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A Multilingual Song is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a song whose lyrics are in two, or sometimes more, languages. It's not just random bits of GratuitousEnglish or GratuitousSpanish sprinkled into the lyrics, but full on verses are in separate languages.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

* The second line of the chorus of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Music/IanDruryAndTheBlockheads changes each time, but is always in both French and German.

* The second line of the chorus of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Drury and the Blockheads changes each time, but is always in both French and German.

* "Deewangi Deewangi" from ''Bollywood/OmShantiOm'' is mostly in Hindi, but has refrains in English.

* "Weight of the World", the EndingTheme for ''Videogame/NierAutomata'', has three separate versions: one sung in English, one in Japanese, and one in Chaotic.[[note]]A constructed language meant to sound like modern-day languages after a few thousand years of linguistic drift.[[/note]] During Ending E, the vocal track alternates between all three versions.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'', "The Song" has lyrics in both Irish and English.

* It's implied that Off the Hook in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' provides a fictional language example. Their songs are in ConLang [[SpeakingSimlish Simlish]], but the Japanese concerts provide some lyrics. The text implies that Pearl raps in the typical Inkling language while Marina sing her parts in Octarian (shown by her singing in katakana instead of hiragana).

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', the song "We Know the Way" has lyrics in both English and Tokelauan.

* "Circle of Life", the famous opening number from ''Disney/TheLionKing'', has lyrics both in English and in Zulu.
* ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'': Several of the songs featured have lyrics in both English and Spanish. In the film itself, Panchito sings a verse of the title song in Spanish.
* In ''Disney/{{Moana}}'', the song "We Know the Way" has lyrics in both English and Tokelauan.

* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' has "Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride'', which features lyrics both in Hawaiian and in English.

* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': "Sugar Rush", the theme-song for the in-universe video game of the same name, contains lyrics in both Japanese and English, fitting for the game's Japanese origins.
* The title song in ''Disney/TheAristocats'', sung by Creator/MauriceChevalier in his last screen credit, starts off in English and transitions to French at the end. Chevalier also did the song for the French dub, in which it's entirely in French.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' has a number of songs with varying amounts of Spanish and English.

* Music/StreamOfPassion intersperses Spanish and English in "Reborn," "Our Cause," "Darker Days," "Monster," and "Exile."

* Music/TheMarsVolta song "Visecra Eyes" contains verses in English and Spanish.

* Music/StreamOfPassion intersperses Spanish and English in "Reborn," "Our Cause," "Darker Days," and "Exile."

* Music/YokoKanno lives and breathes this trope, as multilingual lyrics are part of her signature NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly musical stylings. As such, she has incorporated them into numerous anime soundtracks.

* [[Music/{{Sting}} Sting's]] "Desert Rose" is a duet with English lyrics sung by Sting himself and Arabic lyrics sung by Algerian singer Cheb Mami. Sting also has "Reste" with french rapper Gims.

* [[Music/{{Sting}} Sting's]] "Desert Rose" is a duet with English lyrics sung by Sting himself and Arabic lyrics sung by Algerian singer Cheb Mami.

* [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]] singer/comedian Robbie Wessels generally tends to be Afrikaans-only, but his song ''Player Twenty-Three'' (honouring the unsung hero of the national rugby team - its greatest fan) continually switches back and forth between Afrikaans and English.

* 'Series/SesameStreet'':