Κυριακή 22 Μαρτίου 2026

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - I, J

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

I, J



Lyrics: Found an icon that gave him a hard-on Little Boris just can't help himself Got so hot in the decadent nineties Pass another vodka, dear



idea 

1901 - PHOENIX (2009)
Lyrics: Counting all different ideas, driftin' away Past and present, they don't matter, now the future's sorted out Watch her moving in elliptical patterns

A Toi - JOE DASSIN (1976)
Lyrics: Aux défauts que je t'ai cachés À mes idées de baladin... to the flaws I hid from you, to my jester's ideas

Around The World In A Day - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION (1985)
Lyrics: A nation of alms, the production, sharing ideas, a shower of flowers

Bright Idea - ORSON

Criticize - ALEXANDER O’NEAL
Lyrics: Don't criticize my friends Criticize my ideas

Dream Of Me - O.M.D. 
Lyrics: I had an idea, based on a love theme

Goonies Are Good Enough - CYNDI LAUPER 
Lyrics: Ideas you used to play with

I Get A Kick Out Of You - BILLIE HOLIDAY, FRANK SINATRA  
Lyrics: I get no kick in a plane Flying too high with some gal in the sky Is my idea of nothing to do

Ideas As Opiates - TEARS FOR FEARS (LP The Hurting, 1983)

If She Knew What She Wants - BANGLES  
Lyrics: she’s got many ideas

The Lodgers - STYLE COUNCIL
Lyrics: There's room on top, if you dig in low And the idea is what they reap you sow

Lowdown - BOZ SCAGGS (1976)
Lyrics: (I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder who) Gave her that big idea

Ma Quale Idea - PINO D'ANGIO (1980)
Lyrics: 

Me And I - ABBA    
Lyrics: ideas that I got from good old Dr. Freud

Mr. Solitaire - ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE\
Lyrics: She was a small-town girl, with big ideas How to make use of her charm, and tender years

New Song - HOWARD JONES (1983)
Lyrics: Challenging preconceived ideas Saying goodbye to long-standing fears

Nice 'N' Sleazy - THE STRANGLERS (1978)
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

Lyrics: The man said "Why do you think you here?" I said, "I got no idea"

Salut - JOE DASSIN (1975)
Lyrics: Tu sais j'ai beaucoup changé Je m'étais fait des idées Sur toi, sur moi sur nous Des idées folles mais j'étais fou: 
You know I've changed a lot I had ideas About you, about me, about us Crazy ideas, but I was crazy You have nothing left to say to me

Sign O' The Times - PRINCE (LP Sign O' The Times, 1987)
Lyrics: At home, there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun Is being in a gang called The Disciples, high on crack, totin' a machine gun

Sophia - DEAN MARTIN (1965)
Lyrics: Listen to me, Sophia Have you any idea How much you mean to me-a?

Sowing The Seeds Of Love - TEARS FOR FEARS (LP The Seeds Of Love1989)
Lyrics: Politician granny with your high ideals Have you no idea how the majority feels?

This Is Not America - PAT METHENY GROUP & DAVID BOWIE (OST The Falcon & The Snowman, 1985)
Lyrics: There was a time A wind that blew so young For this could be the biggest sky And I could have the faintest idea

Lyrics: "With a key, you unlock a door to imagination beyond it is another dimension, a dimension of sight, a dimension of sound, a dimension of mind. You're moving through a land of both shadow and substance of things and ideas guiding you through this wondrous journey is the hypnotic sound of the Twilight Tone."

Lyrics: I'm wasting my young years It doesn't matter if I'm chasing old ideas It doesn't matter if, maybe, we are, we are Maybe I'm wasting my young years



ideal

Foule Sentimental - ALAIN SOUCHON
Lyrics: foule sentimentale On a soif d'idéal

Ideal World - CHRISTIANS
Lyrics:

Sexy Boy - AIR (LP Moon Safari1997)
Lyrics: Apollon 2000 Zéro défaut, vingt et un ans C'est l'homme idéal Charme au masculin

Sowing The Seeds Of Love - TEARS FOR FEARS (LP The Seeds Of Love1989)
Lyrics: Politician granny with your high ideals Have you no idea how the majority feels?



ideology

Radio Musicola - NIK KERSHAW  
Lyrics: I got some spiritual ideology for you

Let It Go - LUBA
Lyrics: Learn to abandon Ideologies and Disciplines at random

Russians - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles1985)
Lyrics: we share the same biology, regardless of ideology



idiot

American Idiot - GREEN DAY
Lyrics

My Bag - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS       
Lyrics: I can’t see the lines on my idiot board



idol

It’s All Right Ma - BOB DYLAN    
Lyrics: idolize

Rock Me Amadeus - FALCO (1985)
Lyrics: Er war ein Virtuose, war 'n Rockidol Und alles rief: „Now come and rock me, Amadeus, do it“

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



instinct

Animal Instinct - COMMODORES (LP Nightshift, 1985)

Animal Instinct - CRANBERRIES (1999)

Finest Worksong - REM  
Lyrics:  Take your instinct by the reins Better best to rearrange

In Your Eyes - PETER GABRIEL   
Lyrics: all my instincts they return

Moon Over Bourbon Street - STING
Lyrics: I have stood many times Outside her window at night To struggle with my instinct In the pale moon light

Room In Your Heart - LIVING IN A BOX (1989)
Lyrics: Instinctively I try To take the path of love

Soul Minning - THE THE (LP Soul Mining, 1983)
Lyrics: You've been pried open and left here to die You should have trusted your instincts 'cause they don't tell lies

Upside Down - DIANA ROSS
Lyrics: You're giving love instinctively... Instinctively, you give to me the love that I need



iris

City Of Blinding Lights - U2 (2004)
Lyrics: Don't look before you laugh Look ugly in a photograph Flash bulbs, purple irises The camera can't see



ironic

Fallen - LAUREN WOOD (OST Pretty Woman, 1990)
Lyrics: And I was not looking Was content to remain And it's ironic to be Back in the game

Heaven Knows - ROBERT PLANT (1988)
Lyrics: (Heaven knows) What comes over me You were pumping iron as I was pumping irony

I'm Waking Up To Us - BELLE & SEBASTIAN
Lyrics: You know I love you here’s the irony You’re going to walk away intact

Ironic - ALANIS MORISSETTE
Lyrics: 

The Sweetest Thing - CAMERA OBSCURA (2009)
Lyrics: On the bus radio "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", oh no I laughed at the irony But life a stupid, the irony got lost on me It got lost on me

What’s The Frequency Kenneth - REM  
Lyrics: you said that irony was the shackles of youth

Wish I Didn't Miss You - ANGIE STONE (2002)
Lyrics: Listen in, but don't yell at me Isn't it ironic? All you wanna do is smoke chronic Boy, you forgot when you were down who was around

You Will Never Know - IMANY (2011)
Lyrics: With every smile comes my reality, irony You won't find out what has been killing me


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