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I think we should make a distinction between Western songs from western bands that are used as anime openings and japanese songs made by japanese artists with english or foreign lyrics.
Paranoid Android (Radiohead) - Ergo Proxy
Falling down (Oasis) - Higashi no Eden
Alone Again (Gilbert 'o Sullivan) - Maison Ikkoku
Shine (Mr Big) - Hellsing
Light before we land (Delgado) - Gunsliger girl
Duvet (Boa) - Lain
these are all good example of songs that were "borrowed", some of those were major hits on the selling charts.
Gravity (Yoko Kanno) - Wolf's Rain
In this Serenity (Kosuke Yamashita) - Xenosaga
Inner Universe (Yoko Kanno) - Gits Sac (Russian)
Libera me From Hell (Taku Iwasaki) - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Latin and English)
Are examples of songs created specifically for the anime with non japanese lyrics. I must say most of them were made by Yoko Kanno ^^;
And there is a third cathegory: Western songs from western bands that were adapted with Japanese lyrics:
Sugar Baby Love (The Rubettes) - A little snow fairy Sugar
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