CHINA
GIRL
DAVID BOWIE
SONGWRITERS:
JAMES OSTERBERG
& DAVID BOWIE
COUNTRY: ENGLAND
ALBUM: LET’S
DANCE
LABEL: RCA
RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1983
"China Girl" is
a song written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop during their years in Berlin, first
appearing on Pop's debut solo album, The Idiot (1977). The song became more
widely known when it was re-recorded by Bowie, who released it as the second
single from his most commercially successful album, Let's Dance (1983). The UK
single release of Bowie's version reached No. 2 for one week on 14 June 1983,
behind "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, while the US release
reached No. 10.
Let's Dance is the 15th
studio album by David Bowie. It was originally released in April 1983, three
years after his previous album, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). Co-produced
by Chic's Nile Rodgers, the album contains three of his most successful
singles; the title track, "Let's Dance", which reached No. 1 in the
UK, US and various other countries, as well as "Modern Love" and
"China Girl", which both reached No. 2 in the UK. "China
Girl" was a new version of a song which Bowie had co-written with Iggy Pop
for the latter's 1977 album The Idiot. It also contains a re-recorded version
of the song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", which had reached number
one in New Zealand, Norway and Sweden a year earlier.
Little China girl
Little China girl
I could escape this feeling with my China girl
I feel a wreck without my little China girl
I hear her heart beating loud as thunder
Saw the stars crashing
I'm a mess without my little China girl
Wake up in the morning, where's my little China girl
I hear her heart's beating loud as thunder
I saw the stars crashing down
I feel tragic like I'm Marlon Brando
When I look at my China girl
I could pretend nothing really meant too much
When I look at my China girl
I stumble into town
Just like a sacred cow
Visions of swastikas in my head
Plans for everyone
It's in the white of my eyes
My little China girl
You shouldn't mess with me
I'll ruin everything you are
You know it
I'll give you television
I'll give you eyes of blue
I'll give you a man who wants to rule the world
And when I get excited
My little China girl says,
"Oh baby just you shut your mouth."
She says, "Sh."
She says, "Sh."
She says
She says
And when I get excited
My little China girl says,
"Oh baby just you shut your mouth."
And when I get excited
My little China girl says,
"Oh baby just you shut your mouth."
She says, "Sh."
She says
Little China girl
Little China girl
Little China girl
Little China girl
Little China girl