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Avril Lavigne sings “Girlfriend” in Mandarin and Japanese

Canuck-born and raised Avril Lavigne, while not exactly donning 4 Harajuku girls, has gone to the trouble to re-record her current single “Girlfriend” (albeit only the chorus) into several different languages including, Spanish, Japanese and Mandarin. I gotta say, this has given me a whole new respect for her. I spliced her English, Japanese and Mandarin tracks into one, just for you all out there to take a listen.

* Personally, I think the chorus sounds better in Japanese.

 

 Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend - English, Japanese and Mandarin [3:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2347)

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Comments (3) to “Avril Lavigne sings “Girlfriend” in Mandarin and Japanese”

1. Jenny wrote:

   Sad that the only song I can remember from her is ‘My Happy Ending’ and I can only remember it so well because I played it non-stop when I was in Spain because I was sad.

   Sounds good.

   Posted on 16-Mar-07 at 9:30 am | Permalink

2. Tony Chung wrote:

   This is an interesting blog. I enjoyed your audio snippets Christine.

   Keep it up!

   Posted on 28-Mar-07 at 7:58 pm | Permalink

3. holly wrote:

   this sounds awsome i dont like the english version as much is sounds kinds kinda wierd but i luv the japanese) IS THE MANDARIAN VERSION EDITED BECAUSE SHE CHANGED PITCHES SO FAST? anyway it soudnds SWEET!!!!!!!

   Posted on 26-Jan-08 at 8:00 am | Permalink

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