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  2. Turning Japanese - Wikipedia

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    "Turning Japanese" is a song by English band the Vapors, from their 1980 album New Clear Days. It was an international hit, becoming the band's most well-known song. It was an international hit, becoming the band's most well-known song.

  3. The Vapors - Wikipedia

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    New Clear Days contained "Turning Japanese" and displayed a new wave sound with socially-conscious lyrics. [8] That album reached the middle of the charts in the UK, Canada, and US. Magnets revealed a power pop sound and darker lyrics, with the song "Jimmie Jones" making reference to cult leader Jim Jones. [9]

  4. New Clear Days - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. 'Turning Japanese' & 11 Other '80s Songs That Have Aged ...

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    The song even mentions well-intended parties telling Mardones to “leave her alone,” so unlike Kip Winger, he can’t feign ignorance about the song’s topic. This story was produced and ...

  6. Oriental riff - Wikipedia

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    The Oriental riff and interpretations of it have been included as part of numerous musical works in Western music. Examples of its use include Poetic Tone Pictures (Poeticke nalady) (1889) by Antonin Dvoƙák, [6] "Limehouse Blues" by Carl Ambrose and his Orchestra (1935), "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas (1974), "Japanese Boy" by Aneka (1981), [1] [4] The Vapors' "Turning Japanese" (1980 ...

  7. US shuts Kyiv embassy due to 'potential significant air attack'

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    KYIV (Reuters) -The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to "specific information of a potential significant air attack" and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly ...

  8. Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China

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    Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in eastern China on Saturday, police said — the latest in a recent spate of attacks that has shaken a ...

  9. Juvenilia (EP) - Wikipedia

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    Juvenilia is an EP by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released in 1995. [7] [8] The EP is essentially a single for the song "Jealousy" from the album Whip-Smart, though this release includes a few songs recorded by Phair under her Girly-Sound moniker in 1991, namely "California," "South Dakota," "Batmobile," "Dead Shark," and "Easy."