DESCRIPTION:
From '' Ramgoat ''
Label: Wild Flower -- LP366
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Jamaica
Released: 1974

Tracklist
A1 Jambalaya
A2 Letter From Miami
A3 Rock The Boat
A4 Ramgoat
A5 Sixpence
B1 I Shot The Sheriff
B2 Never Ending Love
B3 Here And Now
B4 Kung Fu Fighting
B5 Knotty Dread

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"Kung Fu Fighting" is a disco song written and performed by Carl Douglas and Vivian Hawke, and produced by Biddu.

It was released as a single in 1974, at the cusp of a chopsocky film craze, and quickly rose to the top of British and American charts. "Kung Fu Fighting" was also number one on the soul singles chart for one week.
It sold nine million records worldwide, received a Gold certification from the RIAA in 1974, and won the Grammy Award for Best Selling Single in 1974.
The song uses the quintessential Oriental Riff, a short musical phrase that is used to signify Chinese culture.

Kung Fu Fighting was rated number 100 in VH1's 100 Greatest one-hit wonders, and number 1 in the UK Channel 4's Top 10 One Hit Wonders list in 2000, the same channel's 50 Greatest One Hit Wonders poll in 2006 and Bring Back ... the one-hit Wonders, for which Carl Douglas performed the song in a live concert.

Cover versions

The Brazilian singer Fernanda Abreu covered the song as a bonus track available only on the CD version of her 1990 album SLA Radical Dance Disco Club.

Robyn Hitchcock also covered the song for the anti-poll tax album Alvin Lives (in Leeds) in 1990.

Merrill Nisker (now known by her stage name "Peaches") covered the song on her 1995 album Fancypants Hoodlum.

Patti Rothberg covered the song for the Beverly Hills Ninja soundtrack in 1997.

The song was very popular in Jamaica, and there were several cover versions by reggae artists including Lloyd Parks, The Maroons, The Cimarons, and Pluto Shervington.

Jerry Lo (DJ Jerry, Taiwan) also produced a remake of the song.

There's also a Finnish version of this song, sung by Frederik. The song's translated name is "Kung-Fu Taistelee".

The German Band Mardi Gras.bb covered the song in their 2002 album Zen Rodeo.

A cover version of the song was performed by Cee-Lo Green and Jack Black for the 2008 animated movie Kung Fu Panda.

In 2004, the German record label Echo Beach released an album entitled Kung Fu Fighting Remixes (Dub Drenched Soundscapes) that featured remixes of the track by 16 different artists including Adrian Sherwood, Dreadzone and Pole.

British dance act Bus Stop reached #8 on the U.K. charts with their 1998 remix single of "Kung Fu Fighting", which sampled the original vocals by Carl Douglas and added rap verses.

Use in film, television, & video games

The song was used as the title song in the German version of the TV series Kung Fu. It has been used in several movies and television shows since 1990 where there is a light-hearted spirit to the martial arts, including:

The Simpsons
The Spirit of '76
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Shaolin Soccer
Little Manhattan
Epic Movie
City of God
Daddy Day Care
Beverly Hills Ninja
Sin noticias de Dios
Scrubs
Bowfinger
Kung Fu Panda
Rush Hour 3
The Middle
You can also hear this song in a French movie of Joël Seria "Les galettes de Pont-Aven" the story of a painter in the country of Gauguin.

It also has been used in trailers for the films Kung Fu Panda, Disney's Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, & Kung Fu Hustle, and a cover by Cee-Lo Green and Jack Black is used over the end credits of Kung Fu Panda. This version has partially rewritten lyrics more in keeping with the film's themes.

A version was recorded by Tom Jones featuring Ruby for the 1996 movie Supercop (North American re-release of 1992 Hong Kong film Police Story 3: Supercop) starring Jackie Chan. The lyrics were slightly changed to reference the film.

It is used as the theme song for the Xbox game Kung Fu Chaos. It is also one of the downloadable duet songs in the game Just Dance 2 for the Wii.

It has appeared in tv show One Tree Hill. A re-recorded version of the song by Douglas is featured in Lego Rock Band & Band Hero.

The Bus Stop version has appeared in the video game Dance Dance Revolution, and the original version appeared in Dancing Stage MAX. It was a downloadable dance on Just Dance 2.

Iron Fist mentions the first line of the song in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

Planet Mu artist and owner of Deathchant records, Hellfish, sampled sections of the record in his track, Iron Hand (Steelfinger remix), from the One Man Sonic Attack Force album.
The style of music is hard to define and takes influence from UK breakbeat hardcore, gabber, techno, hip hop and jungle.

It was used as the song for the climatic battle vs the Ninjis in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode titled Karate Koopa, but edited out in syndicated versions and in the DVD version.