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From '' Mandarin Disco Vol. 6 ''
Label: Surya Emas – CSH 8042
Format: Cassette, Album
Country: Indonesia
Released: 1978
Tracklist
A1 Wei Zen Me Ai Sang Nie
A2 Wo Men Lai Wan Jiu Sih
A3 Money
A4 Zue Zue Ching Hua Khai
A5 Nie Se Wo Ce Mie
A6 Man Man Dhin Wo Soek
A7 Ai Ching Do Dhan Miek
B1 Mei Lie De Ai Ching
B2 Wo Tuei Puk Zie Nie
B3 Au Ran Yue Zian Nie
B4 Yue Cung Sing
B5 Mo Min Zie Miau Ai Sang Dha
B6 Wo De Yuan Zia
B7 Ai De Ying Ce
Notes
Several covers of popular songs sung in Mandarin.
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"Mony Mony" is a song by American pop rock band Tommy James and the Shondells, released in 1968 as the second single from the album of the same name.
It reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 in the U.S.
Written by Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry, and Tommy James, the song has appeared in various film and television works such as the Oliver Stone drama Heaven & Earth.
It was also covered by English rock musician Billy Idol in 1981. His version became an international top 40 hit and revived public interest in the original song.
Idol recorded a live version in 1985, which released in 1987, becoming an even bigger hit than the Shondells' 1968 original, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Idol's original 1981 version failed to chart, although it did reach number seven on the dance charts.)
Tommy James and the Shondells version
Background and release
"Mony Mony" was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell and Bobby Bloom.
The song's title was inspired by Tommy James' view of the "M.O.N.Y." sign atop the Mutual of New York Building on the New York City skyline from his Manhattan apartment.
As James said in a 1995 interview in Hitch magazine:
True story: I had the track done before I had a title. I wanted something catchy like "Sloopy" or "Bony Maroney," but everything sounded so stupid. So Ritchie Cordell and I were writing it in New York City, and we were about to throw in the towel when I went out onto the terrace, looked up and saw the Mutual of New York building (which has its initials illuminated in red at its top). I said, "That's gotta be it! Ritchie, come here, you've gotta see this!" It's almost as if God Himself had said, "Here's the title." I've always thought that if I had looked the other way, it might have been called "Hotel Taft".
"Mony Mony" was the only song by the group to reach the top 20 in the United Kingdom; it reached No. 1 in the UK, No. 3 in the U.S. and Canada, and became a Top 10 hit across western Europe. A music video was made featuring the band performing the song amidst psychedelic backgrounds. A decade and a half later, it would receive renewed play on MTV.
Billy Idol version
British rock musician Billy Idol released a cover version in 1981 on the Don't Stop EP. Along with the track "Baby Talk", his version of "Mony Mony" went to No. 7 on the Billboard Dance chart.
In his 2015 memoir, Dancing with Myself, he recalls his affection for the song originally stemmed from a sexual encounter he had as a youth where it played in the background.
Before proposing the cover to executives at Chrysalis Records, he originally suggested recording a cover of "Shout" before admitting his intentions for "Mony Mony".
A live recording of the song became a hit for Idol in 1987 as well, while promoting his then-forthcoming compilation work Vital Idol. The live version was released as a single and went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, coincidentally displacing Tiffany's cover of another Tommy James song, "I Think We're Alone Now", from the top spot. It also finished directly behind the Tiffany cover at No. 19 on the 1987 year-end Billboard chart. In Canada, it was No. 1 for 4 weeks before Tiffany's cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells song "I Think We're Alone Now" also reached No. 1.
Idol's version gave rise to an interesting custom. When the song was performed live in concert or played at a club or dance, people would shout a certain formulaic (and usually obscene) variation of a particular phrase in the two measures following each line, for example, "Hey, say what... get laid get fucked!" Or "Hey, motherfucker... get laid get fucked!" This led to the song being banned at high-school dances across North America, although the custom continues at Idol concerts and sporting events today. It became so widespread that Idol eventually put the lyrics to record in the "Idol/Stevens Mix" of the song on the 2018 remix album Vital Idol: Revitalized.
Pop culture
In the 2014 Nissan Sentra commercial, part of the "Spread Your Joy" campaign, a man in a Sentra with Bose speakers belts out Billy Idol's "Mony Mony" while driving down the road. As he rides, he passes a school bus full of kids and a woman in a car, both of whom sing along with him. He also passes another driver who doesn't join in. The commercial ends with the man singing to himself as he walks into his house.
From '' Mandarin Disco Vol. 6 ''
Label: Surya Emas – CSH 8042
Format: Cassette, Album
Country: Indonesia
Released: 1978
Tracklist
A1 Wei Zen Me Ai Sang Nie
A2 Wo Men Lai Wan Jiu Sih
A3 Money
A4 Zue Zue Ching Hua Khai
A5 Nie Se Wo Ce Mie
A6 Man Man Dhin Wo Soek
A7 Ai Ching Do Dhan Miek
B1 Mei Lie De Ai Ching
B2 Wo Tuei Puk Zie Nie
B3 Au Ran Yue Zian Nie
B4 Yue Cung Sing
B5 Mo Min Zie Miau Ai Sang Dha
B6 Wo De Yuan Zia
B7 Ai De Ying Ce
Notes
Several covers of popular songs sung in Mandarin.
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"Mony Mony" is a song by American pop rock band Tommy James and the Shondells, released in 1968 as the second single from the album of the same name.
It reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 in the U.S.
Written by Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry, and Tommy James, the song has appeared in various film and television works such as the Oliver Stone drama Heaven & Earth.
It was also covered by English rock musician Billy Idol in 1981. His version became an international top 40 hit and revived public interest in the original song.
Idol recorded a live version in 1985, which released in 1987, becoming an even bigger hit than the Shondells' 1968 original, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Idol's original 1981 version failed to chart, although it did reach number seven on the dance charts.)
Tommy James and the Shondells version
Background and release
"Mony Mony" was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell and Bobby Bloom.
The song's title was inspired by Tommy James' view of the "M.O.N.Y." sign atop the Mutual of New York Building on the New York City skyline from his Manhattan apartment.
As James said in a 1995 interview in Hitch magazine:
True story: I had the track done before I had a title. I wanted something catchy like "Sloopy" or "Bony Maroney," but everything sounded so stupid. So Ritchie Cordell and I were writing it in New York City, and we were about to throw in the towel when I went out onto the terrace, looked up and saw the Mutual of New York building (which has its initials illuminated in red at its top). I said, "That's gotta be it! Ritchie, come here, you've gotta see this!" It's almost as if God Himself had said, "Here's the title." I've always thought that if I had looked the other way, it might have been called "Hotel Taft".
"Mony Mony" was the only song by the group to reach the top 20 in the United Kingdom; it reached No. 1 in the UK, No. 3 in the U.S. and Canada, and became a Top 10 hit across western Europe. A music video was made featuring the band performing the song amidst psychedelic backgrounds. A decade and a half later, it would receive renewed play on MTV.
Billy Idol version
British rock musician Billy Idol released a cover version in 1981 on the Don't Stop EP. Along with the track "Baby Talk", his version of "Mony Mony" went to No. 7 on the Billboard Dance chart.
In his 2015 memoir, Dancing with Myself, he recalls his affection for the song originally stemmed from a sexual encounter he had as a youth where it played in the background.
Before proposing the cover to executives at Chrysalis Records, he originally suggested recording a cover of "Shout" before admitting his intentions for "Mony Mony".
A live recording of the song became a hit for Idol in 1987 as well, while promoting his then-forthcoming compilation work Vital Idol. The live version was released as a single and went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, coincidentally displacing Tiffany's cover of another Tommy James song, "I Think We're Alone Now", from the top spot. It also finished directly behind the Tiffany cover at No. 19 on the 1987 year-end Billboard chart. In Canada, it was No. 1 for 4 weeks before Tiffany's cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells song "I Think We're Alone Now" also reached No. 1.
Idol's version gave rise to an interesting custom. When the song was performed live in concert or played at a club or dance, people would shout a certain formulaic (and usually obscene) variation of a particular phrase in the two measures following each line, for example, "Hey, say what... get laid get fucked!" Or "Hey, motherfucker... get laid get fucked!" This led to the song being banned at high-school dances across North America, although the custom continues at Idol concerts and sporting events today. It became so widespread that Idol eventually put the lyrics to record in the "Idol/Stevens Mix" of the song on the 2018 remix album Vital Idol: Revitalized.
Pop culture
In the 2014 Nissan Sentra commercial, part of the "Spread Your Joy" campaign, a man in a Sentra with Bose speakers belts out Billy Idol's "Mony Mony" while driving down the road. As he rides, he passes a school bus full of kids and a woman in a car, both of whom sing along with him. He also passes another driver who doesn't join in. The commercial ends with the man singing to himself as he walks into his house.
