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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).

<sortable>
^ Title ^ Artist ^ Country ^ Audio ^ Note |
| //[[wp>Wooly_Bully|Wooly Bully]]// |  ?  | China | [[yt>pcakZb_P_nU]] | From the film //[[http://tarstarkas.net/2009/02/lady-black-cat/|Lady Black Cat]]// |
| //[[wp>Wooly_Bully|Wooly Bully]]// | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | [[yt>YFgz8Zfk_iQ]] | |
| //[[wp>Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song)|Venus]]// | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | [[yt>LdN9SVZ9oj8]] | |
| //[[wp>Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song)|Venus]]// | [[Yoko Oginome]] | Japan | [[yt>eDN-Vr7JU_s]] | |
| //[[wp>Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song)|Venus]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>aMqZZotrLNY]] | |
| //Can't Buy Me Love// | Korean Kittens | South Korea | [[yt>SobCRkG8VcU]] | |
| //Just a Closer Walk with Thee// | The Crescendos | Singapore | [[yt>b-bTY7rEfsU]] | |
| //Lemon Tree// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>hC_KqUxaKAE]] | |
| //My Boy Lollipop// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>w_vR9rVPCx4]] | |
| //[[wp>Boom_Boom_(John_Lee_Hooker_song)|Boom Boom]]// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>7MTXFAgagZY]] | |
| //Hanky Panky// | Rita Chao and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>aZVmRpXtRyI]] | |
| //Hanky Panky//  | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | [[yt>aZVmRpXtRyI]] | Second half of video |
| //Hippy Hippy Shake// | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | [[yt>vbd8m3w6sPE]] | |
| //Shakin' All Over// | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | [[yt>fplKtTJPdzU]] | |
| //This Diamond Ring// | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | [[yt>vSyQ9k5pv3A]] | |
| //Take My Breath Away// | Sandy Lam | Hong Kong | [[yt>HU8J47jm1OY]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Take My Breath Away// | Akemi Ishii | Japan | [[yt>KUkjHfqUCDI]] | |
| //Hey Jude// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>h2HtbJSdbUE]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //The House of the Rising Sun// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>gmo95kyEi9E]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Quando, Quando, Quando// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>rXYv5bCXWMI]] | 💫 |
| //Funky Town// | Pranee Thanasri | Thailand | [[yt>qS0pvhEmcGE]] | |
| //Rasputin// | Panadda Chayapark | Thailand | [[yt>q3sluEoHRfQ]] | |
| //I'm So Glad// | The Golden Cups | Japan | [[yt>IrXJ3vpvKww]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Fernando// | [[Yoko Oginome]] | Japan | [[yt>qZpvzAXca3Y]] | |
| //La Isla Bonita// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>F-qAy03CfVM]] | As ラ・イスラ・ボニータ |
| //La Isla Bonita// | [[akina_nakamori]] | Japan | [[yt>90MA5ne9gmw]] | |
| //[[wp>(I_Just)_Died_in_Your_Arms|(I Just) Died In Your Arms]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>5ZyLoJzm5ag&t=28m20s|5Zy…&t=28m20s]] | As 愛に抱かれた夜 |
| //Eat You Up// | [[Yoko Oginome]] | Japan | [[yt>tgNIeWvXKNM]] | 💫 |
| //[[wp>Turn_It_into_Love|Turn It Into Love]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>jka34OYF9Rg]] | |
| //[[wp>Sugar_Baby_Love|Sugar Baby Love]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>TKHqa_vl9J]] | |
| //[[wp>Sexy Music]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>USBMrkkM-_I]] | 💫 |
| //[[discogs>211949|I Can't Deny A Broken Heart]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>B8lOqFjbDSQ]] | As 悲しい枯葉 ～I Can't Deny A Broken Heart～ |
| //Boys (Summertime Love)// | Aya Sugimoto | Japan | [[yt>4oCzRrpNFMk]] | |
| //Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?// | Pink Lady | Japan | [[yt>VJDfpazWKKE]] | |
| //Holding Out For A Hero// | Miki Asakura | Japan | [[yt>gOLWME2pQQ8]] | |
| //What A Feeling// | Miki Asakura  | Japan | [[yt>gDjZGEGCkjo]] | |
| //Billie Jean// | Miki Asakura  | Japan | [[yt>Aj2NHOGmrIA]] | |
| //Black is Black// | Thai Tai | Vietnam | [[yt>m1OG2dYS020]] | |
| //Black is Black// | 少女隊 | Japan | [[yt>2cFbw1Y6hNE]] | |
| //Daydream Believer// | 少女隊 | Japan | [[yt>JT6g7-lzgV0]] | |
| //Can't Take My Eyes Off You// | 少女隊 | Japan | [[yt>3Wxh6BkYNaY]] | |
| //Be My Baby// | Minako Tanaka | Japan | [[yt>6Fmkjw75_jI]] | |
| //Time of the Season// | Ippu-Do | Japan | [[yt>WjdOKKBv6iA]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Girlfriend// | Takako Ohta | Japan | [[yt>pwip_VyVDnI]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Day Tripper// | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Japan | [[yt>X6nXuVC2pIs]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Do You Wanna Dance// | Anna Ueyama | Hong Kong | [[yt>JQYbJMx4sOc]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Get Out of my Life// | Yuu Hayami | Japan | [[yt>3syS0Vue3Es]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //Land of 1000 Dances// | Jun Mayuzumi | Japan | [[yt>Vgo_nl1Vmz0]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //This Boy// | Hiroshi Satoh | Japan | [[yt>phQ3KMHVXUs]] | 🙏🏼 |
| //[[wp>All_Day_and_All_of_the_Night|All Day and All of the Night]]// |  ?  | Cambodia | [[yt>nISiHp8DMJs]] | |
|  ?  |  ?  | Cambodia | [[yt>A-mRyCKdr-o]] | |
| //[[wp>Come_On-a_My_House|Come On-a My House]]// | Sakura Teng | Singapore | [[yt>bzFO0nxjSEQ]] | |
| //[[wp>Lipstick_on_Your_Collar_(song)|Lipstick On Your Collar]]// | Patrina, Maurice Patton & The Melodians | Singapore | [[yt>nUhB-Qd3-Ag]] | |
| //[[wp>Give_Me_Up|Give Me Up]]// | BaBe | Japan | [[yt>0A2Ffi7O0FU]] | 💫 |
| //[[wp>Show_Me_(The_Cover_Girls_song)|Show Me]]// | [[Yukari Morikawa]] | Japan | [[yt>xtBGKNCTdx0]] | 💫 |
| //[[wp>Boom_Boom_(Let's_Go_Back_to_My_Room)|Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)]]// | Naoka Isamu | Japan | [[yt>QnZht26btT0]] | 💫 As //Boom Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to Your Room)// |
| //[[wp>Boom_Boom_(Let's_Go_Back_to_My_Room)|Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)]]// | Spinning Dee-Dee | Japan | [[yt>A3K0FtOlmKE]] | |
| //[[wp>What'd_I_Say|What'd I Say]]// | Korean Kittens | South Korea | [[yt>x9A66z3oiow]] | |
| //[[wp>Love_Comes_Quickly|Love Comes Quickly]]// | Hidemi Ishikawa | Japan | [[yt>3HM054E_kUQ]] | 💫 |
| //[[wp>Show_Me_(The_Cover_Girls_song)|Show Me]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>EKqE1XolpHc]] | |
| //[[wp>Give_Me_Up|Give Me Up]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>ZhL9XSbcMow]] | |
| //[[wp>Love_in_the_First_Degree_(Bananarama_song)|Love in the First Degree]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>bCdRG6iAJzA]] | 💫 |
| //[[wp>Movin'_On_(Bananarama_song)|Movin' On]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>D92mVafWX_U]] | |
| //[[wp>Love_in_the_First_Degree_(Bananarama_song)|Love in the First Degree]]// | [[yukari_morikawa]] | Japan | [[yt>aoBdzrHVl0M]] | As くやしまぎれのDown Town |
| //[[wp>All_Through_the_Night_(Jules_Shear_song)|All Through the Night]]// | [[yukari_morikawa]] | Japan | [[yt>hqNKVN4JHuA]] | As 眠らないままで |
| //[[wp>I_Heard_a_Rumour|I Heard A Rumour]]// | Tomoko Mayumi | Japan | [[yt>mJyDZWtPHZA]] | 💫 |
| //[[wp>Ain't Nobody]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>AYb3C5MVycM]] | |
| //[[wp>Heart_of_Glass_(song)|Heart of Glass]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>saeP-sqF3vU]] | |
| //[[wp>Teacher's_Pet_(song)|Teacher's Pet]]// | Suyari Aso | Japan | [[yt>E4VoZwB7jFU]] | |
| //[[wp>Tammy_(song)|Tammy]]// | Suyari Aso | Japan | [[yt>E4VoZwB7jFU&t=30m40s|E4V…&t=30m40s]] | |
| //[[wp>Papa_Don't_Preach|Papa Don't Preach]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>TUywsDJkpOA]] | |
| //Mr. Monday// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>MFsEnhwZ8JQ&t=7m33s|MFs…&t=7m33s]] | |
| //[[wp>Sunny_(Bobby_Hebb_song)|Sunny]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>MFsEnhwZ8JQ&t=15m56s|MFs…&t=15m56s]] | |
| //[[wp>I_Like_You_(Phyllis_Nelson_song)|I Like You]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>MFsEnhwZ8JQ&t=11m28s|MFs…&t=11m28s]] | |
| //[[wp>Two_of_Hearts_(song)|Two of Hearts]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>qGDIdELhJDQ]] | |
| //[[wp>Two_of_Hearts_(song)|Two of Hearts]]// | Ngọc Tuyết | Vietnam | [[yt>Ihfh1KLF7Sc]] | As //Đôi Tim Nồng Say// |
| //[[discogs>83298|Cha-Cha-Cha]]// | Akemi Ishii | Japan | [[yt>Z6z-tQGH_-o]] | 💫 |
| //[[discogs>183716|Kiss Her]]// | Yoshimi Iwasaki | Japan | [[yt>XHna8QOB0Ys]] |
| //[[discogs>159958|Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes]]// | Chailai Chaiyata & Sawanee Patana | Thailand | [[yt>bISD9hQQ4Wg]] | 💫 As [[you_should_die_by_bullets]] |
| //[[discogs>159958|Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes]]// | Satomi Kihara | Japan | [[yt>EdXeH4lw0Cw]] | |
| //[[wp>I Should Be So Lucky]]// | Kanako Wada | Japan | [[yt>aGYNlVdAexo]] | As //Lucky Love// |
| //[[wp>Dominoes_(Robbie_Nevil_song)|Dominoes]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan |  | As ドミノ (Domino) |
| //[[wp>Big_Love_(Fleetwood_Mac_song)|Big Love]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>4hW1q7JeRDw]] | 💫 As ビッグ・ラヴ (Big Love) |
| //[[wp>Sexy Music]]// | [[Frankie Kao]] | Japan | [[yt>SyKdki_I0M]] | As 冬天裡的一把火. The synth is better than the original, at least. |
| //[[wp>Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now]]// | George Lam | Hong Kong | [[yt>NEP78e4NBJQ]] | As 敢愛敢做. Main theme from the movie //[[lb>wonder-women-1987|Wonder Women]]// |
| //Corazón de Melón// | Iyo Matsumoto, Chiemi Hori, Kyoko Koizumi, Shonentai | Japan | [[yt>ZqS74w_R7S0]] | |
| //[[wp>Polk Salad Annie]]// | Shonentai | Japan | [[yt>ZqS74w_R7S0&t=55s|ZqS74…&t=55s]] | |
| //[[wp>Sexy Music]]// | Akiko Nakazato | Japan | [[yt>Oe3DSnLRSVM&t3m52s|Oe3D…&t3m52s]] | |
| //[[wp>Careless Whisper]]// | Anita Mui | Hong Kong | [[yt>tFIEeQPyrDs]] | |
| //[[wp>Careless Whisper]]// | Sao Sao Sao | Thailand | [[yt>w2Jh29xDmIg]] | |
| //[[wp>I_Was_Born_to_Love_You_(song)|I Was Born to Love You]]// | Minako Honda | Japan | [[yt>itBC6cawGQ0]] | |
| //[[wp>Pop_Muzik|Pop Muzik]]// | Yangsook Park | South Korea | [[yt>q4Zg5lat6fg]] | As 내 친구 (My Friend) |
| //[[wp>Heart_of_Glass_(song)|Heart of Glass]]// | Yangsook Park | South Korea | [[yt>v5M_7DLrVLg]] | As 지난날 이야기 (Story of the Past) |
| //[[wp>Tell_It_to_My_Heart_(Taylor_Dayne_song)|Tell It to My Heart]]// | Minnie | Japan | [[yt>usohbJtqSnY]] | |
| //[[wp>Gambler_(song)|Gambler]]// | Yukari Yamamoto | Japan | [[yt>7LFfFNQvAqQ]] | |
| //[[wp>Under the Boardwalk]]// | Mikiko Noda | Japan | [[yt>KDvPecOevSo]] | |
| //[[wp>Flashdance... What a Feeling]]// |  ?  | Hong Kong |  ?  | From the film //Drunken Tai Chi//. In the English dub the song is [[yt>pANKyQxpT3c|replaced by something else]]. |
| //[[wp>What'd I Say]]// | Lee Tae Shin & Top Song | South Korea | | As //What I Say// |
| //[[wp>Light My Fire]]// | Kim Choo Ja | South Korea | [[yt>FwZAwC7HZxI]] | |
| //[[discogs>65287|Heartbreak Hotel]]// | Mami Yamase | Japan | [[yt>WbpWScaWFi8]] | As 哀愁のバルセロナ (Melancholic Barcelona) |
</sortable>

===== Omake =====
Related songs that miss some criterion

  * //Can't Take My Eyes Off You//, MISIA, Japan. [[yt>eIhkQJvsUm4]]
  * //Hold Me// - BaBe and Samantha Gilles versions both released together.

===== Related Releases =====

  * **J-Cover 80's Dance & Ballad** - [[https://musicbrainz.org/release/824e2215-ecfb-4c24-b5f0-5bd38a674550|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) - [[https://www.discogs.com/release/18961000-Various-J-Pop-%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9-%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%82%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA-J-Pop-Dance-Eurobeat-Covers|Discogs]].

===== See Also =====
  * [[sb1>t=34868|1]] | [[sb2>pre-nineties-asian-covers-of-western-pop-songs-continued/62|2]] - Forum threads where I started collecting these. There's more stuff in there that I don't like enough to include here, mostly real plain ballads from China.
  * [[https://www.discogs.com/lists/French-Songs-Covered-By-Asian-Artists/492261|French Songs Covered By Asian Artists]] - Discogs user list.
  * [[https://www.discogs.com/lists/Cover-versions-of-italo-disco/140207|Cover versions of italo-disco]] - Discogs user list.

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