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"Turning Japanese" was believed to euphemistically refer to masturbation, [6] although Fenton (the song's writer) denied that claim in an interview on VH1. He did, however, say he wished to thank whoever first came up with that interpretation, as he felt the salacious rumour about what the song 'really' meant may have been what made it a hit.
According to songwriter David Fenton, "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect." [3] Fenton intended the song to be a love song, with the character of the song "pining over a photograph of his ex-girlfriend" in his bedroom, drawing from Fenton's own experience of being rejected ...
New Clear Days is the 1980 debut album by the British rock group The Vapors.It spent six weeks in the UK album charts, reaching a highest position of No. 44 in June 1980. It contains their best-known song, "Turning Japanese", which reached No. 3 in the UK chart in February 1980 and was also a worldwide succe
1. ‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors (1980) When “Turning Japanese” came out in 1980, some people found it offensive because they believed the song was about touching one’s private area.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 November 2024. Portable Document Format, a digital file format For other uses, see PDF (disambiguation). Portable Document Format Adobe PDF icon Filename extension.pdf Internet media type application/pdf, application/x-pdf application/x-bzpdf application/x-gzpdf Type code PDF (including a single ...
Tracy Chapman is finally getting a new moment in the awards spotlight, 35 years after the release of her biggest hit, "Fast Car." The two gave an emotional performance at the GRAMMYs on Sunday ...
MEI – Music Encoding Initiative file format that attempts to encode all musical notations; MIDI – MIDI file format that is a music sheet for instruments; MUS, MUSX – Finale sheet music file; MXL, XML – MusicXML standard sheet music exchange format; MSCX, MSCZ – MuseScore sheet music file; SMDL – Standard Music Description Language ...
Takashi Murakami and McG directed short Akihabara Majokko Princess, where Kirsten Dunst sings a cover of The Vapors' 1980 song "Turning Japanese". This was shown at the "Pop Life" exhibition in London's Tate Modern museum from October 1, 2009, to January 17, 2010. It shows Dunst dancing around Akihabara, a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan.