Carola: Tokyo

Swedish singer Carola Häggqvist tried to make it big in Japan in the mid 1980s with this song, called "Tokyo". This is a version from the Swedish TV program Nöjesmaskinen!



Update: Andreas writes that a Japanese version of this song actually made it onto the hit charts here. He has a great list of Western artists who made more or less embarassing attempts to charm Japanese music fans, including Bee Gees (Tokyo Nights), Michael Cretu (Samurai), Europe (Ninja), Styx (Mr. Roboto) - and most recently, Gwen Stefani (Harajuku Girls).

Bonus: Back to Carola: I remember this live concert in Malmö Pildammsparken in the summer of 1983, but was her dancing really that bad...

Carola: Hey Mickey

Comments

Pandabonium said…
And who will forget the Japanese act that flopped big time in the US - Pink Lady.

Imai Miki has made a lot of music connections in the US, but she has drawn on talent there to improve her work in Japan rather than try to get into the US market.

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