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| Can't pretend this's really comprehensive, just keeping track of songs I come across and enjoy. | Can't pretend this's really comprehensive, just keeping track of songs I come across and enjoy. |
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| 🙏🏼 = Someone else found and shared it. | 🙏🏼 = Someone else found and shared it.\\ |
| | 💫 = Better than original (WIP). |
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| <sortable> | <sortable> |
| ^ Title ^ Artist ^ Country ^ Audio ^ Note | | ^ Title ^ Artist ^ Country ^ Audio ^ Note | |
| | //Wully 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]]// | ? | China | [[yt>pcakZb_P_nU]] | From the film //[[http://tarstarkas.net/2009/02/lady-black-cat/|Lady Black Cat]]// | |
| | //Wully Bully// | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | [[yt>YFgz8Zfk_iQ]] | | | | //[[wp>Wooly_Bully|Wooly Bully]]// | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | [[yt>YFgz8Zfk_iQ]] | | |
| | //Venus// | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | [[yt>LdN9SVZ9oj8]] | | | | //[[wp>Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song)|Venus]]// | Ros Sereysothea | Cambodia | [[yt>LdN9SVZ9oj8]] | | |
| | //Venus// | [[Yoko Oginome]] | Japan | [[yt>eDN-Vr7JU_s]] | | | | //[[wp>Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song)|Venus]]// | [[Yoko Oginome]] | Japan | [[yt>eDN-Vr7JU_s]] | | |
| | //Venus// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>aMqZZotrLNY]] | | | | //[[wp>Venus_(Shocking_Blue_song)|Venus]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>aMqZZotrLNY]] | | |
| | //Can't Buy Me Love// | Korean Kittens | South Korea | [[yt>SobCRkG8VcU]] | | | | //Can't Buy Me Love// | Korean Kittens | South Korea | [[yt>SobCRkG8VcU]] | | |
| | //Just a Closer Walk with Thee// | The Crescendos | Singapore | [[yt>b-bTY7rEfsU]] | | | | //Just a Closer Walk with Thee// | The Crescendos | Singapore | [[yt>b-bTY7rEfsU]] | | |
| | //Lemon Tree// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>hC_KqUxaKAE]] | | | | //Lemon Tree// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>hC_KqUxaKAE]] | | |
| | //My Boy Lollipop// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>w_vR9rVPCx4]] | | | | //My Boy Lollipop// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>w_vR9rVPCx4]] | | |
| | //Boom Boom// | Sakura and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>7MTXFAgagZY]] | | | | //[[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// | Rita Chao and The Quests | Singapore | [[yt>aZVmRpXtRyI]] | | |
| | //Hanky Panky// | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | [[yt>aZVmRpXtRyI]] | Second half of video | | | //Hanky Panky// | Nancy Sit | Hong Kong | [[yt>aZVmRpXtRyI]] | Second half of video | |
| | //Hey Jude// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>h2HtbJSdbUE]] | 🙏🏼 | | | //Hey Jude// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>h2HtbJSdbUE]] | 🙏🏼 | |
| | //The House of the Rising Sun// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>gmo95kyEi9E]] | 🙏🏼 | | | //The House of the Rising Sun// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>gmo95kyEi9E]] | 🙏🏼 | |
| | //Quando, Quando, Quando// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>rXYv5bCXWMI]] | | | | //Quando, Quando, Quando// | [[Sinn Sisamouth]] | Cambodia | [[yt>rXYv5bCXWMI]] | 💫 | |
| | //Funky Town// | Pranee Thanasri | Thailand | [[yt>qS0pvhEmcGE]] | | | | //Funky Town// | Pranee Thanasri | Thailand | [[yt>qS0pvhEmcGE]] | | |
| | //Rasputin// | Panadda Chayapark | Thailand | [[yt>q3sluEoHRfQ]] | | | | //Rasputin// | Panadda Chayapark | Thailand | [[yt>q3sluEoHRfQ]] | | |
| | //La Isla Bonita// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>F-qAy03CfVM]] | As ラ・イスラ・ボニータ | | | //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]] | | | | //La Isla Bonita// | [[akina_nakamori]] | Japan | [[yt>90MA5ne9gmw]] | | |
| | //Died In Your Arms// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | | As 愛に抱かれた夜 | | | //[[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]] | | | | //Eat You Up// | [[Yoko Oginome]] | Japan | [[yt>tgNIeWvXKNM]] | 💫 | |
| | //[[wp>Turn_It_into_Love|Turn It Into Love]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>jka34OYF9Rg]] | | | | //[[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>Sugar_Baby_Love|Sugar Baby Love]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>TKHqa_vl9J]] | | |
| | //Sexy Music// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>USBMrkkM-_I]] | | | | //[[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]] | | | | //Boys (Summertime Love)// | Aya Sugimoto | Japan | [[yt>4oCzRrpNFMk]] | | |
| | //Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?// | Pink Lady | Japan | [[yt>VJDfpazWKKE]] | | | | //Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?// | Pink Lady | Japan | [[yt>VJDfpazWKKE]] | | |
| | //Land of 1000 Dances// | Jun Mayuzumi | Japan | [[yt>Vgo_nl1Vmz0]] | 🙏🏼 | | | //Land of 1000 Dances// | Jun Mayuzumi | Japan | [[yt>Vgo_nl1Vmz0]] | 🙏🏼 | |
| | //This Boy// | Hiroshi Satoh | Japan | [[yt>phQ3KMHVXUs]] | 🙏🏼 | | | //This Boy// | Hiroshi Satoh | Japan | [[yt>phQ3KMHVXUs]] | 🙏🏼 | |
| | //All Day and All of the Night// | ? | Cambodia | [[yt>nISiHp8DMJs]] | | | | //[[wp>All_Day_and_All_of_the_Night|All Day and All of the Night]]// | ? | Cambodia | [[yt>nISiHp8DMJs]] | | |
| | ? | ? | Cambodia | [[yt>A-mRyCKdr-o]] | | | | ? | ? | Cambodia | [[yt>A-mRyCKdr-o]] | | |
| | //Come On-a My House// | Sakura Teng | Singapore | [[yt>bzFO0nxjSEQ]] | | | | //[[wp>Come_On-a_My_House|Come On-a My House]]// | Sakura Teng | Singapore | [[yt>bzFO0nxjSEQ]] | | |
| | //Lipstick On Your Collar// | Patrina, Maurice Patton & The Melodians | Singapore | [[yt>nUhB-Qd3-Ag]] | | | | //[[wp>Lipstick_on_Your_Collar_(song)|Lipstick On Your Collar]]// | Patrina, Maurice Patton & The Melodians | Singapore | [[yt>nUhB-Qd3-Ag]] | | |
| | //Give Me Up// | BaBe | Japan | [[yt>0A2Ffi7O0FU]] | | | | //[[wp>Give_Me_Up|Give Me Up]]// | BaBe | Japan | [[yt>0A2Ffi7O0FU]] | 💫 | |
| | //Show Me// | [[Yukari Morikawa]] | Japan | [[yt>xtBGKNCTdx0]] | | | | //[[wp>Show_Me_(The_Cover_Girls_song)|Show Me]]// | [[Yukari Morikawa]] | Japan | [[yt>xtBGKNCTdx0]] | 💫 | |
| | //Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)// | Naoka Isamu | Japan | [[yt>QnZht26btT0]] | | | | //[[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)// | |
| | //Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)// | Spinning Dee-Dee | Japan | [[yt>A3K0FtOlmKE]] | | | | //[[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>What'd_I_Say|What'd I Say]]// | Korean Kittens | South Korea | [[yt>x9A66z3oiow]] | | |
| | //[[wp>Love_Comes_Quickly|Love Come Quickly]]// | Hidemi Ishikawa | Japan | [[yt>Love_Comes_Quickly]] | | | | //[[wp>Love_Comes_Quickly|Love Comes Quickly]]// | Hidemi Ishikawa | Japan | [[yt>3HM054E_kUQ]] | 💫 | |
| | //Show Me// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>EKqE1XolpHc]] | | | | //[[wp>Show_Me_(The_Cover_Girls_song)|Show Me]]// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>EKqE1XolpHc]] | | |
| | //Give Me Up// | Yoko Nagayama | Japan | [[yt>ZhL9XSbcMow]] | | | | //[[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>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>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>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>All_Through_the_Night_(Jules_Shear_song)|All Through the Night]]// | [[yukari_morikawa]] | Japan | [[yt>hqNKVN4JHuA]] | As 眠らないままで | |
| | //I Heard A Rumour// | Tomoko Mayumi | Japan | [[yt>mJyDZWtPHZA]] | | | | //[[wp>I_Heard_a_Rumour|I Heard A Rumour]]// | Tomoko Mayumi | Japan | [[yt>mJyDZWtPHZA]] | 💫 | |
| | //[[wp>Ain't Nobody]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>AYb3C5MVycM]] | | | | //[[wp>Ain't Nobody]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan | [[yt>AYb3C5MVycM]] | | |
| | //[[wp>Heart_of_Glass_(song)|Heart of Glass]]// | [[Wink]] | Japan]] | [[yt>saeP-sqF3vU]] | | | | //[[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|ZqS74w…&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) | |
| </sortable> | </sortable> |
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| * //Can't Take My Eyes Off You//, MISIA, Japan. [[yt>eIhkQJvsUm4]] | * //Can't Take My Eyes Off You//, MISIA, Japan. [[yt>eIhkQJvsUm4]] |
| | * //Hold Me// - BaBe and Samantha Gilles versions both released together. |
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| ===== Related Releases ===== | ===== Related Releases ===== |
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== 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. | * [[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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