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An Entity of Type : wsb:Classic_Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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title
  • China Girl
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  • Single (music)
has language
  • eng
subject
  • EMI Records singles
  • 1977 songs
  • 1983 singles
  • David Bowie songs
  • Song recordings produced by David Bowie
  • Songs written by David Bowie
  • MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
  • RCA Records singles
  • Rock ballads
  • Songs against racism and xenophobia
  • Song recordings produced by Nile Rodgers
  • Iggy Pop songs
  • Songs written by Iggy Pop
abstract
  • %22China Girl%22 is a song co-written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop during their years in Berlin, first appearing on Pop's album The Idiot (1977). The song became more widely known when it was rerecorded by Bowie and released on his album Let's Dance (1983) and as a single.Paul Trynka, the author of David Bowie's biography, Starman, claims the song was inspired by Iggy Pop's infatuation with Kuelan Nguyen, a beautiful Vietnamese woman.The UK single release of Bowie's remake reached No. 2 for one week on 14 June 1983, behind %22Every Breath You Take%22 by The Police, while the US release reached No. 10.
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  • David Bowie
  • Iggy Pop
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  • album version
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  • 5714decc25ac0d8aee3edabb
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  • USJT10700280
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  • David Bowie
  • Nile Rodgers
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  • 997
wsb:deezer_page
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  • 6963479
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wsb:language_detected
  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • RCA Records
  • EMI America Records
wsb:recording_description
  • Berlin
  • Munich
  • Hansa Tonstudio
  • Musicland Studios
  • Power Station, New York, December 1982
  • – ; Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France;
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  • China Girl
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