"Kung Fu Fighting"
Single by Carl Douglas
Released	1974
Label	20th Century Records
Producer(s)	Biddu Appaiah
Peak chart positions
#1 (Billboard Hot 100) #1 (UK Singles Chart)
Carl Douglas singles chronology
"Kung Fu Fighting" "Dance the Kung Fu"

"Kung Fu Fighting" is a song performed by Carl Douglas. It was released as a single in 1974, at the cusp of a chopsocky film craze, and quickly rose to the top of British and American charts. It was originally meant to be a B-side to "I Want to Give You My Everything" by Brooklyn songwriter Larry Weiss, and was recorded in the last ten minutes of his studio time.^[1] This song has been featured prominently in pop culture including Mott's Clamato advertisements. Image File history File links Kung_Fu_Fighting. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... A blonde haired, very skilled worker with a 70s look. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Biddu or Biddu Appaiah is an Indian-British music producer, composer and song-writer who produced and composed a number of music hits in the early part of the British Disco scene in the mid-1970’s, lifting the careers of British Disco music stars Tina Charles, Carl Douglas, Jimmy... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... Carl Douglas is a Jamaican-born singer, most famous for the one-hit wonder Kung Fu Fighting, which hit #1 in the Billboard charts in 1974. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... A blonde haired, very skilled worker with a 70s look. ... Chopsocky is a colloquial term applied to a diffuse group of martial-art China and Japan during the 1960s and 1970s characterized by over_blown story_lines, cheesy special effects, and excessive violence. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Herd behaviour is the term used to describe situations in which the individuals of any particular group react coherently. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... Clamato (a portmanteau of clam and tomato) is a trademark of the Motts company which denotes a drink made primarily of reconstituted tomato juice concentrate and reconstituted dried clam broth, with a dash of high fructose corn syrup, and USDA Red 40 to maintain a natural tomato colour. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ...

The song is also famous for its use of the quintessential Asian Riff—a short musical phrase that is used to signify Asian culture. Douglas states that his inspiration to write the song was affected by three factors: He had seen a kung fu movie, later visited a jazz concert by Oscar Peterson and was suffering from side-effects of pain killers (Douglas had injured his foot playing football).^{[citation needed]} Melody of the Asian Riff A more-accurate sheet music for the Asian Riff The Asian Riff is a musical riff or phrase that is often used to represent Asian culture. ... The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, religions, and ethnic groups in the region, traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective, of Asia. ... Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. ...

The song remains one of the most fondly remembered one-hit wonders in the UK (though some dispute that it is a true one hit wonder as Douglas had two further hits that did not reach the Top 20). It appeared at number one in Channel 4's Top 10 One Hit Wonders list in 2000 and again in the station's 50 Greatest One Hit Wonders poll in 2006. It was also included in another 2006 programme for Channel 4, Bring Back... the 1 Hit Wonders, for which Carl Douglas performed the song in a live concert. "Kung Fu Fighting" was also rated #100 in VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders. UK 45 rpm single for Mickey (1982) by one-hit wonder Toni Basil CD single of the Baha Mens Who Let the Dogs Out? In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only one hit single. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division...

British dance act Bus Stop reached #8 on the UK charts with their 1998 remix single of "Kung Fu Fighting", which sampled the original vocals by Carl Douglas and added rap verses. Bus Stop were a British dance act best-known for their1998 single Kung Fu Fighting, which reached #8 in the UK chart. ...

"Kung Fu Fighting" is still being heard today on most radio oldies stations and on Radio Disney. It's also being used as a background tune for the advertisements for Disney's Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. The song also appeared in early versions of Dance Dance Revolution and can be heard in a disco scene in the acclaimed Brazilian film City of God. It was also used in a humorous TV commercial for the U.S. insurance company Geico in which the company's mascot (a talking gecko) breaks into the song while on a road trip, to the initial chagrin and disbelief of the other passengers, who in the end start singing along. Radio Disney is a radio network based in Dallas, Texas in the United States broadcasting music and other content targeted at children and young teenagers. ... Dance Dance Revolution, a. ... City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is an Academy Award-nominated 2002 Brazilian film, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. ... The Government Employees Insurance Company, usually known by the acronym GEICO, is an American auto insurance company. ... Subfamilies Aeluroscalabotinae Eublepharinae Gekkoninae Teratoscincinae Diplodactylinae Geckos are small to average sized lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae which are found in warm climates throughout the world. ...

In the Scrubs episode "My Day at the Races", "Kung Fu Fighting" was playing while Turk and The Todd fought a large group of surgical ninjas, who were all trying to retrieve the attending surgeon's briefcase to get on his good side. Scrubs is an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning American situation comedy/dramedy that premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ... My Day at the Races is the 96th episode of the American situation comedy Scrubs. ...

The song also appears in English version of Stephen Chow's comedy "Shaolin Soccer" and runs through the outro into the end credits.

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This song also appears in the end credits for the power rangers movie.

The song appears in Agustín Díaz Yanes film Sin noticias de Dios where Carmen, played by actress Penélope Cruz, dances to "Kung Fu Fighting". Agustín Díaz Yanes (Madrid, 1950) is a Spanish Goya Awards winner screenwriter and film director. ... Bendito infierno (released as Sin noticias de Dios in Spain and in English as Dont Tempt Me) is a Mexico/Spain co-production. ... Penélope Cruz Sánchez (pronounced ) (born April 28, 1974, in Madrid, Spain), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated Spanish actress. ...

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External links

• Billboard article