In June 2024, Far Out magazine listed eight foreign–language songs that had topped the UK charts:
| • | Je T'Aime ... Moi Non Plus | Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin | 1969 |
| • | Chanson d'Amour | Manhattan Transfer | 1977 |
| • | Begin The Beguine | Julio Iglesias | 1981 |
| • | Rock Me Amadeus | Falco | 1986 |
| • | Sadeness Part 1 | Enigma | 1990 |
| • | The Ketchup Song | Las Ketchup | 2002 |
| • | We No Speak Americano | Yolanda Be Cool | 2010 |
| • | Gangnam Style | Psy | 2012 |
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