A girl vs. a team. Kung Fu fight. 一个女孩抗击一个团队。功夫搏击。

 In the early 1970s, the world was gripped by a kung fu craze. Martial arts films such as King Boxer and Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon brought this ancient Chinese martial art philosophy to a mainstream audience, while Lee’s early death in 1973 only served to heighten the mystique surrounding him. In the TV series Kung Fu, based on an idea by Lee, David Carradine played a Shaolin monk who wandered the Wild West in search of his lost brother. And kung fu crossed over into African-American entertainment in the form of blaxploitation movies such as Ron van Clief’s Black Dragon series. There was something about the discipline, the training, the exoticism, and, yes, the violence of kung fu that resonated with young western audiences.

The record company people heard it and instantly realized that the B-side was the hit. They were right: “Kung Fu Fighting” became one of the biggest-selling singles of all time. In the video, Douglas wore an Oriental get-up and a Chinese-style mustache, performing generic chopping moves. Dancefloors came alive to chopsocky posturings and echoed to shouts of “Hugh! Hugh!” Here was a song that everyone could dance to.

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