Taken (film)
Taken is a 2008 English-language French action thriller film written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and directed by Pierre Morel.
It stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser, and Holly Valance.
Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a former CIA operative who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter Kim (Grace) and her best friend Amanda (Cassidy) after the two girls are kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers while traveling in France during a vacation.
"Taken" was released in France on February 27, 2008 by EuropaCorp, and later in the United States on January 30, 2009 by 20th Century Fox, the movie has grossed more than $226 million.
Numerous media outlets have cited the film as a turning point in Neeson's career that redefined and transformed him to an action film star.
The first film in the "Taken" franchise, "Taken" was followed by two sequels—"Taken 2" and "Taken 3"—released in 2012 and 2014, respectively.
A television series for the series premiered in 2017 on NBC, with Clive Standen portraying Bryan Mills.
Fried (band)
Fried are a musical duo made up of US soul singer Jonte Short, and ex- The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals guitarist David Steele.
David
Steele looked for a singer for his new project away from The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals for five years.
He finally met Jonte Short in 2001 at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and they decided to collaborate.
Steele and Short worked together on songs that Steele had already written, and they also wrote new ones together.
The duo decided to name themselves Fried, after Southern U.S. cooking, and started recording in New Orleans and London.
Fried, after working on their album for five years, signed to London Records the home of Steele's previous group Fine Young Cannibals to release their debut self- titled album, which spawned the singles" Whatever I Choose I Lose" and" When I Get Out Of Jail".
However, the band's career with the label was short- lived and were subsequently dropped from the label due to poor sales.
In 2007, however, the band were re-signed, this time to RCA and Fried decided to re-work their debut album and three new songs were added, while removing two.
" I'll Be There" was released as the album's lead single, while they re-titled the album" Things Change".
The album was released on 16 July 2007.
Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals song)
" Good Thing" is a song recorded by Fine Young Cannibals, the second single from their album from 1989," The Raw& the Cooked".
The song was their second and most recent U.S.# 1, topping the" Billboard" Hot 100 on 8 July 1989.
It also peaked at# 7 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song made its first appearance in" Tin Men"( 1987).
Fine Young Cannibals portrayed a nightclub band in the movie, performing this song and three others( including the single's b-side" Social Security").
The film is set in Baltimore in 1963, and the song's retro soul style is consistent with that setting.
Jools Holland played piano on the track, noting that it was" one of the biggest selling records I've ever played on".
All the Fine Young Cannibals
All the Fine Young Cannibals is a 1960 American film directed by Michael Anderson, based on the novel by Rosamond Marshall starring Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton, and Pearl Bailey.
Hamilton said it" combined Southern Gothic with a biopic of jazzman Chet Baker".
The Finest (Fine Young Cannibals album)
The Finest is a compilation album by Fine Young Cannibals, released on MCA Records.
The album's cover art was done by Anton Corbijn.
Roland Gift
Roland Lee Gift( born 28 May 1961) is a British singer, songwriter and actor.
He was singer/ frontman of the 1980s pop band Fine Young Cannibals.
Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals were a British rock music band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984, by bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox( both formerly of The Beat), and singer Roland Gift( formerly of the Akrylykz).
Their self- titled 1985 debut album contained" Johnny Come Home" and a cover of" Suspicious Minds", two songs that were top 40 hits in the UK, Canada, Australia and many European countries.
Their 1989 album," The Raw& the Cooked", topped the UK and US album charts, and contained their two" Billboard"
Hot 100 number ones:" She Drives Me Crazy" and" Good Thing".
In 1990 the band won two Brit Awards: Best British Group, and Best British Album( for" The Raw& the Cooked").
Their name came from the 1960 film" All the Fine Young Cannibals" starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood.
Don't Look Back (Fine Young Cannibals song)
" Do n't Look Back" is a song by British pop- rock band Fine Young Cannibals.
It was released as the third single from the band's 1988 album" The Raw& the Cooked".
The song reached the top 40 charts in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
David Steele (musician)
David" Shuffle" Steele( born 8 September 1960) is an English musician who was a member of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals.
I'm Not Satisfied
" I'm Not Satisfied" is a song by British pop- rock band Fine Young Cannibals.
It was released as the fifth single from the band's 1988 album" The Raw and the Cooked".
The single charted in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.

Question: Which film came out first, Taken (Film) or All The Fine Young Cannibals?
Answer: All The Fine Young Cannibals