pre-nineties_asian_covers_of_western_pop_songs
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Pre-nineties Asian Covers of Western Pop Songs
Can't pretend this's really comprehensive, just keeping track of songs I come across and enjoy.
🙏🏼 = Someone else found and shared it.
💫 = Better than original (WIP).
| Title | Artist | Country | Audio | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooly Bully | ? | China | pcakZb_P_nU | From the film Lady Black Cat |
| Wooly Bully | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | YFgz8Zfk_iQ | |
| Venus | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | LdN9SVZ9oj8 | |
| Venus | Yoko Oginome | Japan | eDN-Vr7JU_s | |
| Venus | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | aMqZZotrLNY | |
| Can't Buy Me Love | Korean Kittens | South Korea | SobCRkG8VcU | |
| Just a Closer Walk with Thee | The Crescendos | Singapore | b-bTY7rEfsU | |
| Lemon Tree | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | hC_KqUxaKAE | |
| My Boy Lollipop | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | w_vR9rVPCx4 | |
| Boom Boom | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | 7MTXFAgagZY | |
| Hanky Panky | Rita Chao and The Quests | Singapore | aZVmRpXtRyI | |
| Hanky Panky | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | aZVmRpXtRyI | Second half of video |
| Hippy Hippy Shake | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | vbd8m3w6sPE | |
| Shakin' All Over | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | fplKtTJPdzU | |
| This Diamond Ring | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | vSyQ9k5pv3A | |
| Take My Breath Away | Sandy Lam | Hong Kong | HU8J47jm1OY | 🙏🏼 |
| Take My Breath Away | Akemi Ishii | Japan | KUkjHfqUCDI | |
| Hey Jude | Sinn Sisamouth | Cambodia | h2HtbJSdbUE | 🙏🏼 |
| The House of the Rising Sun | Sinn Sisamouth | Cambodia | gmo95kyEi9E | 🙏🏼 |
| Quando, Quando, Quando | Sinn Sisamouth | Cambodia | rXYv5bCXWMI | 💫 |
| Funky Town | Pranee Thanasri | Thailand | qS0pvhEmcGE | |
| Rasputin | Panadda Chayapark | Thailand | q3sluEoHRfQ | |
| I'm So Glad | The Golden Cups | Japan | IrXJ3vpvKww | 🙏🏼 |
| Fernando | Yoko Oginome | Japan | qZpvzAXca3Y | |
| La Isla Bonita | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | F-qAy03CfVM | As ラ・イスラ・ボニータ |
| La Isla Bonita | 中森明菜 (Akina Nakamori) | Japan | 90MA5ne9gmw | |
| (I Just) Died In Your Arms | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | 5Zy…&t=28m20s | As 愛に抱かれた夜 |
| Eat You Up | Yoko Oginome | Japan | tgNIeWvXKNM | 💫 |
| Turn It Into Love | Wink | Japan | jka34OYF9Rg | |
| Sugar Baby Love | Wink | Japan | TKHqa_vl9J | |
| Sexy Music | Wink | Japan | USBMrkkM-_I | 💫 |
| I Can't Deny A Broken Heart | Wink | Japan | B8lOqFjbDSQ | As 悲しい枯葉 ～I Can't Deny A Broken Heart～ |
| Boys (Summertime Love) | Aya Sugimoto | Japan | 4oCzRrpNFMk | |
| Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? | Pink Lady | Japan | VJDfpazWKKE | |
| Holding Out For A Hero | Miki Asakura | Japan | gOLWME2pQQ8 | |
| What A Feeling | Miki Asakura | Japan | gDjZGEGCkjo | |
| Billie Jean | Miki Asakura | Japan | Aj2NHOGmrIA | |
| Black is Black | Thai Tai | Vietnam | m1OG2dYS020 | |
| Black is Black | 少女隊 | Japan | 2cFbw1Y6hNE | |
| Daydream Believer | 少女隊 | Japan | JT6g7-lzgV0 | |
| Can't Take My Eyes Off You | 少女隊 | Japan | 3Wxh6BkYNaY | |
| Be My Baby | Minako Tanaka | Japan | 6Fmkjw75_jI | |
| Time of the Season | Ippu-Do | Japan | WjdOKKBv6iA | 🙏🏼 |
| Girlfriend | Takako Ohta | Japan | pwip_VyVDnI | 🙏🏼 |
| Day Tripper | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Japan | X6nXuVC2pIs | 🙏🏼 |
| Do You Wanna Dance | Anna Ueyama | Hong Kong | JQYbJMx4sOc | 🙏🏼 |
| Get Out of my Life | Yuu Hayami | Japan | 3syS0Vue3Es | 🙏🏼 |
| Land of 1000 Dances | Jun Mayuzumi | Japan | Vgo_nl1Vmz0 | 🙏🏼 |
| This Boy | Hiroshi Satoh | Japan | phQ3KMHVXUs | 🙏🏼 |
| All Day and All of the Night | ? | Cambodia | nISiHp8DMJs | |
| ? | ? | Cambodia | A-mRyCKdr-o | |
| Come On-a My House | Sakura Teng | Singapore | bzFO0nxjSEQ | |
| Lipstick On Your Collar | Patrina, Maurice Patton & The Melodians | Singapore | nUhB-Qd3-Ag | |
| Give Me Up | BaBe | Japan | 0A2Ffi7O0FU | 💫 |
| Show Me | 森川由加里 (Yukari Morikawa) | Japan | xtBGKNCTdx0 | 💫 |
| Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room) | Naoka Isamu | Japan | QnZht26btT0 | 💫 As Boom Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to Your Room) |
| Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room) | Spinning Dee-Dee | Japan | A3K0FtOlmKE | |
| What'd I Say | Korean Kittens | South Korea | x9A66z3oiow | |
| Love Comes Quickly | Hidemi Ishikawa | Japan | 3HM054E_kUQ | 💫 |
| Show Me | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | EKqE1XolpHc | |
| Give Me Up | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | ZhL9XSbcMow | |
| Love in the First Degree | Wink | Japan | bCdRG6iAJzA | 💫 |
| Movin' On | Wink | Japan | D92mVafWX_U | |
| Love in the First Degree | 森川由加里 (Yukari Morikawa) | Japan | aoBdzrHVl0M | As くやしまぎれのDown Town |
| All Through the Night | 森川由加里 (Yukari Morikawa) | Japan | hqNKVN4JHuA | As 眠らないままで |
| I Heard A Rumour | Tomoko Mayumi | Japan | mJyDZWtPHZA | 💫 |
| Ain't Nobody | Wink | Japan | AYb3C5MVycM | |
| Heart of Glass | Wink | Japan | saeP-sqF3vU | |
| Teacher's Pet | Suyari Aso | Japan | E4VoZwB7jFU | |
| Tammy | Suyari Aso | Japan | E4V…&t=30m40s | |
| Papa Don't Preach | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | TUywsDJkpOA | |
| Mr. Monday | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | MFs…&t=7m33s | |
| Sunny | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | MFs…&t=15m56s | |
| I Like You | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | MFs…&t=11m28s | |
| Two of Hearts | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | qGDIdELhJDQ | |
| Two of Hearts | Ngọc Tuyết | Vietnam | Ihfh1KLF7Sc | As Đôi Tim Nồng Say |
| Cha-Cha-Cha | Akemi Ishii | Japan | Z6z-tQGH_-o | 💫 |
| Kiss Her | Yoshimi Iwasaki | Japan | XHna8QOB0Ys | |
| Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes | Chailai Chaiyata & Sawanee Patana | Thailand | bISD9hQQ4Wg | 💫 As ควรตายด้วยลูกปืน (You Should Die By Bullets) |
| Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes | Satomi Kihara | Japan | EdXeH4lw0Cw | |
| I Should Be So Lucky | Kanako Wada | Japan | aGYNlVdAexo | As Lucky Love |
| Dominoes | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | As ドミノ (Domino) | |
| Big Love | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | 4hW1q7JeRDw | 💫 As ビッグ・ラヴ (Big Love) |
| Sexy Music | Frankie Kao | Japan | SyKdki_I0M | As 冬天裡的一把火. The synth is better than the original, at least. |
| Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now | George Lam | Hong Kong | NEP78e4NBJQ | As 敢愛敢做. Main theme from the movie Wonder Women |
| Corazón de Melón | Iyo Matsumoto, Chiemi Hori, Kyoko Koizumi, Shonentai | Japan | ZqS74w_R7S0 | |
| Polk Salad Annie | Shonentai | Japan | ZqS74…&t=55s | |
| Sexy Music | Akiko Nakazato | Japan | Oe3D…&t3m52s | |
| Careless Whisper | Anita Mui | Hong Kong | tFIEeQPyrDs | |
| Careless Whisper | Sao Sao Sao | Thailand | w2Jh29xDmIg | |
| I Was Born to Love You | Minako Honda | Japan | itBC6cawGQ0 | |
| Pop Muzik | Yangsook Park | South Korea | q4Zg5lat6fg | As 내 친구 (My Friend) |
| Heart of Glass | Yangsook Park | South Korea | v5M_7DLrVLg | As 지난날 이야기 (Story of the Past) |
| Tell It to My Heart | Minnie | Japan | usohbJtqSnY | |
| Gambler | Yukari Yamamoto | Japan | 7LFfFNQvAqQ | |
| Under the Boardwalk | Mikiko Noda | Japan | KDvPecOevSo | |
| Flashdance... What a Feeling | ? | Hong Kong | ? | From the film Drunken Tai Chi. In the English dub the song is replaced by something else. |
| What'd I Say | Lee Tae Shin & Top Song | South Korea | As What I Say | |
| Light My Fire | Kim Choo Ja | South Korea | FwZAwC7HZxI |
Omake
Related songs that miss some criterion
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You, MISIA, Japan. eIhkQJvsUm4
- Hold Me - BaBe and Samantha Gilles versions both released together.
Related Releases
- J-Cover 80's Dance & Ballad - MusicBrainz.
There's a little insert in the booklet that suggests it's part of a series. - Ｊ－ＰＯＰ ダンス ＆ ユーロビート カバーズ (J-Pop Dance & Eurobeat Covers) - Discogs.
See Also
- French Songs Covered By Asian Artists - Discogs user list.
- Cover versions of italo-disco - Discogs user list.
pre-nineties_asian_covers_of_western_pop_songs.txt · Last modified: 2025/03/25 00:28 by rjt