"Big in Japan" is the debut single of the German synth-pop band Alphaville from their 1984 album Forever Young. The single was a success in many countries...
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Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "The Jet Set", and "Dance with Me". Gold remains the only continuous original member of Alphaville. They...
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is a song by German synth-pop band Alphaville from their 1984 debut studio album of the same name. The single was successful in Scandinavia and in the...
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Schulze, 2010 "Big in Japan" (Alphaville song), 1984; covered by Guano Apes (2000) and others "Big in Japan" (Martin Solveig and Dragonette song), 2011, featuring...
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synth-pop band Alphaville. It was released on 27 September 1984 by Warner Music Group. Four singles supported the album, "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like...
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Explodes and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The German group Alphaville's first single was called "Big in Japan", named directly after the band. Coincidentally, Frankie...
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Big in Japan is an expression that can be used to describe Western (especially North American or European) musical groups who achieve success in Japan...
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group Alphaville. "Forever Young" first charted in Austria in 2024. "Forever Young" peaked on the Hot 100 at number 93 in 1985 and number 65 in 1988....
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Sounds Like a Melody (category Alphaville (band) songs)
a song by the German group Alphaville, from the group's debut album Forever Young. The single was released in 1984. The song was a big success in continental...
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Germany, GmbH/Val, Def Jam and Universal Music France. The song samples "Big In Japan" by Alphaville. The music video for "Substitution" was released on 30...
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single from Alphaville's 1986 album, Afternoons in Utopia. It was released in April 1987, and is their ninth single overall. Reviews for the song at the time...
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German band Guano Apes, released in 2000. It includes the hit single "Big in Japan" (a cover of the Alphaville song), which peaked at #9 on the German...
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on Your Flag Big in Japan Dance with Me The single hit No. 50 in Germany. "Alphaville's main page". Retrieved 2011-05-14. "Alphaville's Discography"....
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Salvation. In 2019 Marian Gold recommended Prostitute, along with the 2017 Strange Attractor, to anyone who only knew Alphaville from Big In Japan. It is...
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Sandra (singer) (redirect from Japan Ist Weit)
after a song from his song Legionäre. Their first single together was 1984's "Japan ist weit", a German cover of the Alphaville song "Big in Japan". However...
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Dieter Meier (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
including German music group Alphaville's "Big in Japan" video. His wife Monique also took a part in the video.[citation needed] In the 1990s Meier continued...
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After Dark (novel) (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
and doesn't want to live a big life. Kaoru, a retired female wrestler now working as a manager in the love hotel, "Alphaville". She is trustworthy, honest...
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Nasty as I Wanna Be (redirect from Boombox (Dirt Nasty song))
provides uncredited vocals on "Motel Room". "Big In Japan" features a prominent sample from the Alphaville song of the same name. Katie Coco provides uncredited...
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Berlin Zoologischer Garten station (category Railway stations in Germany opened in 1882)
Swedish band Randy. The song "Big in Japan" by Alphaville refers to the Zoo station in the line "Should I stay here at the Zoo?". The song "Bahnhof Zoo" by port-royal...
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Alley Boy (Duct Tape Ent.) Ally Brooke Alphabeat (Neon Gold/Atlantic) Alphaville (US) alt-J Anderson East Angela Via Anita Baker Poe (Modern/Atlantic)...
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Berlinerin) Pooh – Lettera da Berlino Est (1983) Savage – Berlin (1983) Alphaville – Summer in Berlin (1984) Marius Müller-Westernhagen – Berlin Nina Hagen – Berlin...
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Guano Apes (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
Records. The songs "Big in Japan", "No Speech", "Living in a Lie", and "Dödel Up" were issued as singles. "Big in Japan" (an Alphaville cover) and "No Speech"...
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The Independent stated that the song's synths faintly recall Alphaville's "Forever Young", while its bassline is in the style of Fleetwood Mac. "Hold...
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Olympia (Bryan Ferry album) (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
a second CD containing remixes and a 40-page hardback book. In 2011 the single "Alphaville" was sent to a number of radio stations and appeared on BBC...
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single from Alphaville's fourth album Prostitute, and their fourteenth single overall. It was released in July 1994. "Fools" is the last Alphaville single...
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Like a Melody" – Alphaville "Special Girl" – America "Standing in the Shadow" – Whitesnake "State of the Nation" – Industry "Stranger in Town" – Toto "Strut"...
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I–V–vi–IV progression (redirect from List of songs in the pop-punk chord progression)
{6}}} descent. This progression is used in other songs including "Turning Japanese" (1980) by the Vapors, "Sample in a Jar" (1994) by Phish (I–iii–♭VII–IV)...
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Voyage, voyage (category Songs in Japanese)
over a contagious electro-beat, in an Alphaville-type of setting. Very strong chart appeal outside France, especially in an English translation". Since...
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One-hit wonder (redirect from One-hit wonders in classical music)
is as follows: "The First Picture of You" – The Lotus Eaters "Big in Japan" – Alphaville "Broken Land" – The Adventures "Waiting for a Train" – Flash And...
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charitable causes and other tracks that were used in television advertisements. Songs included in this list are from her studio albums, extended plays...
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