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"China Girl" is a song written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie in 1976, and first released by Pop on his debut solo album, The Idiot (1977). Inspired by an affair Pop had with a Vietnamese woman, the lyrics tell a story of unrequited love for the protagonist's Asian girlfriend, realizing by the end that his Western influences are corrupting her.
"China Girl" (song), a 1977 song by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, rerecorded and released as a single by Bowie in 1983 "China Girl", a song by John Cougar, released in 1982 on the album American Fool "China Girl", a song by the group The 411 from their album Between the Sheets
This is the list of the top 50 most-viewed Chinese music videos on the American video-sharing website YouTube. "A Little Happiness" by Hebe Tien is first Chinese music video to reach 100 million views on August 20, 2016 [1] while "Goodbye Princess" by Tia Lee is the fastest Chinese music video to reach 100 million views in 20 days. [2]
The duo has released several albums since their formation in 1999 and performed at the Asia 2000 Music Festival. The China Dolls are known for their song "Muay nee kah" (Thai: หมวยนี่คะ, I Am a China Girl), which was later translated to Mandarin as "单眼皮女生" (pinyin: dānyǎnpí nǚshēng, Girls with Single Eyelids).
The B-side was a live version, recorded in Montreal on 13 July. Like "China Girl", "Modern Love" peaked at number two in the UK, held off the top spot by Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon". In the US, it charted at number 14. It was supported by a music video, directed by Jim Yukich, depicting a performance of the song in Philadelphia on 20 July ...
During the 1930s, Li Jinhui started the Chinese popular music industry with a number of musical troupes. The groups were mostly young women performing and singing. The term Sing-Song-Girls stuck, since the Chinese Communist Party associated pop music with Yellow Music or pornography in the 1940s. [16]
China Girl was the sixth album by classical and pop musician Vanessa-Mae, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music).. China Girl contains only three tracks. The first is a recording of the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Viktor Fedotov.
Geeling Ng (currently, Geeling Ching [1]) is a New Zealand model, actress and restaurateur.She is best known as the title character in the English rock musician David Bowie's 1983 music video for his worldwide hit single "China Girl".