My Favourite Things from Around the World (Songs, Albums, TV, Books, Plays, Magazines, Newspaper articles, Radio, Panthlets, Websites, Viral & Films)

I have also ranked each song, album, film, etc in order of my preference.  When something is typed in purple like this, it means that this is my favourite output from this country.

CANADA   ALBUM: (5) Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette)  (Rock/Grunge)

SONG: (7) Heaven (Bryan Adams ) (Rock/ Ballad )   FILM: (8) Scanners (Horror/Science Fiction) TV The First 72 Hours 

THE UNITED STATES  ALBUM: (3) Automatic For The People (REM) (Rock/Country)

SONG: (2 ) Always On My Mind (Elvis Presley) (Country) FILM: (1) Blade Runner (Science Fiction/Film Noir/ Art Narrative)  TV: (1 ) Twin Peaks (Psychological Thriller )  BOOK: (2) Abnormal Psychology (Non-Fiction Textbook)  WEBSITE: (1) Wikipedia (Non Fiction)

MEXICO   SONG: (25) La Bamba (Los Lobos) (Latin)  FILM: (17) Pans Labyrinth (Fantasy )

URUGUAY  SHORT : (18) A Useful Life (Art Narrative)

JAMAICA  SONG: (4) No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley) (Caribbean/Reggae)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  SONG: (10) I Miss You (Haddaway) (Pop/Soul)

BRAZIL  SONG: (36) Samba De Janeiro (Bellini) (Pop/Latin) TV: FIFA World Cup 2014 (Sport)

PERU  SONG: (29) Cordillera Azul (Inishkea) (New Age)

ARGENTINA  FILM: (11) Bombon El Perro (Drama)

COLUMBIA  SONG: (14) Suerte (Shakira) (Latin)

CUBA  SONG: (11) Just Another Day (Jon Secada) (Gospel/Soul)

SAUDI ARABIA  SONG: (38) Mashkalni (Rashed Al Majed) (Asian/Arabic)

TURKEY  SONG: (31) Simarik (Tarken) (Asian/Turkish)

INDIA  SONG: (23) ( Lucky Ali .) (Asian/Indian)
FILM: (14) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Romantic Comedy/Adventure/Musical)

                  

JAPAN   SONG: (27) Feels Like Heaven (HIIH) [End credits on Ringu Trance song, not the cheesy version] (Pop/New Age)  FILM: (6) Ringu (Horror) TV Fifa World Cup 2002 (Sport) 

HONG  KONG FILM: (15) The Dumplings (Horror)  SONG: 

CHINA FILM Tv Beijing Olympics 2008 (Sport) 

SOUTH KOREA FILM: (13) Hansel & Gretel (Horror/Fantasy/Social Drama) TV Fifa World Cup 2002 (Sport) 
SONG: (35) Gangnam Style (Pop/Asian)

THE UNITED KINGDOM  SONG: (1 ) Let It Be (The Beatles) (Gospel)

ALBUM: (1) Sgt Pepper (The Beatles) (Rock/Pop)
 FILM: (2) Pink Floyd's The Wall (Musical/Drama/Animation)
TV: (2 ) Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (Miscellaneous comedy)
BOOK: (1) Encyclopaedia of New Religious Movements, Cults & Alternative Spiritualities (Non-Fiction)
PLAY:  Macbeth (William Shakespeare) (Horror/Psychological Thriller)
PANTHET: The Guardian's Abridged Guide To Christianity (Non-Fiction)

IRELAND  SONG: (5) With Or Without You (U2) (Rock/Ballad)
TV: Eurovision  (entertainment) LBUM: (2) Achtung Baby (U2) (Rock/Pop)
FILM: (9) Once (Romantic Drama/Musical)

SWEDEN  SONG: (3) Knowing Me Knowing You (ABBA) (Pop/ Ballad) TV Eurovision (entertainment) 
WEBSITE: (2) imilan.com

NORWAY  SONG: (6) The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-Ha) (Pop/Gospel)

FINLAND  SONG: (24) In The Shadows (The Rasmus) (Pop/Rock)

TV Eurovision (entertainment) 

DENMARK  SONG: (22) Turn Back Time (Aqua) (Pop/Ballad)
FILM: (4) Dogville (Social Drama/ Art Narrative) TV Eurovision (entertainment) 

THE NETHERLANDS  FILM: (5) The Human Centipede - First Sequence (Horror- Body/Science Fiction/Comedy - Black/ Art Narrative)  
SONG: (13) Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix & William Orbit) (New Age/Trance)            

BELGIUM  SONG: (17) Rockin' Over The Melody (Technotronic) (Pop/Eurodance) 
VIRAL: (1) Days Of Our Lives Spoof (Comedy - Spoof)

SPAIN  SONG: (32) Quedate Conmigo (Pastora Solar) (Pop/Ballad)
FILM: (6) Talk To Her (Erotic Drama/Melodrama)

FRANCE  SONG: (19) Rendez Vous De Paris (Jean Michel Jarre) (Pop/Techno) TV FIFA World Cup 1998 (Sport) 

ALBUM: (6) Discovery (Daft Punk) (Pop- Electronica/Funk)
FILM: (15) The March I of the Penguins (documentary) 

GERMANY  SONG: (12) Air On The G String (J.S Bach & August Wilhemj (Classical/Baroque)  ALBUM: (4) Radioactivity (Kraftwerk) (Rock/New Wave) TV World Cup 2006 (Sport) 
FILM: (3) Wings Of Desire (Fantasy/Art Narrative/Romantic Drama)

ITALY  SONG: (16) Canto Della Terra (Andrea Bocelli) (Classical)    FILM: (16) Suspiria (Horror)  WEBSITE: (4) Internazionale Official Website (Non-Fiction) TV football Italia (Sport) 

AUSTRIA  SONG: (9) Adagio For Strings (Samuel Barber) (Classical/Modern) TV Euro 2008 (Sport) 

HUNGARY  SONG:  (42) Sound Of Our Hearts (Compact Disco) (Pop/Eurodance) TV Euro 2008 (Sport)
FILM: (11) Kontrol (Horror/Comedy -Black/Art Narrative)

CROATIA  SONG: (34) Taranjkanje (Marusic Is Trio) (Folk/Balkan Croatian) TV Eurovision 1990 (entertainment) 
WEBSITE: (3) Cronogomet.com (Non Fiction)  VIRAL: (2) Man & Woman (Pornography)

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA  SONG: (33) Putnici (Dino & Beatrici) (Folk/Balkan Bosnian)

BULGARIA  SONG: (37) Belmont (Yuri Yunakov) (Folk/Balkan Bulgarian)

ROMANIA  SONG: (8) Return To Innocence (Enigma) (New Age)

GREECE  SONG: (39) Aphrodisiac (Eleftheria Eletheriou) (Pop -Eurodance/Greek Folk) TV Olympics Athens 2004 (Sport) 

CYPRUS  SONG: (40) La La Love (Ivi Adamou) (Pop/Eurodance)

RUSSIA  SONG: (21) All The Things She Said (TaTu) (Pop/Dance)  
FILM: (18) White Sun Of The Desert (Adventure) TV: (7) Winter Olympics 2014 (Sport)

UKRAINE   SONG: (28) Wild Dance (Ruslana) (Pop- dance/Ukrainian Folk) TV Euro 2012 (Sport) 

AZERBAIJAN  SONG: (30) Running Scared (Ell & Nikki) (Pop/Ballad) TV Eurovision (entertainment) 

AUSTRALIA  SONG: (18) Somebody That I used To Know (Gotye & Kimbra) (Rock)
FILM: (10) Max And Mary (Animation/Comedy- Black/Drama)
TV: (4) Halfway Across The Universe & Turn Left (Science Fiction/Comedy/Drama/Horror)

NEW ZEALAND  SONG: (15) Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House) (Country Rock) TV The investigator (expose) 

MOLDOVA   SONG: (41) So Lucky (Zdob Si Zdob) (Folk/Balkan Moldovian)

ICELAND   SONG: (20) Big Time Sensuality (Bjork) (Pop/Techno)

ISRAEL   BOOK: (3) The New Testament (Social Drama)


SENEGAL   SONG: (26) 7 Seconds (Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry) (Gospel/African Soul)