Italian rock singer Adriano Celentano issued "Prisencólinensináinciúsol" -- with a brief vocal...and, apparently, harmonica solo..by his wife, Claudia Mori--in 1972. It didn't become a hit in Italy until Celentano performed (or lip-synced?) it on an Italian TV show in '73; the next year, it reached the top ten in Italy and other European territories. Have you heard it before starting this poll (included with this question is what I believe is the Italian tv segment that launched the tune's popularity there) ?

Celentano wrote its lyrics to mimic the way his fellow Italians who don't speak English hear that language. By extension, he intended it as a commentary on people's inability or unwillingness to communicate. He has also said the biblical episode of God's confusion of people's languages at the tower of Babel influenced its writing. Regardless its having been written in gibberish (see proof here: https://genius.com/Adriano-celentano-prisencolinensinainciusol-lyrics), if you've heard it, does it sound to you to be in the cadence of English?

Celentano later alleged that with "Prisencólinensináinciúsol" he invented rapping as it's known today. I'm unsure whether I agree, but the original tune's musical backdrop of a looped segment repeated throughout he tune prefigures hip-hop's use of repetitive tracks created by DJ's via vinyl records and producers with electronic instrumentation. But does Celentano's vocals here sound like rapping to you?

Its success elsewhere is likely what led to "Prisencólinensináinciúsol" being issued as in the United States in 1974. Though it wasn't a US hit then, it was later used in episodes of Ted Lasso, Fargo, and Trust,, as well as bumper music for the late Rush Limbaugh's radio show and 2026 Winter Olympics coverage. Soul singer Aiyana-Lee remade it in English (but with actual words for lyrics) as "American Joint" for Spike Lee's Apple TV movie, Highest 2 lowest. If you'd thought you'd not heard Celentano's ditty before starting this survey, do you now think you had prior to starting it?