South American soundtrack

Before I headed out on my trip to South America I asked for suggestions of songs to enable me to generate a playlist for the long journeys I had ahead of me. Thank you so much to everyone who 'wrote in' with their tunes! I'm not going to say who sent what, but to let you know I included every recommendation. Along the way I also received some suggestions of good songs, I also thought about some songs I love and wanted to add and so below is the soundtrack that accompanied me on my Latin American Adventure...
1. For once in my life: Stevie Wonder
2. Don't cry for me Argentina: Evita Soundtrack 
3. Get me away from here, I'm dying: Belle and Sebastian 
4. Por una cabeza: Fablo Hager sexteto 
5. Have a nice day: Stereophonics
6. How you remind me: Nickelback
7. You've got a friend: James Taylor
8. Arms open: The Script 
9. Something big: Shawn Mendes
10. Cannonball: Damien Rice
11. Mr Blue Sky: ELO
12. Tequila sunrise: Eagles
13. Blue skies: Stan Getz (instrumental)
14. Wolfcry: Gregory Porter
15. Dancing queen: ABBA
16. ManWomanBoogie: Q Tip
17. Dreams: Fleetwood Mac
18. I feel better: Hot Chip
19. Your woman: White Town
20. Baker Street: Gerry Rafferty
21. New York is killing me: Gil Scott-Heron
22. Club Tropicana: Wham!
23. Run to you: Bryan Adams
24. Sweet home Alabama: Lynard Skynyrd
25. Dear Theodosia: The Hamilton Mixtape
26. Gracias a la Vida: Mercedes Sosa
27. Somebody that I used to know: Gotye
28. The girl from Ipanema: Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim
29. Torn: Natalie Imbruglia
30. London Thunder: Foals
31. Everyone else: London Grammar
32. French navy: Camera Obscura
33. In my life: Rob Stewart
34. On the road: Keane
35. Copacobana: Barry Manilow
36. Adagio in G Minor: Albinoni
37. The way we were: Barbara Streisand 
38. Summer of '69: Bryan Adams
39. Never forget: Take That
40. Bat out of hell: Meatloaf
41. What do you want: Adam Faith
42. Fly me to the moon: Julie London 
43. Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major Op. 9 No. 2: Chopin
44. A whole lot of Rosie: Molotov Gentlemen 
45. Hold my hand: Jess Glynne
46. Stormbringer: Deep Purple 
47. Around the world: Kings of Leon
48. Blackbird: The Beatles
49. Thunderstruck: AC/DC 
50. What a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong 
51. Total eclipse of the heart: Bonnie Tyler
52. Great balls of fire: Jerry Lee Lewis
53. Concrete schoolyard: Jurassic 5
54. Que sera sera: Doris Day
55. Over the rainbow: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
56. Lose yourself: Eminem 
57. Chained: The x x
58. Conga del Fuego: Arturo Márquez
59. Juniper: Begonia 
60. Yumeji's theme: From 'In the mood for love'
61. 9 to 5: Dolly Parton
62. Wichita Lineman: Glen Campbell 
63. Fast Car: Ryan Montbleau feat. Tall Heights
64. We built the city: Starship
65. There's nothing holdin' me back: Shawn Mendes
66. I feel free: Fresh Cream
67. Never been better: Olly Murs
68. Pearl Fishers' duet: Bizet (Jussi Björling version)
69. Into the mystic: Van Morrison
70. She's like the wind: Patrick Swayze
71. Come back to what you know: Embrace
72. In the air tonight: Phil Collins
73. Lost boy: Ruth B
74. Samba Da Bencao: Bebel Gilberto
75. Shelter song: Temples
76. My Favourite Things: Sound of Music soundtrack 
77. Nobody does it better: Carly Simon
78. Find me: Kings of Leon
79. 1998 - Otologic Remix: Chet Faker
80. Supertramp - The logical song
Plus the album Club Secreto II: Gotan Project.

It's amazing how emotive music can be. Sometimes I listened to the list in its entirety. Sometimes I was feeling chilled and picked the songs to suit that mood and at other times I wanted fun and fast beats and it had those too. When I was making up the playlist I wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to the songs and so the first time I listened to it the first song that came on (I'm not saying which it is) turned out to be the favourite of the person (other than me) who's probably been the most influential on the path my life has taken. I must admit it took the wind out of my sails initially, but then it left me feeling thankful because without them, I wouldn't have the life I do or have been on that bus exploring South America.
Some songs really became firm favourites, Lost boy, Dear Theodosia, Bat out of hell, Congo del Fuego, Gracias a la Vida, We built this city, Your woman... actually I could include most on this list! I must admit there were some I usually skipped but again, I won't tell you which they are! Some songs will always remind me of the person who suggested it, such as Fast Car by Ryan Montbleau (I'm sure you know who you are!). I will always remember the brilliantly fun night our little group had that broke me! Others will always remind me of South America, such as the Phil Collins track, which I heard a lot (in addition to on this list) as he is really popular out there!! And well, the classical pieces, the person who said sometimes you need to listen to classical pieces when you're driving through beautiful scenery was right, although I don't think it needs to be limited to then! I really enjoyed all those suggestions. And so thank you all for helping me to develop this wonderful soundtrack to my five months in South America; it really played a huge part in my enjoyment of the trip!

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