"China Girl" is a song which was co-written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie during their years in Berlin, first appearing on Pop's album The Idiot. However, it was not popularized until it was released by Bowie on his album Let's Dance. Bowie decided to put the song on his album when Pop, his old friend and musical collaborator, was in financial straits and was close to facing bankruptcy.

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  • 1983-05
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  • 4:14
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  • China Girl (film) (en)
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  • "China Girl" is a song which was co-written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie during their years in Berlin, first appearing on Pop's album The Idiot. However, it was not popularized until it was released by Bowie on his album Let's Dance. Bowie decided to put the song on his album when Pop, his old friend and musical collaborator, was in financial straits and was close to facing bankruptcy. Bowie decided to release the song on Let's Dance so that Pop could collect half the royalties and get back on his feet financially. An edit of David Bowie's 1983 version was also released as a single. Under the auspices of Nile Rodgers, the song was given a much more commercial sheen than Pop's darker, more roughly-produced version. It continues the theme established in the video for "Let's Dance". The song was again edited for single release, but attracted more attention for its striking video. David Mallet’s clip, shot mainly in the Chinatown district of Melbourne, and on a houseboat on Sydney Harbour, Australia, and featured Geeling Ng lying naked in the surf with Bowie . The latter’s bared buttocks saw the video generate some lurid tabloid headlines, though the clip as it is went on to win an MTV award. Versions of the clip included on subsequent video and DVD compilations are slightly censored. The UK single release reached #2 in the charts, and the US release reached #10. The song was a regular for Bowie’s live shows for the rest of the 1980s and was even rehearsed for his appearance at the 1985 London Live Aid concert but along with the songs Fascination and Five Years was eventually dropped due to time constraints. The song later resurfaced as a concert favorite from 1999 onwards. (en)
  • China Girl är en sång skriven av David Bowie och Iggy Pop, under deras tid i Berlin. Den släpptes först på Iggy Pops album The Idiot, i mars 1977. David Bowie fick dock en större framgång med låten, då han släppte den på sitt album Let's Dance, i april 1983. Bowie beslutade sig för att ta med China Girl på albumet då Pop befann sig i ekonomisk kris och var nära konkurs. Detta så att Pop kunde inkassera hälften av de royalties som sången inbringade. Bowies version gavs även ut som singel i maj 1983 med B-sidan Shake it. Singeln fanns även som picture disc. (sv)
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  • David Bowie (en)
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  • 2 (UK, Netherlands) 5 (Sweden) 10 (US) (en)
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  • '' Modern Love''
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  • Power Station, New York, December 1982 (en)
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  • "China Girl" is a song which was co-written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie during their years in Berlin, first appearing on Pop's album The Idiot. However, it was not popularized until it was released by Bowie on his album Let's Dance. Bowie decided to put the song on his album when Pop, his old friend and musical collaborator, was in financial straits and was close to facing bankruptcy. (en)
  • China Girl är en sång skriven av David Bowie och Iggy Pop, under deras tid i Berlin. (sv)
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  • China Girl (song) (en)
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