
Lyrics: burn down the disco

Play That Funky Music - WILD CHERRY
Lyrics:

Pop Muzik - M
Lyrics: you’re living in a disco

Reckless - AFRICA BAMBAATA & FAMILY featuring  UB 40
Lyrics: standin’ by the disco floor



dolphin

Heroes - DAVID BOWIE
Lyrics: I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim

overdose

Manchild - NENEH CHERRY
Lyrics: heavy dosis

Millennium - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
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Mothers Little Helper - THE ROLLING STONES
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dragon

A Special Kind Of Man - ROGER WHITTAKER (1971 / He painted scenes of dragons Knights in armour, bold and brave And show me how they rescue ladies fair And I killed a hundred dragons)



drama

Bad Romance - LADY GAGA
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Lean on me (ah- li- ayo)-RED BOX
Lyrics: cut of drama power

My Humps - THE BLACK EYED PEAS
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19-PAUL HARDCASTLE
Lyrics: post-dramatic stress disorder

No More Drama - MARY J. BLIGE
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dynamic

New Frontier - DON FAGEN
Lyrics: she's got the right dynamic for the new frontier



dynamite

Cocaine - DILLINGER
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Dynamite - JERMAINE JACKSON
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Killer Queen - QUEEN
Lyrics: dynamite with a laser beam

Tobacco Road - NASHVILLE TEENS
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What Do You ... at me for - SHAKIN STEVENS
Lyrics: messing with dynamite



dynasty

Hey Matthew-KAREL FIALKA
Lyrics: I see Dallas, Dynasty..

Kiss-PRINCE
Lyrics: you don’t have to watch Dynasty....

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - C

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

C


cancer (καρκίνος)

Leave In Silence - DEPECHE MODE (LP A Broken Frame, 1982)
Lyrics: I would stop this thing from spreading like a cancer

The Sound Of Silence - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (LP Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 1964)
Lyrics: silence like a cancer grows



catacomb (κατακόμβη)

Bad Touch - BLOODHOUND GANG (LP Hooray For Boobies, 1999)

Lyrics: Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket Like the lost catacombs of Egypt, only God knows where we stuck it

Breathless - DAN WILSON (LP Free Life, 2007)

Lyrics: Your voice is echoing again Through catacombs inside my mind

catalogue (κατάλογος)

The Mercy Seat - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (LP Tender Prey, 1988)
Lyrics: interpret signs & catalogue



catapult (καταπέλτης)

There’s Always Something There To Remind Me - THE HOUSEMARTINS (single, 1988)
Lyrics: Making bombs in chemistry and catapults in craft, He (the teacher) thought I must be plotting the downfall of his class



catastrophe (καταστροφή)

Blind - TALKING HEADS (LP Naked, 1988)   
Lyrics: claimed to avert a catastrophe

Red Alert - BASEMENT JAXX (single, 1999)
Lyrics: Red Alert! It's a catastrophe

Red Right Hand - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (LP Let Love In, 1994)

Lyrics: You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand

Take The Long Way Home - SUPERTRAMP (LP Breakfast In America, 1979)
Lyrics: does it feel that your life has become a catastrophe



cathedral (καθεδρικός)

Cathedral Song - TANITA TIKARAM (LP Ancient Heart, 1988)
Lyrics: I saw you from the Cathedral, you were watching me

Electric Guitars - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)
Lyrics: grander than Castles, Cathedrals or stars

Hotel Yorba - WHITE STRIPES (LP White Blood Cells, 2001)
Lyrics: let's get narried in a big Cathedral by a priest

Le Geant De Papier - JEAN-JACQUES LAFON (single, 1985)
Lyrics: de vous construire des tours, des cathedrales

Longer - DAN FOGELBERG (LP Phoenix, 1979)

Lyrics: Stronger than any mountain cathedral

Tom's Diner - SUZANNE VEGA (LP Solitude Standing, 1987)
Tom's Diner - DNA feat. SUZANNE VEGA (single, 1990)
Lyrics: as I'm listening to the bells of the Cathedral

When All’s Well - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (LP Love Not Money, 1985)
Lyrics: my love is like Cathedral bells

Winchester Cathedral - THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND (single, 1966)
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catholic (καθολικός)

Good Morning Britain - AZTEC CAMERA feat. MICK JONES (LP Stray, 1990)
Lyrics: and a corporal sneers at a catholic boy

Only The Good Die Young - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)
Lyrics: you catholic girls start much too late



cemetery (κοιμητήριο)

Pet Sematary - RAMONES (single, 1989)
Lyrics: I don't wanna be buried in a Pet Sematary

My Name Is - EMINEM (The Slim Shady LP, 1999)
Lyrics: I'll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive

OtherSide - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (LP Californication, 2000)
Lyrics: a cemetery where I marry the sea



center, centre (κέντρο)

Blind Vision - BLANCMANGE (single, 1983 / LP Mange Tout, 1984)

Lyrics: Blind centre, one centre

E=mc2 - BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE (LP This Is Big Audio Dynamite, 1985)
Lyrics: center of the universe

Left Of Center - SUZANNE VEGA feat. JOE JACKSON (single, 1986 / OST Pretty In Pink, 1986)
Lyrics: If you want me, you can find me Left of center, off of the strip

Love Is The 7th Wave - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, 1985)
Lyrics: at the center of the fury

Walk The Last Mile - LOVE & MONEY (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)

Lyrics: You're at the center of everything I do Wherever I go, I'll walk the last mile with you



chaos (χάος)

The Soul Cages - STING (LP The Soul Cages, 1991)

Lyrics: A shoal of nightstars hang fire in the nets And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie Where is the fisherman, where is the goat? Where is the keeper in his carrion coat?

Special K - PLACEBO (LP Black Market Music, 2000)
Lyrics: More than just the leitmotif, more chaotic, no relief

This Love - MAROON 5 (LP Songs About Jane, 2003)

Lyrics: I was so high, I did not recognize The fire burning in her eyes The chaos that controlled my mind

20 Seconds To Comply - SILVER BULLET (single, 1989)
Lyrics: Creatin' chaos the China Syndrome

When Tomorrow Comes - EURYTHMICS (LP Revenge, 1986)
Lyrics: Breathing shifts your careless head Untroubled by the chaos of our lives



charisma (χάρισμα)

The Hairstyle Of The Devil - MOMUS (LP Don't Stop The Night, 1989)

Lyrics: The inexplicable charisma of the rival

choir (χορός)

Fairytale of New York - THE POGUES feat. KIRST MacCOLL (LP 
Lyrics: [Shane & Kirsty] The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay" And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day

Lonely Sky - CHRIS DE BURGH (LP Spanish Train & Other Stories, 1975)

Lyrics: Even the choir rehearses those songs For christmas is not long And alone , i sing my song , she had to fly

The Sound Of Musik - FALCO (LP Emotional, 1986)
Lyrics: Hear the universal choir pray (The sound of Musik) Hear the James Brown song, hear the church choir sing

Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young - FIRE INC. (OST Streets Of Fire, 1984)

Lyrics:  But I don't see any angels in the city I don't hear any holy choir sing And if I can't get an angel, I can still get a boy And a boy'll be the next best thing



chord (χορδή)

Hallelujah - LEONARD COHEN (LP Various Positions, 1984)

Lyrics: Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord

Into The Great Wide Open - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (LP Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)

Lyrics: He found a night club he could work at the door She had a guitar and she taught him some chords The sky was the limit

Long White Car - HIPSWAY (LP Hipsway, 1986)

Lyrics: Strike a chord and break my spine There is dust in their hearts

Side - TRAVIS (LP The Invisible Band, 2001)

Lyrics: But life is both a major and a minor key Just open up the chord

Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS (LP Dire Straits, 1978)
Lyrics: You check out guitar George He knows all the chords Mind, it's strictly rhythm He doesn't want to make it cry or sing



chorus (χορός)

Evangeline - ICICLE WORKS (LP If You Want To Defeat..., 1987)
Lyrics: I could not believe, she was gone when I returned The forest's evening chorus was the only sound I heard



christian (χριστιανός)

Loving The Alien - DAVID BOWIE (LP Tonight, 1984)
Lyrics: Christians and the unbelievers Hanging by the cross and nail

Walking In Memphis - MARC KOHN (LP Walking In Memphis, 1991)
Lyrics: She said "Tell me are you a Christian child?" And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"



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chrome

Born To Run - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN  
Lyrics: chrome wheeled fuel injected

World Shut Your Mouth - JULIAN COPE
Lyrics: seems to have it all chromed



church

Belfast Child - SIMPLE MINDS

Lyrics: All my life here I've spent With my faith in God the Church and the Government

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - STING

Lyrics: You could say I lost my faith in science and progress You could say I lost my belief in the holy church

Modern Love - DAVID BOWIE (1983)

Take Me To Church - HOZIER

cinema

Heartland - THE THE
Lyrics: past the Saturday morning cinema



circle

Why Can’t I Be You - THE CURE 
Lyrics: I‘ll run around in circles



circus

I’m Still Standing - ELTON JOHN 
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climate

Nice 'N' Sleazy -THE STRANGLERS

Lyrics: We came across the west sea We didn't have much idea Of the kind of climate waiting We used our hands for guidance

clinical

The Logical Song - SUPERTRAMP
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code

Burning Heart - SURVIVOR   
Lyrics: in the warrior’s code there’s no surrender

Sex Bomb - TOM JONES     
Lyrics: secret code

Word Up - CAMEO     
Lyrics: is the code word



coma, comatose

Girlfriend In A Coma - THE SMITHS
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Motorcycle Emptiness - MANIC STREET PREACHERS
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comedy, comical

Comedy - SHACK (1999)

Lyrics: Oh the awful title belies the quality Of this unusual comedy

Incomplete - ALANIS MORISSETTE (LP Flavors of Entanglement, 2008)

Lyrics: I will gather my wounds forge the end of tragic comedy

Leave A Tender Moment Alone - BILLY JOEL

Lyrics: I know the moment isn't right To tell the girl a comical line To keep the conversation light I guess I'm just frightened out of my mind

Now You’re Gone - BLACK     
Lyrics: this was comedy

Padam Padam - EDITH PIAF
Lyrics: Toute la comédie des amours Sur cet air qui va toujours

Razzmatazz - PULP

Lyrics: Now you're going with some kid who looks like some bad comedian

Voices - RUSS BALLARD (1984)

Lyrics: If you really look deep, then maybe you'll find That somewhere there will be a place Hidden behind my comedian face

You're In My Heart - ROD STEWART

Lyrics: You're a rhapsody, a comedy You're a symphony and a play



comet

The Whole Of The Moon - THE WATERBOYS 
Lyrics: you came like a comet

With A Little Luck - WINGS

Lyrics: With a little love we could shake it up Don't you feel the comet exploding?



cosmic

I.O.U. Love - SIX BY SEVEN (LP The Way I Feel Today, 2002) 
Lyrics: You are the atom that started life You are the glue of the universe Every thousand years I've learned to take a breath You are cosmic and I love you

Starman-DAVID BOWIE
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cosmopolitan

Perfect skin-L. COLE & THE C.
Lyrics: she’s sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan



crisis

Broken land-THE ADVENTURES
Lyrics: his own life’s crisis pales

Presidential suite-SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
Lyrics: another Cuban cigar crisis



criteria

Crying At The Discotheque - ALCAZAR (LP Casino, 2000)

Lyrics: The speakers blasting clear and loud The way you dance is our criteria

critical

I don’t need no doctor-W.A.S.P. 
Lyrics: he put me on the critical list



criticize

Cannonball - SUPERTRAMP   
Lyrics: You're telling lies, so don't you criticize

Criticize - ALEXANDER O'NEAL

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Don’t Bring Me Down - THE ANIMALS
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Don't Let It Rain On My Parade - THE ICICLE WORKS

Lyrics: I beg of you don't leave too late Don't criticise if you cannot participate

Goodbye - AIR SUPPLY 
Lyrics: I never criticize

Jordan The Comeback - PREFAB SPROUT
Lyrics: you should be slow to criticize

School - SUPERTRAMP
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crocodile

Buffalo Stance - NENEH CHERRY

Lyrics: Who's that gigolo on the street With his hands in his pockets and his crocodile feet?

crystal

A View To A Kill - DURAN DURAN
Lyrics: the first crystal tears

A Whole New World - PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE (OST Aladdin, 1992)

Lyrics: But now from way up here, it's crystal clear That now I'm in a whole new world with you

Crystal - NEW ORDER (single, 2001)
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Crystal Frontier - CALEXICO

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Dreams - FLEETWOOD MAC
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In The Summer - BILL PRITCHARD 
Lyrics: you trusted crystal accents

Venus - SHOCKING BLUE
Lyrics: her weapons were her crystal eyes

Up On The Catwalk - SIMPLE MINDS (1984)

Lyrics: I will be there Tonight, under the crystal light I'll tell you everything I need

Wasteland - MISSION
Lyrics: there’s a crystal view from my window



motorcycle

You know what to do to me-CARLY SIMON
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cymbal

Poison arrow-ABC
Lyrics: no rhythm in cymbals...



cynical

Alcoholic - STARSAILOR
Lyrics: and the cynics won't get in your way

Andromeda Heights - PREFAB SPROUT (1997)

Lyrics: Folks in the valley will look up and say 'You've finally built it, can we come and stay?' And cynics will marvel and say, 'we confess There were times when we thought it was just an address.'

Annie Get Your Gun - SQUEEZE

Lyrics: He's not into miracles Sees life all too cynical The cat has got his tongue Now she bangs on his drum

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS
Lyrics: guilty about their cynicism

Country House - BLUR
Lyrics: I’m a professional cynic

Here’s Where The Story Ends - THE SUNDAYS
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Logical Song - SUPERTRAMP
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Millennium - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
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Mistake No. 3 - CULTURE CLUB

Lyrics: It's strange how much it changes how they want to know How cynical are people That's where children go Dragged into a conversation they can't hold

Money Go Round - THE STYLE COUNCIL
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New Song - HOWARD JONES

Lyrics: I don't wanna be hip and cool I don't wanna play by the rules Not under the thumb of the cynical few Or laden down by the doom crew

Something Beautiful - ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Lyrics: You can't manufacture a miracle The silence was pitiful that day And love is getting too cynical Passion's just physical these days