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"Kung Fu Fighting" was picked up for American release by 20th Century Records. It went to number one all around the world. And then suddenly, it just took off from the (dance) clubs and it went to number one. "The first five weeks, we didn't get one play on radio," Biddu recollects. So Pye released the single in Britain and waited for the results. Karate was fashionable in the '70s, but kung fu was even bigger - Bruce Lee had popularized the ancient martial art at the box office.
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The record company thought it would do better than that. Biddu responded, "If you really think so, although I think it's the kind of song that might sell 20,000 records." They thought it was good enough to release as an "A" side. "It's just a fun thing," Biddu warned, but the label didn't laugh. He presented the Weiss song to Pye Records' A&R chief, who liked it, but wanted to hear the flip side as well. "We did a lot of 'hoos!' and 'haas!' like someone giving somebody a karate chop," Biddu explains. With only 10 minutes of studio time left, "Kung Fu Fighting" was recorded quickly. 2002, Sanctuary/Castle Records released the Douglas compilation Soul of the Kung Fu Fighter (above) on compact disc. Nothing was taken seriously."Ĭarl Douglas' irreverently titled 1974 LP Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot 200 and spent a total of 17 weeks on the charts. had the lyrics for 'Kung Fu Fighting.' Since it was going to be a 'B' side, I said, 'Fine, we'll have a song called 'Kung Fu Fighting.' So I started working out some melody for it.
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"He rattled off about four or five songs that he had written. "I asked Carl if he had any lyrics," Biddu recalls. The Weiss song was intended for the "A" side of a single, and Biddu needed something to record for the "B" side. Thinking that Douglas might be right for Weiss' "I Want to Give You My Everything," Biddu gave him a call. Two years earlier, Biddu had composed the music for the film Embassy starring Richard ( Shaft) Roundtree and through friends had met Jamaican singer Carl Douglas, whom he hired to sing the title song. Iddu, an Indian-born producer living in London, was looking for a singer to record a tune by Brooklyn songwriter Larry Weiss (also the composer of Glen Campbell's 1975 number one smash "Rhinestone Cowboy") in the spring of 1974.