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"Kung Fu Fighting" is a disco song by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, written by Douglas and produced by British-Indian musician Biddu. [3] It was released in 1974 as the first single from his debut album, Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs (1974), on the cusp of a chopsocky film craze and rose to the top of the British, Australian, Canadian, and American charts, in addition to ...
The single, which is a homage to martial arts films, overshadowed the rest of Douglas' career, and has led to his appearance on other artists' versions of the song. In the United States, Douglas is considered a one-hit wonder, since he is commonly known only for "Kung Fu Fighting" (its follow-up "Dance the Kung Fu" stalled at number 48). In the ...
Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs is the debut studio album by Jamaican disco artist Carl Douglas. It reached number one on the Billboard Soul LPs chart and number 37 on Billboard's overall Top LPs & Tape chart in 1975. In Europe, Asia, Africa and South America the album was released under the name Kung Fu Fighter. [2]
Kung Fu Panda (Music from the Motion Picture) is the score album to the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda. The album features original score composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell, and a cover of the disco song "Kung Fu Fighting" performed by CeeLo Green and Jack Black (who also plays Po, the lead character). The album consisted of traditional and ...
The utterly bizarre fantasy caper depicted the members of KISS miming to prerecorded hits at a Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park concert; kung fu fighting with evil animatronic lookalikes ...
Starting in 1998, Bus Stop released a series of cover version singles, the most successful being the 1998 single "Kung Fu Fighting" which reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] Bus Stop's remake featured the vocals of the original artist, Carl Douglas. The sampled song added original rap lyrics, a style they would use in later hits as well.
Everybody else did at some point, probably." Steve Lukather, 67, chimes in: "Rosanna is the Toto track. We knew we had something there, and when it came out and was a hit, it was like, phew."
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