One Hit Wonder: Aneka – Japanese Boy
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One Hit Wonder: Aneka – Japanese Boy
Hansa International Japanese cover 1981 Japanese Boy was a hit pretty much everywhere except, oddly enough, Japan. According to singer Mary Sandeman, it was because the melody sounded too Chinese. No matter, as elsewhere, this throbbing electronic track about a woman pining for a scarpered lover was massive. The chap’s ethnicity is only revealed in the chorus, so an obvious gimmick to raise the song to a higher status was needed. It meant that…
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