Asian Ripoff XCVI - Phantom Of The Opera

Artists: Zhu Hua and Kris Phillips
Language: Mandarin

Asian Ripoff XCII - I Surrender

Artist: Terry Lin
Language: Mandarin

Probably the best voice in Asia today.

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Asian Ripoff XC - Can't Help Falling In Love With You

Artist: F4
Language: Mandarin

Thanks PerryPie!

Asian Ripoff LXXXIX - Dschinghis Khan

Chinese version of a classic German song (for the Soviet Olympics)!

Artist: Da Zhangwei
Language: Mandarin

And if you have absolutely no idea what this song is.. here's a recent version to open Eurovision 2009!



Thanks PerryPie for reminding me of this wonderful song!

Asian Ripoff LXXXVII - Doctor Jones

Artist: Vicky Zhao
Language: Mandarin

Pretty catchy song to cover! :)

Asian Ripoff LXXXVI - La Historia De Un Amor

Artist: Chris Lee
Language: Mandarin

There are a bunch of versions of this one. Amazing how Chinese Pop can turn a sentimental Spanish ballad into a cha-cha!

Asian Ripoff LXXXIII - This is My Life

Artist: S.H.E
Language: Mandarin

Asian Ripoff LXXXII - Yuan Fang 遠方

Artist: S.H.E.
Song: How did I fall in love with you

Asian Ripoff LXXXI - Superwoman

Artist: Gary Cao
Song: Superwoman
Language: Mandarin

Asian Ripoff LXIX - Michael Jackson

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery right? The King of Pop had a huge influence in Asia where many of his songs were covered. Most of them were in movies. Here are some.

Smooth Criminal - from the Chinese movie short The Terrorists of Birdcage Mountain


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Beat It - from the Chinese movie 007 vs. the man in black


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Indian Thriller

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And of course there was Suleman Mirza who absolutely destroyed Britain's Got Talent one year. (he should have won)


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RIP MJ!

Asian Ripoff LXVIII - There You'll Be

Artist: A-Mei Chang
Language: Mandarin

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Very good. Voice is pretty good and capture the feeling of the song that is usually lost in covers.

Asian Ripoff LXI - Black Black Heart

Artist: Rene Liu and Stanley Huang
Language: Mandarin

It's a pretty good cover. As close to David Usher's original as can be. Although Usher really rocks this song in a variety of different versions.


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Other Asian Ripoffs

Asian Ripoff L - I Like Chopin

For some inane reason, this is an extremely popular song in Asia. It's not a bad song, I like the piano parts :)

First it was Alan Tam in Cantonese. Sorry for bad quality of a 1984 concert.


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Then HK group Grasshopper re-made it and re-titled it Rainy Days. Also in Cantonese with a much quicker beat but they took out the piano :(



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And In Mandarin


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Then in Japanese by Asami Kobayashi


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Then in Vietnamese by Nguyen Thang


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And then just the piano score from Japan. There's no sheet they say. Just from memory.


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And finally Alan Tam decided that everyone else's version sucked and remade it again last year for his new CD using traditional instruments.


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Now. Does anyone recognize/remember/like the original English song? Must be a popular song for it to be copied this many times!

Asian Ripoff XLVII - She's Gone

How famous is this song. I don't recall it growing up. I've asked some people I know and they don't know. But it's popular in Asia!

Artist: Terry Lin
Language: Mandarin


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and in English


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Terry Lin has an amazing voice. I love his ballads. But this song doesn't suit him as he goes waaay over the top.

And it's been done in English by about five different artists in Korea.

This one by Kim Sang Min is the one I like the best.


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Asian Ripoff XLI - Bachom shel Tel Aviv

Artist: Yumiko Cheng
Language: Mandarin


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Even Israeli songs are now being ripped off!

Related: Israeli hit tops China music charts

Asian Ripoff XXXV - Lemon Tree

I never knew Lemon Tree was such a popular song!

Artist: Tarcy Su
Language: Mandarin


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Artist: Park Hye Kyung
Language: Korean


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I've heard a Vietnamese version as well but I can't find it.

Asian Ripoff XXX - Disney!

Disney movies and songs can be found in nearly any language.
Here are some examples.

Pocahontas (Mandarin)

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Beauty and the Beast (Japanese)

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Mulan (Cantonese)

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Yup, Jackie Chan can sing :)


Aladdin (Thai)

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Hercules (Korean)

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Asian Ripoff XXVIII - Material Girl

I think Madonna songs have been done to death in all languages!

Older Version
Artist: Sally Yip
Language: Cantonese


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Newer Version
Artist: 7 Flowers
Language: Mandarin


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Asian Ripoff XXVII - Brown Eyes

Artist: S.H.E.
Language: Mandarin


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Not too bad. A bit softer than the original.

Asian Ripoff XXVI - Love Potion No. 9

Here's a old Mandarin version from 1967.

Artist: Nancy Sit


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And here's my favorite version. A jazzed up Vietnamese one from a few years ago :)

Artist: Nguyen Hung


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It rocks! Dance dance dance.