"Cantonese Boy" | ||||
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Single by Japan | ||||
from the album Tin Drum | ||||
B-side | "Burning Bridges" (7") | |||
Released | 14 May 1982 | |||
Recorded | August 1981 | |||
Studio | Odyssey (London, UK) | |||
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Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | David Sylvian | |||
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"Cantonese Boy" is a song by English new wave band Japan, released in May 1982 as the fourth and final single from their 1981 album Tin Drum. The single peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The song refers to the enlistment of a Cantonese boy to the Chinese Red Army.[2]
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