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| Single by T'Pau | ||||
| from the album Bridge of Spies | ||||
| B-side | "No Sense of Pride" | |||
| Released | 12 October 1987[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 5:06 (album version) 4:07 (single edit) | |||
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"China in Your Hand" is a song by English pop group T'Pau from their debut studio album, Bridge of Spies (1987). A re-recorded version was released as a single in October 1987, spending five weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. "China in Your Hand" was the 600th single to top the UK chart and kept George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set on You" from hitting the top spot. The song also reached number one in Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 11th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV,[2] and in 2017 was chosen by The Daily Telegraph as one of the 21 best power ballads.[3]
- ^ "BPI".
- ^ Westbrook, Caroline (25 July 2015). "The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut". Metro. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "The 21 best power ballads". The Daily Telegraph. London.