Perhaps this is old news to many of you guys, but I can't seem to get this tune out of my head...
In November 1972, Italian pop star Adriano Celentano released a song that hit No. 1 in his home country, despite the fact it wasn't performed in Italian.
It also wasn't performed in English.
In fact, it wasn't performed in any language at all.
The song, called "Prisencolinensinainciusol," was written to mimic the way English sounds to non-English speakers.
Celentano, now 74 years old, says that he wanted to break down language barriers and inspire people to communicate more.
Read more about this vintage gibberish on NPR (yeah, you know you are in trouble when NPR is hipper than you are).