Κυριακή 22 Μαρτίου 2026

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - H

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

H



Lyrics: live in perfect harmony

Lyrics: I wanna be with you & make believe with you & live in harmony, O love

Lyrics: Just an old-fashioned love song Comin' down in three-part harmony

Lyrics: harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding

Lyrics: Sing some melodies, I'll be your harmony I want you next to me, just like we're A and B

Lyrics:  if the world was yours to do over I know you'd paint a better place to live Where the colors would swirl And the boys and girls can grow in peace and harmony

Blind - TALKING HEADS (LP Naked1988)   
Lyrics: No sense of harmony, no sense of time Don't mention harmony, say "What is it? What is it? What is it?"

Lyrics: From a distance, there is harmony And it echoes through the land



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Ebony & Ivory - PAUL MacCARTNEY & STEVIE WONDER (1982)
Lyrics: Ebony and ivory Live together in perfect harmony Side by side on my piano keyboard Oh Lord, why don't we?

(Feels Like) Heaven - FICTION FACTORY (1983)
Lyrics: Study your face and fade the frame Too close for comfort now We can recall though harmony That lingered, but turned sour

Hand In Hand - KOREANA (1988)
Lyrics: Lift our hands up to the sky The morning calm helps us to live in harmony for all time

In My Dreams - REO SPEEDWAGON (1987)
Lyrics: Daybreak is a joyful time Just listen to the songbird harmonies, oh the harmonies

I Thank You - ADEVA (1989)         
Lyrics: I thank you for love’s harmony

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

A Kind Of Magic - QUEEN (1986) 
Lyrics: This flame that burns inside of me I'm hearing secret harmonies

Let Him Go - ANIMOTION (1984)  
Lyrics: Trust yourself to be the woman That you want to be If you both have room to grow Then you'll live in harmony

Love Will Save The Day - WHITNEY HOUSTON (1987)
Lyrics: Well, there's no question that we need a new direction 'Cause we all could use some peace and harmony

The Miracle - QUEEN (1989)
Lyrics: If all God's people could be free To live in perfect harmony, it's a miracle

No No Never - MATT BIANCO (1984)
Lyrics: Come closer to me, step into this harmony Don't deprive yourself to a helping of myself

Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day - MORCHEEBA

Lyrics: You know sometimes I sit and wonder Just how this world would be If we had all the people laughing And everybody living in harmony

She Blinded Me With Science - THOMAS DOLBY

Side - TRAVIS (LP The Invisible Band2001)
Lyrics: We all try hard to live our lives in harmony For fear of falling swiftly overboard

Someday, Somewhere - DEMIS ROUSSOS 
Lyrics: Each morning was a melody Simple words and harmony

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

Sunshine Day - MATT BIANCO
Lyrics: Celebration we're together Come and join your hands in harmony

Superstylin' - GROOVE ARMADA 
Lyrics: Just followin' the back an naturally harmonizin' Climb into position with synchronized things

Sweet Harmony - THE BELOVED (1993)
Lyrics: Let's come together, right now Oh yeah, in sweet harmony

There ‘ll Be Sad Songs - BILLY OCEAN (1986)
Lyrics: I often wonder, how it could be You loving me, two hearts in perfect harmony

You Decorated My Life - KENNY ROGERS
Lyrics: There was no harmony, life meant nothin' to me, until you came along

When Will You Make My Telephone Ring - DEACON BLUE  
Lyrics: Don't you rest From disharmony



helicopter

Rhythm Of My Heart - ROD STEWART  
Lyrics: helicopter blade



helix

Aja - STEELY DAN       
helix



hemisphere

Under African Skies - PAUL SIMON    
southern hemisphere



hemi-powered

Born To Run - BRUCE  SPRINGSTEEN
beyond the palace hemi-powered drones



hepatitis

Sexx Laws - BECK (1999)
Lyrics: Brief encounters in Mercedes-Benz Wearing hepatitis contact lens Bed and breakfast getaway weekends With Sports Illustrated moms



heretic

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984)
Lyrics: living like a heretic

The Funeral Of Hearts - HIM (2003)
Lyrics: The heretic seal beyond divine A prayer to a god who's deaf and blind The last rites for souls on fire Three little words and a question: why?



hero

Alive & Kicking  - SIMPLE MINDS  
Lyrics: don’t you look down like the heroes say

Americanos - HOLLY JOHNSON (1989)
Lyrics: Movies and heroes In the land of the free You can be what you wanna be

Born To Run - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Lyrics: the highways jammed with broken heroes

Boy In The Bubble - PAUL SIMON  
Lyrics: every generation throws a hero up the pop charts

Cause You Are Young - C. C. CATCH    
Lyrics: you’re a hero

Changes - 2PAC (1998)
Lyrics: Cops give a damn about a negro Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero

Changing Every Day - CULTURE CLUB (1983)
Lyrics: Summer syncopation The space between your eyes Is a place for heroes That never compromise

Child Of Vision - SUPERTRAMP (1979)
Lyrics: You tried to be a hero Commit the perfect crime But the dollar got you dancing And you're running out of time

Dancing Girls - NIK KERSHAW   
Lyrics: our hero sits with head in hands

Damn I wish I Was Your Lover - SOPHIE B. HAWKINS   
Lyrics: I had a dream I was your hero

Don Quixote - NIK KERSHAW    
Lyrics: just like super heroes

Englishman In New York - STING
Lyrics: If "manners maketh man" as someone said Then he's the hero of the day

Get Outta My Dreams - BILLY OCEAN  
Lyrics: just like a hero outta the blue

Glory Of Love - PETER CETERA     
Lyrics: I’ll be the hero you’re dreaming of

Golden War - BLUE CAMERA
Lyrics: 

The Greatest Love Of All - GEORGE BENSON, WHITNEY HOUSTON
Lyrics: 

Hero - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (2001)
Lyrics: 

Heroes - DAVID BOWIE (1977)
Lyrics: 

Lyrics: Hometown hero haunts the main street Dreaming desperate dreams Whoa Where there's smoke there's fire

I Come Undone  - JENNIFER RUSH        
Lyrics: love’s got it’s heroes

If You Could Read My Mind - GORDON LIGHTFOOT
Lyrics: 

I’m Not Your Man - TOMMY CONWELL & THE YOUNG RUMBLERS
Lyrics: cause you’re looking for a hero

The Kids Are on High Street - MADRUGADA (2005)
Lyrics: Some heroes are we To pass outside these gates We know well to adjust Adjust to what it takes

The Last Of The Famous International Playboys - MORRISSEY        
Lyrics: Dear hero imprisoned

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

Manchild - NENEH CHERRY
Lyrics: With the hero in your dream Turn around, ask yourself So you think you're gonna win this time, manchild?

Mr. Roboto - STYX (LP Kilroy Was Here1983)
Lyrics: I'm not a hero, I'm not a savior, forget what you know

Move Away - CULTURE CLUB
Lyrics: I never wanted to be a hero

My Life’s Story - JEFF HEALEY      
Lyrics: hero

My Old Man’s A Dustman - LONNIE DONNEGAN     
Lyrics: about a lonesome hero

19 - PAUL HARDCASTLE (1985)
Lyrics: Eight to ten years after coming home, almost eight-hundred-thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War None of them received a hero's welcome

No More Heroes - THE STRANGLERS (1977)
Lyrics: 

Obsession - ARMY OF LOVERS (1991)
Lyrics: I can't help falling into a trance Losing myself as I know You're my hero in advance

Our Last Summer - ABBA  
Lyrics: yet you’re the hero of my dreams

Party Girl - U2
Lyrics: It's our hero

Rain Or Shine - 5 STAR  
Lyrics: all the super heroes (Robin Hood, Major Tom)

Run Silent - SHAKESPEAR’S SISTER    
Lyrics: I need a hero

Sexy Boy - AIR (LP Moon Safari1997)
Lyrics: Où sont tes héros Aux corps d'athlètes Où sont tes idoles Mal rasées, bien habillées

State Of The Nation - INDUSTRY (EP Industry, 1983)
Lyrics: I see them marching off to war They're looking so heroic I'm told they won't be gone for long But that's a lie and they know it Ten thousand gone they won't return Never to be seen again strategic games is all we learn in the end But they say

We Close Our Eyes - GO WEST
Lyrics: 

Wind Beneath My Wings - BETTE MIDDLER
Lyrics: 

Wish You Were Here - PINK FLOYD
Lyrics: 

You’re History - SHAKESPEAR’S SISTER     
Lyrics: I’m the hero of the hour

You’re In The Army - BOLLAND & BOLLAND
Lyrics: 



heroin

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - THE DANDY WARHOLS (1997)
Lyrics: With your pain, but I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe, hey

Time To Pretend - MGMT (2007)
Lyrics: I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars



heroine

Dancing Barefoot - PATTI SMITH GROUP, U2     
Lyrics: I'm dancing barefoot Heading for a spin Some strange music draws me in Makes me come on like some heroine



history

Lyrics: You did what you did to me Now it's history I see Here's my comeback on the road again

Buffalo Soldier - BOB MARLEY
Lyrics: 

Don’t Bang The Drum - WATERBOYS   
Lyrics: deliverance or history

Drama! - ERASURE               
Lyrics: the history of the future

God Save The Queen - THE SEX PISTOLS    
Lyrics: god save history

Hail Hail Rock’n’roll - GARLAND JEFFRIES
Lyrics: 

History - MAI TAI

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - PAT BENATAR     
Lyrics: long history

It's Raining Men - THE WEATHER GIRLS (single1982 / LP Success1983)
Lyrics: 'Cause tonight for the first time (First time) Just about half-past ten (Half-past ten) For the first time in history It's gonna start raining men

Jimmy Lee - ARETHA FRANKLIN
Lyrics: 

Memories Fade - TEARS FOR FEARS (LP The Hurting, 1983)
Lyrics: when history’s my cage

Monday Morning Blues - BREATHE    
Lyrics: leave the answer to history

More Than A Woman - BEE GEES
Lyrics: 

On eBay - CUMBAWAMBA (LP Un, 2004)
Lyrics: They're building a tower out of wrappers and cans (sad, so sad) Now we speak in a language that we all understand (sad, so sad) T-t-t-t-toungue-tied and starry-eyed (sad, so sad) It's the ancient history of old school ties (sad, so sad)

Lyrics: One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free You'll find a god in every golden cloister A little flesh, a little history

The Riddle - NICK KERSHAW 
Lyrics: to keep from burning history

Round & Round - SPANDAU BALLET
Lyrics: 

Safe In These Arms - JIMMY SOMMERVILLE
Lyrics: 

She Bangs - RICKY MARTIN
Lyrics: 

Ship Of Fools - WORLD PARTY     
Lyrics: drowning in the oceans of history

Sold - BOY GEORGE 
Lyrics: I’m sick of making history

Strange Kind Of Woman - DEEP PURPLE
Lyrics: 

The Sound Of Musik - FALCO       
Lyrics: sie machen history

There’s Nothing Like This - OMAR (1990)
Lyrics: The lightest conversation has its flow Aural communication, don't you know And I feel quite content right now Stick with me and we'll make history

Through The Barricades - SPANDAU BALLET
Lyrics: father made my history

Une Belle Histoire - MICHEL FOUGAIN & LE BIG BAZAR (1972)
Lyrics: C'est un beau roman C'est une belle histoire

The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (LP Super Trouper1980)
Lyrics: I apologize if it makes you feel good

Waterloo - ABBA 
Lyrics: the history book on the shelf is always repeating itself...

Wonderful World - SAM COOKE
Lyrics: 

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



holocaust 

The Captain - LEONARD COHEN
Lyrics: 

Total Eclispe - KLAUS NOMI (1981)
Lyrics: 

You Love Us - MANIC STREET PREACHERS (1991)
Lyrics: You love us like a holocaust Same P.R. problem as E.S.T



hologram

Twist In My Sobriety - TANITA TIKARAM    
Lyrics: my eyes are just holograms



homophobic

Spaceman - BABYLON ZOO (1996)
Lyrics: The sickening taste Homophobic jokes Images of fascist votes Beam me up, 'cause I can't breathe



horizon

Lyrics: A whole new world With new horizons to pursue I'll chase them anywhere There's time to spare

Cars & Girls - PREFAB SPROUT
Lyrics: 

Dance The World Away - RICK SPRINGFIELD  
Lyrics: shadow on our bright horizon

Feel Good Inc. - GORILLAZ (2005)
Lyrics: You got a new horizon, it's ephemeral style A melancholy town where we never smile

The Game - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN      
Lyrics: fallen from the stars that lift my horizon

Miami - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
Lyrics: 

Men In Black - WILL SMITH
Lyrics: 

Lass Mich Dein Pirat Sein - NENA  
Lyrics: wir segeln bis zum horizont

Lifted - LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY    
Lyrics: up to new horizons

Love Town - BOOKER NEWBERRY III
Lyrics: 

The Man With The Child In His Eyes - KATE BUSH
Lyrics: 

Manhattan Skyline - A HA    
Lyrics: a chance of a lifetime to see new horizons

99 Luftballons - NENA
Lyrics: auf ihrem weg zum horizont

Nightingales - CAROLE KING     
Lyrics: lost horizon

No Scrub - TLC      
(στο πεζό μέρος)

Only He Has The Power To Move Me - STEPHANIE LAWRENCE / A. L. WEBBER

Rhinestone Cowboy - GLEN CAMPBELL

Spaceman - BABYLON ZOO (1996)
Lyrics: Pungent smells, they consummate my home Beyond the black horizon, trying to take control

St. Elmo’s Fire - JOHN PARR       
Lyrics: I can see a new horizon Underneath the blazin' sky

Take Me Home - PHIL COLLINS   
Lyrics: I’ve got no far horizon

Two Horse Town - STEREO MC’s

We’ve Only Just Began - CARPENTERS  
sharing horizons that are new to us

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



hormone

Lyrics: I have only twelve days in Paris, and I'm waiting for life to start I'm setting out my stall behind a sheet of dark hair And you, the hostage of crazed hormones Will be driven to say: 'I am the next poet laurate And she is the cherry madonna And all of the summer is hers.'



horoscope

Games people play-JOE SOUTH

Tom’s diner-SUZANNE VEGA



hydra

Get It On - T-REX



hygiene

Ant Rap - ADAM & THE ANTS



hymn

Hymn - BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST

Hymn - ULTRAVOX



hypnotize[d]

American Woman - GUESS WHO

The Beat(en) Generation - THE THE    
hypnotised by the satellites

Carnival - NATALIE MERCHANT       
hypnotized

Caterpillar - THE CURE (1984)
Lyrics: You hold me hypnotized, I'm mesmerized Your flames, the flames that kiss me dead

Cross My Heart - EIGHTH WONDER  
hypnotised with just one look..(paralyzed)

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)

Gypsy Woman - SANTANA(90)

Handle With Care - TRAVELLING WILBURYS  
sent to meetings hypnotised

Hypnotic Tango - MY MINE (1983)
Lyrics

Hypnotised - SIMPLE MINDS
Lyrics:

Hypnotized - FLEETWOOD MAC
Lyrics: When your body means nothing (Seems like a dream) You know you're hypnotized (They got me hypnotized)

I Ran (So Far Away) - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (1982)
Lyrics: I never thought I'd meet a girl like you Meet a girl like you With auburn hair and tawny eyes The kind of eyes that hypnotise me through 

Indian Summer - POCO
Lyrics: There's a full moon in the sky It's got a hold on me, I'm hypnotized Like your love it's getting stronger Please keep my heart a little longer

It’s Ecstasy... - BARRY WHITE

Men In Black - WILL SMITH (97)    
hypnotizer, neutralizer

Punish Me With Kisses - THE CURE*   
you touch my eyes and hypnotize

Radar Love - GOLDEN EARRING   
the road has got me hypnotized

Rapture - BLONDIE

State Of Shock - JACKSONS featuring M. JAGGER   
hypnotized, paralyzed

You Can Do Magic - AMERICA

You Do Something To Me - SINEAD O'CONNOR

Woodpeckers From Space - VIDEO KIDS

Wrapped Around Your Finger - POLICE



hypocrites

No Woman No Cry - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

Fight For Yoyr Right - THE BEASTIE BOYS    
that hypocrite smokes two packs a day

Real People - CHIC       
don’t want to live in hypocrisy

Turn It Up - SIMPLY RED (1989)
Lyrics: There's got to be a better way For you and for me To turn this hypocrisy round The growth of a nation Cannot be achieved By keeping The downtrodden down

Walking On The Sun - SMASH MOUTH (1997)    
Lyrics: Then some were spellbound, some were hell-bound, some, they fell down And some got back up and fought back against the meltdown And their kids were hippie chicks, all hypocrites Because fashion is smashing the true meaning of it



hypothetical

Walking Man - JAMES TAYLOR    
Lyrics: hypothetical destination



hysteria

Lyrics: Downtown's been caught by the hysteria People scream and shout

Hysteria - DEF LEPPARD

Russians - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles1985)
Lyrics: In Europe and America There's a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets


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