Foreign Music in Anime
Anime
A (hopefully) comprehensive list of all foreign songs used in anime.
Just to clarify: for a song to be included on this stack, it has to be sung in a language other than Japanese and written/composed by non-Japanese people, though I will count in Japanese covers of foreign songs. Also, all listed songs must be featured in the anime's *original* release, so, for example, Sydney Forest's songs used in the US Disney version of Kiki's Delivery Service will NOT be counted in.
TO SEE MY NOTES CONTAINING SONG NAMES, PLEASE SET THIS STACK TO LIST VIEW MODE
If you know of an anime that should've been included here, please let me know and I will add it!
Sorted by release date, ascending.
Just to clarify: for a song to be included on this stack, it has to be sung in a language other than Japanese and written/composed by non-Japanese people, though I will count in Japanese covers of foreign songs. Also, all listed songs must be featured in the anime's *original* release, so, for example, Sydney Forest's songs used in the US Disney version of Kiki's Delivery Service will NOT be counted in.
TO SEE MY NOTES CONTAINING SONG NAMES, PLEASE SET THIS STACK TO LIST VIEW MODE
If you know of an anime that should've been included here, please let me know and I will add it!
Sorted by release date, ascending.

TV, 1986,
96 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
Ending song: "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
Ending song: "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Movie, 1992,
1 ep
Me:-
Author:9
Insert song: "Le Temps des cerises" by Tokiko Kato (it is a cover of a French song written by Jean-Baptiste Clément and composed by Antoine Renard)

Movie, 1995,
1 ep
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by Olivia Newton-John (it is a cover of a country song originally performed by John Denver)

TV, 1995,
26 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "Fly Me to the Moon" by various artists (the ending of each episode features a cover of a song originally written by Bart Howard and first performed by Kaye Ballard, with the most prominent version being by Frank Sinatra)

TV, 2002,
25 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "The One" by Backstreet Boys
Ending song: "Drowning" by Backstreet Boys
Ending song: "Drowning" by Backstreet Boys

TV, 2003,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "Go Where No Ones Gone Before" by Billy Preston

TV, 2003,
13 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "The Light Before We Land" by The Delgados

TV, 2007,
65 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "In This Life~Tabidachi no made 3 Step" by Delta Goodrem

Movie, 2007,
1 ep
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "Sacrament" by HIM
Insert songs: "Please Don't Go" by Jussi Tegelman & Galen Walker ft. Billy Valentine
Instrumentals: "Highlander Theme" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 3M20" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 4M29" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 4M32" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 6M45" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 6M47" by Nathan Wang
Insert songs: "Please Don't Go" by Jussi Tegelman & Galen Walker ft. Billy Valentine
Instrumentals: "Highlander Theme" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 3M20" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 4M29" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 4M32" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 6M45" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 6M47" by Nathan Wang

TV, 2008,
13 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "Scarborough Fair" by Tada Aoi (it is a cover of an English folk song)

TV, 2012,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Insert song: "Katyusha" by Hisako Kanemoto & Sumire Uesaka (it is a cover of a Russian Soviet-era military song written by Mikhail Isakovsky and composed by Matvey Blanter)

Movie, 2012,
1 ep
Me:-
Author:-
Ending songs: "How You Remind Me" by Avril Lavigne, "Bad Reputation" by Avril Lavigne (both songs are covers, the former being originally performed by Nickelback and the latter by Joan Jett)

TV, 2014,
24 eps
Me:-
Author:9
Ending song: "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles

TV, 2015,
24 eps
Me:-
Author:8
Ending song: "Last Train Home" by Pat Metheny Group

TV, 2016,
39 eps
Me:-
Author:8
Ending song: "I WANT YOU" by Savage Garden

TV, 2016,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "Gospel Of The Throttle 狂奔REMIX ver." by Minutes Til Midnight

TV, 2017,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Opening song: "Scarborough Fair" by Tamaru Yamada (English folk song cover once again)

TV, 2018,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "Le temps de la rentrée" by various artists (the ending of each episode features a cover of a French pop song originally performed by France Gall)

TV, 2018,
39 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending songs: "Freek'n You" by Jodeci, "Modern Crusaders" by Enigma

TV, 2020,
23 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "The Great Pretender" by Freddie Mercury

ONA, 2021,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy

ONA, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy
Instrumental: "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel
Instrumental: "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel

ONA, 2022,
10 eps
Me:-
Author:10
Opening song: "This Fffire" by Franz Ferdinand
Ending song: "Let You Down" by Dawid Podsiadło (this song was produced by Akira Yamaoka, but it was written and sung by Dawid Podsiadło and composed by Magdalena Laskowska, so I'm still counting that in)
Insert songs: "Who's Ready for Tomorrow" by RAT BOY (IBDY), "Nieważne" by Diego Cichy Don feat. Martyna Baranowska, "Juss Wine" by Diego Cichy Don, "Little Stranger" by Dawid Podsiadło, "Żurawie" by Ugory, "Where Did Your Love Go?" by Dawid Podsiadło, "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" by Rosa Walton & Hallie Coggins
Instrumentals: "Modern Anthill" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Cloudy Day" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Consumer Cathedral" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Juiced Up" by P.T. Adamczyk, "Run to the Edge" by Marcin Przybyłowicz & P.T. Adamczyk
Ending song: "Let You Down" by Dawid Podsiadło (this song was produced by Akira Yamaoka, but it was written and sung by Dawid Podsiadło and composed by Magdalena Laskowska, so I'm still counting that in)
Insert songs: "Who's Ready for Tomorrow" by RAT BOY (IBDY), "Nieważne" by Diego Cichy Don feat. Martyna Baranowska, "Juss Wine" by Diego Cichy Don, "Little Stranger" by Dawid Podsiadło, "Żurawie" by Ugory, "Where Did Your Love Go?" by Dawid Podsiadło, "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" by Rosa Walton & Hallie Coggins
Instrumentals: "Modern Anthill" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Cloudy Day" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Consumer Cathedral" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Juiced Up" by P.T. Adamczyk, "Run to the Edge" by Marcin Przybyłowicz & P.T. Adamczyk

ONA, 2022,
14 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Ending songs: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy, "Roundabout" by YES

Movie, 2023,
1 ep
Me:-
Author:-
Ending song: "Nothing’s Impossible" by A Great Big World ft. Rachel Platten

TV, 2024,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:8
Opening song: "Abyss" by YUNGBLUD
Ending song: "Nobody" by OneRepublic
Ending song: "Nobody" by OneRepublic

TV, 2024,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:9
Instrumentals: "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini, "Galop infernal" (from "Orpheus in the Underworld") by Jacques Offenbach (for the anime, both pieces were remixed by Kensuke Ushio and put together in a mashup called "william hell overture", but both of the original composers are foreigners, so I'm still counting them in)

ONA, 2024,
6 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Opening song: "Perpetuum Mobile" by Wilbert Roget II
Instrumentals (all by Wilbert Roget II): "The One Year War", "Romania, UC 0079", "Ambushed", "The Red Wolves", "The Principality of Zeon", "Premonition", "Gundam", "Regroup and Riposte", "Country Drive", "Gundam in Pursuit", "Nightmare", "Road to Refuge", "The Ones We Lost", "Gearheads", "Mobile Suit Deathmatch", "Four Gun Salute", "Friendly Fire", "Night Trekking", "Infiltration", "Meeting of the Newtypes", "Last String", "Solari Violin Concerto", "Odessa", "The Ones That Fight", "Last Dance With Death", "The Ones That Stay", "Through the Storm"
Instrumentals (all by Wilbert Roget II): "The One Year War", "Romania, UC 0079", "Ambushed", "The Red Wolves", "The Principality of Zeon", "Premonition", "Gundam", "Regroup and Riposte", "Country Drive", "Gundam in Pursuit", "Nightmare", "Road to Refuge", "The Ones We Lost", "Gearheads", "Mobile Suit Deathmatch", "Four Gun Salute", "Friendly Fire", "Night Trekking", "Infiltration", "Meeting of the Newtypes", "Last String", "Solari Violin Concerto", "Odessa", "The Ones That Fight", "Last Dance With Death", "The Ones That Stay", "Through the Storm"