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Wang Chung

Wang Chung is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nelly, Naked Eyes, Siedah Garrett, The Beatles and Animotion. Those roots explain a lot about how Wang Chung arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Thompson Twins, The Fixx, Go West, ABC and Fine Young Cannibals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Adam and the Ants, Heaven 17, The Romantics, Berlin and The Cars, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Wang Chung, reaching back through Nelly and forward to Adam and the Ants. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Wang Chung are an English new wave band, formed in London in 1980 by Nick Feldman, Jack Hues and Darren Costin. The name Wang Chung is Chinese, meaning "yellow bell" in English, and is the first note in the Chinese classical music scale. The band found their greatest success in the US, with five top 40 hits there, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including "Dance Hall Days", "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and "Let's Go!".

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Wang ChungNellyNaked EyesSiedah GarrettThe BeatlesAnimotionGodley & CremeAdam and the AntsHeaven 17The RomanticsBerlinThe CarsHeroesTina TurnerCulture ClubThompson TwinsThe FixxGo WestABCFine Young CannibalsHuey Lewis & The NewsGlass TigerErasure

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Wang Chung connections

Wang Chung grew out of Nelly, Naked Eyes, Siedah Garrett and The Beatles, shares an orbit with Thompson Twins, The Fixx, Go West and ABC, went on to shape Adam and the Ants, Heaven 17, The Romantics and Berlin. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Wang Chung

Roots6

Sounds and acts that shaped Wang Chung.

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Kindred8

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Wang Chung.

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