The Jamaican Born Vocalist's One and Only Hit was Originally Recorded as a B-side with Friend, Disco Producer Biddu (Of Biddu Orchestra Fame). This Disc Collects the Hit Single Along with the Follow Up "Dance the Kung Fu" and a Remixed Version, Along with Other Various Tracks Douglas Recorded at the Time/5(23).

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Kung Fu Fighting on Discogs. Label: Tring International PLC - JHD • Series: Classic Artists • Format: CD Compilation • Country: Europe • Genre: Electronic • Style: Disco.

The kung fu movie craze driven in part by movie legend Bruce Lee and the ABC-TV series Kung Fu was at its peak, but still Biddu didn't think the song was another more than amusing B-side filler. When he submitted it to Pye Records, the label's A&R head excitedly chose "Kung Fu Fighting" as the A-side.

Carlton George Douglas (born Oct 10th ) is a Jamaican-born, UK-resident singer. He is most famous for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one on both the US Billboard Chart and the UK Singles Chart in In the wake of his #1, Douglas released other hit tracks including "Dance The Kung Fu" and "Run Back", but the fame of his homage to martial arts .

Nov 14,  · Product Description. Kung Fu: The Complete Series Collection (DVD) David Carradine stars as a Buddhist monk and hunted man who wanders the American West in the s fighting intolerance and injustice with his mastery of an ancient form of high combat known as Kung Fu/5().

“Kung Fu Fighting” was written by Carl Douglas and Biddu Appaiah (who also produced the song). The song was originally meant to be the B-side to the track “I .

Jun 30,  · Album: Kung Fu Fighting () Chart: Peaked at No.1 on The Billboard Hot in Lyrics: Everybody was kung-fu fighting Those cats were fast as lightning In fact it was a little bit frightning.

"Kung Fu Fighting" is a disco song by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, written by Douglas and produced by British-Indian musician Biddu. It was released as a single in on the cusp of a chopsocky film craze and rose to the top of the British, Australian, Canadian, and American charts, in addition to reaching the top of the Soul Singles chart. It received a Gold certification .

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