10 songs from 10 countries

[stavros]

Basically what the title says; construct a list of your favourite songs where each is made by artists from different countries. Oh and I've decided that the UK is 4 separate countries in this case.

Here's mine;
England: Brian Eno - "By This River"
Wales: Super Furry Animals - "Chupacabras"
Scotland: Mogwai - "2 Rights Make 1 Wrong"
Northern Ireland: Ash - "Angel Interceptor"
Ireland: My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"
France: Daft Punk - "Crescendolls"
Norway: Annie - "Chewing Gum"
Iceland: Mum - "The Ballad Of Broken Birdie Records"
Japan: Zongamin - "Spiral"
USA: Johnny Cash - "Hurt"

 

[Spandex]

England: The Vapors - Turning Japanese
France: Nouvelle Vague - Love will tear us apart
Italy: Alexander Robotnik - Problemes D'Amour
Nigeria: Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka - Zombie
Brazil: As Mercenarias - Acao Na Cidade
USA: Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Journey of the Dragons
Norway: Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - Turkish Delight
Jamaica: Prince Buster - Cincinatti Kid
Canada: Gino Soccio - Dancer
Germany: Quadrant - Infinition

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Numa Numa - O Zone - Moldova
Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil - Australia
Rastaman Vibration - Marley - Jamaica
Technopolis - YMO - Japan
Dancing Queen - ABBA - Sweden
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie - United States
Sleepy Maggie - Ashley MacIsaac - Canada
Saint Behind the Glass - Los Lobos - Mexico
All is Full of Love - Bjork - Iceland
Sweet Home Alabama - Leningrad Cowboys - Finland

 

[geminisnake]

Ok, not sure of some of the titles(just coz I like stuff doesn't mean I know it's name)

USA - Toni Basil - Little Red Book
Scotland - The Proclaimers - Oh Jean
Australia(coz Bon Scott lived there) - AC/DC - Rocker
Ireland - U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
England - Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love with someone
Tel Aviv(was Palestine, now Isreal) - Topol - To Life
Iceland - Bjork - Hush(It's oh so quiet)
Jamaica - Bob Marley - Could you be Loved
Germany - Rammstein - Links 2,3,4
Armenia - System of a Down - Sugar

 

[moose]

537 C.U.B.A. - Orishas (Cuba)
Ap Ke Baras - Tabla Beat Science (India)
Kinna Sohna - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistan)
Bob's yer Uncle - Happy Mondays (People's Rep. of Manc)
Yeke Yeke - Mory Kanté (Guinea)
Cache Cache - Zap Mama (Belgium)
Ténéré Daféo Nikchan - Tinariwen (Mali, or rather Tuareg people seeking independence from Mali)
Im In The Mood For Ska - Lord Tamano (Jamaica)
D'abord D'abord - Rachid Taha (Algeria)
C'mon Feel The Noise - Titan (Mexico)

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

England - Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
Iceland - Bjork - Oh so quiet
Wales - Catatonia - The Ballad of Tom Jones
Sweden - Abba - Dancing Queen
USA - Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
Cuba - the Buena Vista Social Club - any track off that
China - Jin Haixin - erm, dunno it's all squiggly character thingies
Japan - Kinki Kids - erm, dunno it's all squiggly character thingies
France - Edith Piaf - Je ne regrette rien
Scotland - Travis - Why does it always rain on me

 

[Iam]

Japan: DJ Krush - No Competition
Scotland: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Blues from a Gun
New Zealand: King Kapisi - Scenes from the Old Plantation
Australia: Go-Betweens - Quiet Heart
USA: Binary Star - Solar Powered
Canada: Character Traits - Wandering Bluesman
France: IAM - Ou Va la Vie?
South Africa: Pro Kid - Soweto
Somalia: K'Naan - I Was Stabbed by Satan
Denmark: Nekromantix - Demons are a Girl's Best Friend

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Denmark - Lars Hug - Blidt over dig
Sweden - Ebba Grön . Staten och kapitalet
Norway - Lars Wiik and The laughing river - Laughing River
Iceland - Kukl - The Spire
Finland - 22 Pistepirkko - I knew
Basque Country - Kortatu - Kortez Kolpe
Estonia - Kosmikud - Sinilill
Italy - Carla Bruni - Le plus de quartier
Switzerland - Yello - No more words
China - Brain Failure - Three Little Dirty Punx

 

[mauvais]

Mali - Amadou et Mariam - Senegal Fast Food
France - Camille - Ta Douleur
Cameroon (?) - J.M. Tim & Foty - Douala By Night
Serbia - Boban Markovic Orkestar - Mundo Cocek
United States - The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache
China - Tan Dun - For The World
Mexico - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Ixtapa
Britain - Gang Of Four - What We All Want
Canada - Chilly Gonzales - Futuristic Ain't Shit To Me
Germany - Reinhold Heil - Running Two

 

[Brockway]

Wales: Rheinallt H Rowlands - New Dawn Fades (Welsh language version)
England: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Italy: Sophia Loren - Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo
Belgium: Jacques Brel - Marieke
Germany: Kraftwerk - Morgenspaziergang
USA: Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
France: Edith Piaf - Jezebel
Canada: Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
Australia: Nick Cave - Into My Arms
Jamaica: Delroy Wilson - I'm Still Waiting

 

[ohmyliver]

England: The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset
Belgium: Plastic Bertrand, ca plan pour moi
France: Françoise Hardy, J'suis d'accord
Scotland: Orange Juice, rip it up
Norway: Turbonegro, Turbonegro must be destroyed
America: Love, my flash on you
Jamaca: Dr. Alimantado, Poison Flour
Germany: Kraftwerk, computer love
Wales, Super furry animals, Juxtapose With U.
Canada, Neil Young, heart of gold

n.b. favourite songs change on a daily basis

 

[Termite Man]

If I was to pick a velevt underground song would that be classed as American or Welsh ?

 

[Treacle Toes]

537 C.U.B.A. - Orishas (Cuba)
Ap Ke Baras - Tabla Beat Science (India)
Kinna Sohna - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistan)
Bob's yer Uncle - Happy Mondays (People's Rep. of Manc)
Yeke Yeke - Mory Kanté (Guinea)
Cache Cache - Zap Mama (Belgium)
Ténéré Daféo Nikchan - Tinariwen (Mali, or rather Tuareg people seeking independence from Mali)
Im In The Mood For Ska - Lord Tamano (Jamaica)
D'abord D'abord - Rachid Taha (Algeria)
C'mon Feel The Noise - Titan (Mexico)

wouldn't mind amix CD of that line up... nice one

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (France)
The Knife - Silent Shout (Sweden)
Annie - Heartbeat (Norway)
Husky Rescue - Caravan (Finland)
Trentemoller - Moan (Germany)
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar (Iceland)
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running (Canada)
Radiohead - Let Down (England)
Mercury Rev - Holes (America)
Mylo - Drop The Pressure (Scotland)

 

[Treacle Toes]

Mine:

Mi confesion- Gotan project- Argentina.
Maria Lando - Susana Baca - Peru.
Vuli Ndlela - Brenda Fasi- South Africa.
Kidda - Natacsa Atlas- Algeria.
Moussoldo- Salif keita - Mali
Cuba - Las Orishas - Cuba
Be ba do ba-Astrud Gilberto - Brazil
Tim Bin Jiya - Bally Sagoo- India/England
Somos Luz- Macaco/chambao - Spain
Mad about the boy- Dinah Washington - USA

 

[stavros]

If I was to pick a velevt underground song would that be classed as American or Welsh ?

I say we go with a creative majority rule. You also have to use your own discretion on "dual-nationality" acts, eg. Amon Tobin was born in Brazil but relocated to England when he was young, so it's up to you.