Top Ten Non-Japanese Songs that Should Be Theme Songs of Anime Series

Japanese music has a very distinctive sound but sometimes certain songs by artists from other countries have a resemblance. You don't know what but something reminds you of the opening or closing themes of anime series (the original ones, not the altered dub for Western audiences).
The Top Ten
1 Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
2 Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
3 Engel der Nacht - Blümchen

Would fit for a magical girl anime.

4 Cut You Up - Peter Murphy
5 Being with You - Smokey Robinson
6 Fallen World - Dragonforce

Would fit for an epic fantasy or adventure anime.

7 Bus Stop - The Hollies
8 Written in Blood - Beyond the Black

Would fit for an epic dark fantasy anime.

9 Devil Inside - INXS
10 Save a Prayer - Duran Duran
The Contenders
11 Reise durch die Zeit - Blümchen

Would fit for a magical girl anime.

12 Fight - Natalia Barbu

Would fit for a dark fantasy anime or a horror anime.

13 Take On Me - a-ha
14 Frei Wie Der Wind - Nena

This song would fit for about any anime that is more dramatic and epic in tone, and not so much comic.
The lyrics are about a revolutionary, but it could be as well be interpreted as being about a fighter as well, maybe a chosen one who wants to free mankind of some kind of evil powers or something like that.

15 Things We Said Today - The Beatles
16 Under the Milky Way - The Church
17 Baby Baby - Bambee
18 Eisenwind - StrawbellyCake

This will definitely be perfect for my favourite anime Cory In The House!

Would fit for a romantic anime or a magical girl anime.

19 The Throne - Blind Guardian

Perfect for a very epic dark fantasy anime.

20 Play Dead - Björk

This song sounds so much like Megumi Hayashibara but with English lyrics and a different sounding voice... the strings in the background, the beat, the tempo, the melody, everything reminds me of her slower music.

Would fit for a closing song of just about any anime.

21 Dead to the World - Nightwish

Would fit for a dark fantasy anime.

22 Creep - Stone Temple Pilots
23 Sautecroche - Marie Henchoz
24 Bumblebee - Bambee
25 Les Ballons - Marie Henchoz

A Renaissance anime would be cool.

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