Throwaway B-Side SOLD 11 Million Copies to Become the BIGGEST 1-Hit Wonder EVER! | Professor of Rock
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Today's featured song Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas will have you kicking some serious butt while moving to the groove. A smash hit from the 70s, Kung Fu Fighting was inspired by a dance fight at a pinball arcade. As Carl Douglas watched what was taking place, the lyrics and melody started flowing into his head. However, the song wouldn’t resurface until later on. In the studio, Carl was recording what was supposed to be his break-out hit. And he had three hours to do it. But when he was done, his producer told him they also needed a B-side. With just A COUPLE OF minutes left on the clock, Carl rushed a recording of Kung Fu Fighting... after all, it was just gonna be a throwaway track. But as it turns out Kung Fu Fighting was the one that got all the attention. It became a monster 70s hit, tapping into two cultural phenomenons with expert timing. It’s one of the biggest-selling singles of all time. 11 million sold. The story is NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another edition of our series Bottled Lightning where we celebrate a song or album that was king for a day. Here we honor artists and bands and that rocketed up the charts… but for reasons unknown weren’t able to sustain that success. Called by some one-hit wonders, we celebrate them instead as lightning in a bottle. Today we’re featuring a song that put a smile on everyone’s face… It takes us back to the good old days and it’s one we can’t help but sing along to and do some hand gestures along with it. I’m talking about a song that is as fast as lightning and a little bit frightening. It’s the 1974 smash hit Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas and it’s got a really cool story behind hit so stick with us.
Born in Jamaica and raised in California, Carl Douglas would later move to England and attend college in London in the early 60s. The plan was to study to become an engineer and then to take over his father’s family business. Simultaneously, Douglas also harbored ambitions to become a professional soccer player. However, neither of those designs would come to fruition, because Carl had another key interest as well: singing.
It was not uncommon to find Carl spending his time singing with friends in British pubs and clubs. And one day in 1964, his talent behind the mic finally caught up to him. Carl was attending a party with his soccer club at a local London coffee bar. That day a band called The Charmers was performing. At the prodding of his friends, Douglas took the stage to sing with them. And everyone was impressed by Carl’s voice and performance… especially The Charmers. This led to an invitation for Carl to the front group.
Carl Douglas and The Charmers gigged around the south of London for a while before later transforming into Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede. During the mid-to-late 60s Big Stampede toured relentlessly throughout the UK and Europe and released a couple of UK soul singles while....
Poll: What is your pick for the"MOST FUN" Song of the Rock Era? A song that puts a smile on your face & you have to sing along to every time?
YMCA!
Weird Al's "One More Minute"
Great lyrics as usual.
The Saga Begins, Weird Al.
Love Rollercoaster by the Ohio Players.
Troglodyte (Cave Man) by the Jimmy Castor Bunch.
Spiders and Snakes was a good one too
Rubber Biscuit - Blues Brothers
This song is hilarious.
I’m a police officer and we were in roll call one time, a split shift. A call came out and the guys on the street took the call and went. It was a fight across the street from a high school. As the officers arrived, the fight broke up and people scattered, the officers called back in that everything was fine, it’s all over, nobody seriously hurt.
In roll call we were listening to it. I jumped up and sang “EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FOO FIGHTING”. The entire shift exploded in laughs and everyone else “THOSE KICKS WERE FAST AS LIGHTNING”.
Good times. A cult classic song.
I love it!
Great story. I can see the reaction, and the vision makes me giggle.
Haha! That is so cheesy.
Teenagers ln 70s The songs were very moving wished today's songs were like this for young people today!🫂🫂🫂🫂🧄😊🎸🎸🎶🎵🧹‼️‼️
It always reminds me of the first time I saw snow, December of 1974, because it was all over the radio in Detroit that month.
Carl Douglas was blessed enough to have a song that most artists only dream of having. He may have basically been a one hit wonder, but it's a hit that just keeps on living in every decade 😋
My daughter was about 8 when Kung Fu Panda came out and she went to see it with a friend. When she came home I started singing Kung Fu fighting and she was astonished and mystified, I hadn't seen the movie but I was singing the song. I explained to her the world didn't start with her and that the song was from my childhood.
Carl Douglas captured a cultural intersection in a way that we may never see again. Probably won't, given the corporate management of so much music these days. But I can dream.
Yes he did!
This was one big lightning bolt in a bottle!
This is probably my favorite bottled lightning song. It's definitely a crank-it-up, sing-along and don't care what anyone else thinks song.
Amen. Who doesn't love a little Kung Fu Fighting.
For sure!
I used to bug my brother with this song. He really hated it. And he would bug me with D'yer Maker. After he passed away at age 29, both of those songs became favorites because they reminded me of him and always bring me a smile all these years later.
So sorry you lost your brother at a very young age. I really like both of those songs, too. They're really different from each other, but still are incredible in their own right. May your brother rest in peace.
29 is so young. Sad to hear of your loss.
I heard that Zep didn't even like D'yer Maker, but I like it.
That was a radio staple back in the day
Thanks!
When this song came out, I was 15 and highly active in martial arts. (Brown belt, Shorin Ryu.) We all HATED IT because we felt it trivialized our art. Now, at 65, the only brown belt I still have holds up my Dockers and I love the song. I didn't know that Douglas wrote it. That means he gets all three kinds of royalties on it. (Mechanical, performing, and publishing.) I'm glad it's taken care of him since.
Long Live Carl Douglas
When I was a little kid living in Chile back in late '74, me and some neighbourhood friends used to always 'flex' our legs and arms to this song at birthday parties, and yes, it was at the time when we would watch Kung Fu on television . It was huge all over the world.
Great tune. Millions could not be wrong. Thank you Carl Douglas... and thank you Professor of Rock.
"Kung Fu Fighting" is a certifiable guilty pleasure-I never get tired of hearing it.
OMG! I LOVE this song! We had a cat that was crazy, jumping on the couch and hitting the wall, bouncing off. This was during the Kung Fu era, so naturally we named him Kung Fu. He was the coolest cat we ever had. My parents and siblings even loved the song, all six of us singing it on Saturdays when we cleaned the house.. Such great memories. All my family is gone now, but this song holds a special place in my heart.
Oh how I miss pinball and the arcade palaces.
I miss pinball machines too; after Pac-Man In ever played video games; I was too annoyed they replaced pinball.
@@RobertL_0563 I miss them too. I think half of my college student loan went into the Donkey Kong machines at Pinball Pete’s
@@FredGroenke55 too true although mine was Tetris, Ms. Pac-Man and countless pinball games. Thanks Fred!
they still make pinball machine and like you could imagine are just amazing. john wick is bad ass!
Happy 50th anniversary to "Kung Fu Fighting!" It's the automatic song to play whenever anyone engages in combat, even if they're amateurs! 😅
That's right!
This song gets you exercising!
I am always amazed at how often the "B" side becomes Rock History.
Talk about perfect timing on Carl's part - love "Kung Fu Fighting"! Now I need to watch a Bruce Lee marathon. And I'll throw in Jackie Chan's "Drunken Master" for good measure.
Good call!. Have a great day Christine!
@@ProfessorofRock Thanks Prof!
Don’t forget to watch Karate Kid while you’re at it! Rock on 🤘
original drunken master is gold! in 2004 i bought my sons one 7 and the other 10 a bunch of vhs kung fu movies for easter or something. my 7 yo got jackie chan and my 10yo got bruce lee. classic memories!
I don't know any GenX'er that didn't love singing this as a kid. This and the cartoon Hong Kong Fuey that came out about the same time. I have parodied this in my comedy - "Everybody was Kung Pao Pooping...peanut shooting...(imagine the sound of peanuts hitting a metal airplane toilet!). Good times!
And the TV show Kung Fu was airing during that time (1972-75)
11 MILLION copies of this were sold?! Unbelievable! Wow 😮
True story!
It’s AMAZING.
@@ProfessorofRock As great as this song is, I believe that according to Billboard chart performance, the top one-hit wonder (Top 40 hit) would be "Macarena" by Los Del Rio.
@@martyklestadt6766 Only difference between The Macarena and Kung Fu Fighting is that Kung Fu Fighting is a great song... And the Macarena SUCKS !
@@bobgrayson6220 "Great song" vs. "sucks" is a matter of taste. But the Macarena was more about the dance craze than the song itself, anyway.
here's another mind blower for you... Bruce Lee's first screen fight was when The Green Hornet was launched on the Batman TV show. He was fighting a good friend of his- Burt Ward, who was also a black belt in karate.
Yep- Bruce Lee's first screen fight was Kato vs The Boy Wonder
That's right! Good memory!
Cool, right?
When I was a kid, my grandfather had a large furniture store in downtown Santa Ana. In the 70's the theater downtown played nothing but "Kung Fu" movies. Great memories! Every bowling ally had a pinball parlor.👍
One of my favorite disco songs back in the late 70's. What a great story for Carl!
This song for me is always connected to Kung Fu on ABC Thursday night. All of us would watch that night and come to middle school the next days throwin' kicks and grunting thumpin' sound effects with our friends. Fast as Lightning. Ho ho ho hoooo!
This was another 70's AM One Hit Wonder that i heard
on the radio all the time thank you Professor.🎵🎶🎶🎵
Thanks for watching!
Hard to believe this song is now 50 years old! Great song and impossible not to sing along to when it plays.
One of the best "Goofy" songs in rock.
And yes, impossible not to sing along to.
Ha ha! Indeed!
Especially “HOO! HAH!”
The Doobie Brothers 1974 Toulouse Street album B-side hit " BLACK WATER" got airplay by a local disc jockey, catching fire soaring up the charts going to #1 on Billboard Top 40 for 7 weeks in a row .
That song is beautiful in every way.
Did you see our story on it?
I remember discovering Black Water when we bought 45’s. I always played the B sides at least once. I thought I like it more than the A side.
i know every word to black water! must stop what im doing and sing it any time it comes on and then its like a brain worm and sticks around rent free in my head for weeks! excellent stuff
Sorry to be that GUY , but it wasn't Toulouse Street , it was "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits ". Too Lose was released in 1972 and What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits was released in 74 .
Definitely one of the most FUN sing-a-long songs ever. It's also one of those songs where you will start humming it to yourself without even knowing you are doing it. LOL. Love it. :)
So true. It's undeniable!
I remember it being in my head every day during elementary school.
.....like MANY songs from that year, it's incredibly HAUNTING - was another APT sonic backdrop when reading a 'Hardy Boys' mystery book in my father's back car seat.....
@@ogam5 - I still love Hardy Boys books LOL
@@bartbluemusic: what REALLY enthralled me, were the cover illustrations - used to get them primarily at Child World; additionally (though I don't remember watching it) a book's coming out shortly on the animated series; one of my friends is on VERY good terms with its primary voiceover talent.....
I remember roller skating to this song in the 80's.
Lion Sleeps Tonight
The very first 45 I bought with my own money from my paper route, can't wait to hear this story!!!
So cool! Thanks My Name!
@@ProfessorofRock great story glad this didn't get released as a B side. Those were the days of Bruce Lee movies at the drive in!! Great days!
@@MyName-pl7znus it was midnight movie sat. night
@@MyName-pl7zn Don't forget Godzilla. Wonder why Bruce and Zilla never got together? Damn fine theater. Those were the days of our lives.
@@komitkazi Bruce Vs. Godzilla! I would give Bruce a chance if he had his nunchucks, remember making those and practicing daily on your mad Kung fu skills
Great song. Since I was a lad, I've enjoyed singing this in the negative, ie. "Everybody wasn't Kung-Fu fighting - no! Nobody was fast as lightning - no! And it wasn't a little bit frightening - no!" ... and so on. Fun with Fu!
never thought I’d see The Annie soundtrack on the record display. . . way to keep us on our toes Prof! 🤘
Ha ha!
I was out with a singles dance group in the early 2000s at a club called Bobbie Sox. Two guys got up when this song came on and took the dance floor, both went at it and looked like it was choreographed fighting. Was nearly the most amazing thing I've seen at a club, but there are competing stories...
Who couldn't miss that cultural influencer? I've always felt like I have been a B side waiting to be discovered. Hey, some other guys make it big at 70. Ha, ha, ha. Another fine report, Adam. Thanks. I just remembered the Monty Python self defense sketch.
Thanks!
Great song! So glad you covered it. I remember it well from my childhood in the 70s. The kung-fu movies were great. I would jump around the house kicking at everything. My mom knew I was gonna break something! My friend's parents would play that, ABBA and Bee Gee's songs for us to play around. Great times!
You are so right that this song was perfect timing. I always thought Carl Douglas wrote the song based on the popularity of Kung Fu at the time, and was surprised at your revelation that he actually wrote it because he saw some kids play fighting to the beat of a song and not because Kung Fu and Bruce Lee was on everyone's tongue.
I still listen to this song regularly !!! it has a special place in my life and brings back a good memory!! it never gets old for me !!!
I love it, Professor. You just put a huge smile on my face. Thanks for taking me back to the golden age of the one hit wonder. Everybody was indeed, Kung Fu fighting.
We used to go all 'karate' as kids when this song played. A teacher took my friend's radio away at school 'cuz we where kicking each other at recess to it LOL.. Love the Annie soundtrack in the rack there. I was digging through some boxes on Tuesday and right at the top of one. The Annie picture book of the movie and the same record. Small world
The sun will come out TOMORROW.
Surely not everyone was gung fu fighting? Were they?? 🤔🤣 What a great song! I was 5 when this came out. I remembered loving it!
Very cool!
I was 11 years old when Kung Fu Fighting came out. My first rated R movie my dad took me and my brother to see "Return of the Dragon" which featured the Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris epic battle at the Rome Coliseum which I had visited a few years earlier! I watched Kung Fu every week on TV! They played Kung Fu Fighting at the recreation center where kids danced!! Great memories! Great video!!!
I remember back in high school when the first kung fu movie came out, everyone in shop class were making Nun chucks and kung fu stars, the ceiling in the metal work shop had a hundred stuck in it.
Love your channel. I'm a 70's and 80's kid, good time to grow up before the internet.
POR,
You are awesome with these classic rock songs that are music nuggets!
It's impossible to forget this song, Adam! It's one of those rare cases of something that happened at exactly the right time.
I was so embarrassed when someone played it in my 8th grade classroom. Now, I love it anywhere it's played! 😊
Rock on!
One of the, if not the greatest one hit wonders of the 70s. This still gets a lot of radio play. It's irresistible.
This is one of my favorite songs. I was in a cover band in the late 70's - early 80's and this was one of our most requested songs to dance to. Then years later in the mid 90's I was out with friends at karaoke and I was being bugged to go up and sing since my friends never heard me sing before. So I decided to do Kung Fu Fighting. It was weird, you would have thought I did something amazing. The people loved it and I got asked to go up many more times. People just love this song for some reason. Thanks for doing this video on Carl Douglas. He needs more recognition for his talent.
So cool! THANKS FOR SHARING!
Nice video Prof. Nice to see Carl get kudos for his work. I liked it for about 5 minutes when it was released. Novelty wore out owing to the UK Radio overplaying the hell out of it and Carl appearing on every tv show known to man. Repeatedly. But as you rightly point out, that song set him up for life with cover version & song writing royalties. In those days one huge hit could do that. Not like current times where the streaming companies pretty much fleece the hell out of modern artists and one big hit single would not bring in half as much as Carl made back then and still does. Vinyl rules! Well done Carl. Respect!!
When you look at the definition of Lightning in a bottle, this song is written there with bold letters.
In 1973, I remember going to the all-night drive-in showing of; 'Enter the Dragon', 'Way of the Dragon', 'Game of Death', and, of all things... 'Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii'.
'Echoes part 2' was ending, just as the Sun rose. It was freaking brilliant!
It was one of the best all-nighters, ever!
I remember when I had did promotion for a Disco reunion that had Anita Ward, KC and the Sunshine Band,Hughes Inc.Con Funkshun,Cameo,War,Alicia Bridges, the BarKays ,Johnny Nash .etc that was fun
Thanks for sharing my friend.
I wish I'd been there!@ You mean Hues Corporation. I have records of all of them.
So glad you covered this song. I remember dancing to this with an old flame on one of those lighted disco floors. He was into Karate, so of course, he had to add in his kf kicks during this song. Fun times, great memories!
Did probably one of the best goofy one hit wonders of all time
For sure!
To think just today I saw a meme of two bunny fighting and kicking with this song as the title. That was funny as heck and now this. Love it. This was a fun fav. song when it first came out and we all loved it.
I remember my elementary school teachers playing this on the record playerat the end of the day as a fun for all for kids. Everyone running around, jumping and acting like we were doing karate. Fun times.
Great memories. Thanks for sharing.
That sounds awesome
How could you not do karate kick to this song?
yeah, not every song need to be overthought. loved this song as a kid, still love it now
Howdy Professor and community! Kung Fu Fighting - Forgot this was from 1974. I remember this fun song and when it came out; I was 12 y/o too. I believe from this song gave inspiration to the Karate Kid movie.
And Bruce Lee was dead!
I was 9yrs old when I first heard the song back in 74. I would crank up the radio every time it would come out. I then bought the 45" record and played the shit out of it.
I was born and raised in the UK and growing up, and anytime that song came on at a party as a kid, most people were "Kung Fu Fighting" to it. Awesome track.
Who doesn't love Kung Fu Fighting??? Lol ❤❤❤❤❤ immediately start laughing and singing and kicking when you hear it.😅😅😅
No joke!
That intro was absolutely priceless. One of the favorites from my childhood.
This song was an absolute FUNomenon!
Fun! I see what you did there!
You have that right.
It was!
Love the Collective Soul t-shirt!!
I remember kung fu fighting the broom as a little kid after listening to this jam. I was badass, lol. Yes and fast as lightning
For sure!
Hey Professor, you forgot to mention “Hong Kong phooey”, the cartoon dog that was a superhero!!!
Although I’m not exactly sure what year that was on TV …
I remember when this came out. I was 4. It came on the radio and I scrambled down off the sofa to dance around the kitchen. So much fun.
Ha ha! Awesome!
I could do the Travolta to this song.
The "hoo" "ha" karate chop sounds are what puts this song over the top.
Oh dear, I am 49 years old and I just learned from this video that song by George McCrae is called "Rock Your Baby" and not "Rock Me Baby." 🤦♀
In 1974 I lived in Scotland. My dad was stationed there. I remember hearing that song over there but I also seen a bunch of them British bands from 1970 to 74 before they started taking off Elton John 71.
Thanks for sharing.
I remember my brother and I jumping on our beds and doing karate moves to kung fu fighting.
Very cool memory!
I lived in Montecito when I was a kid. I was best friends with Robert Clouse's son. We went to Howard school together and lived on Hot Springs road. Robert Clouse was the director of Enter the Dragon and Game of Death. They had a viewing room upstairs with all the promo posters and we could watch Enter the Dragon whenever we wanted. Bruce Lee was HUGE. I studied Kung Fu and all that for 3 years. I even created my own alphabet with chinese characters.
One of my absolute favorite songs growing up!!! Thanks for bringing back those priceless childhood memories!!! 😊
My thumbs were "fast as lightning" clicking on this video Professor!
Did it make that whooshing sound with the SMASH sound at the end?😂
Love it!
Best song EVER!! I was 8 when it came out and we instantly LOVED it. Thank you very much Adam for featuring this absolute classic! 😊💜
Mongo Jerrys song In the Summer Time 1970🔥- sold 35 million records 5th biggest selling song of ALL TIME, TRUE fact .
Number 1 the day I was born 😊
Your procurement and presentation of Archive 'Clips' is top-notch and unmatched. Keep up the great work... 😮 such a pleasure to see each morning 😊
Much appreciated!
I only found out about this song through the dance remake on the first Power Rangers movie soundtrack. Appropriately, I use it to warm up for my martial arts sessions.
I always love to hear about the stories you had with your Dad. A wonderful relationship for sure.
This song makes me smile and so does your Annie musical soundtrack in the background.
"The sun will come out tomorrow " 🌞
Howard Jones had a kung-fu fighter or a karate chop guy in his Things Can Only Get Better video. I wonder if there is a connection.
I immediately started singing “Tomorrow” when I saw his Annie album. I think Carol Burnett is the best Miss Hannigan.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Me too. 😊
I certainly remember this one! "Kung Fu Fighting" was a funny song, it was a "sing along", but being a hard rock guy (as were most of my friends) we sort of changed the lyrics, and I can't repeat them here (not family friendly, LOL!).
Still, very cool memory jogger here, this came out a year after my oldest was born....He seemed to really dig it a lot !
GJ, Adam. Always a good upload.
Thanks!
Was it explicit?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yes, it was. It was VERY nasty.
Sorry.....
The song is still used in many martial arts schools to inspire, which is a bit above awesome
Thanks!
All these years....I bought the 45 when it came out and still have it. I have never seen Carl Douglas before. Thank you for this episode. This was a favorite of my kickboxing class and even the younger generations I hang out with break out in song with this one.
Great song that really went well with the Kung Fu era. But I do prefer his later hit Run Back
This was one of the first 45’s I bought with my own money, along with Billy Don’t Be a Hero by Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods.
Greetings and salutations Professor. 3 chords and the truth.
Greetings my friend!
This song plays during a pivotal scene in a Brazilian film called City of God. 10/10, would absolutely recommend watching it.
It's been a long time!
I was in elementary school when this track dropped we all wanted to be Bruce Lee
Ha ha! Very cool!
Groovy man! Love those songs from the 70's. You won't hear it for forty years but can still sing every lyric.
#POR always has expert timing. Have a great day everyone, from Tampa Florida.
Thanks! You too!
@@ProfessorofRockYour channel is the greatest vehicle for nostalgia I can think of and for that I wanna thank you. Thank you! Domo Arigato! Go Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 🏴☠️👹Rays and (kung fu) Lightening!!!⚡
You deserve 10 million subs. Your narration, editing, story telling is 10/10. You put so much effort into your videos. I share them with everyone possible. Keep up the good work prof of rock. ❤
Collective Soul, my neighbors here in Stockbridge, GA.
@@pinballinc1752 the best band from the 90's for sure
I loved the Kung Fu show grasshopper. I remember this being a major fad for years. I wonder how many kids broke their hands trying to break a board? 😂
Bruce Lee's movies are awesome. Return of the dragon a.k.a. way of the dragon is my favorite Bruce Lee movie because he fights chuck Norris in the colosseum in rome. Kung fu fighting was sang by Steven Sagel on Saturday night live.
THanks Wayne! Rock on!
yeh that was a classic martial arts scene with chuck norris marathon was on local oldies channel recently
Return of the Dragon is iconic
All your videos range from pretty good to great, but this one was just awesome. You can see how much you enjoyed telling the story of this song and the artist. Really fun one, dude!
Thanks!
Kung Fu, the series, was supposed to star Bruce Lee but the studio thought audiences would not approve of a Chinese star, so went with David Carradine.
Thanks for sharing!
And according to Lee the series was his idea. They stole it from him. Just recently Warrior was made by his daughter.
@@ProfessorofRockYou’re welcome, Adam. Love your work! 😉
@@mechanic6682Sounds like the origin of Rocky.
@@mechanic6682 & @budyza180 I came here to make both those points.
One of the best songs ever, it still sounds fantastic today. You're the best Adam, keep up the great work.
❤🎉
Happy to be Back In The Saddle Again. Really.
Love Kung Fu Fighting. And Hong Kong Fooey!
Have a great day Peeps.
❤❤
Welcome back, Roger! I remember Hong Kong Phooey, too.
@@shiroibasketshoes Hong Kong Phooey #1 Super Guy.
@@TerrickTerran Mighty Mouse would've made Hong Kong Fuey KaBlooey.
Hong Kong Phooey was so fun!
Tapped into two cultural phenomenons with "expert timing". I see what you did. This cat is fast as lightning.
😅 Kung Fu Fighting my wife's 😍 favorite
my older siblings had this 45 when i was little and we used to dance and dance in the living room when my parents werent home instead of doing chores! lol i was really little but i remember that