Japanese Boy - Aneka

[Drillbit Taylor]

A Scottish woman dressed in Japanese clothing with a very Asian music style singing about her lost Japanese Boy.


I mean come on, she has NO Idea about him

Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone?
He's a Japanese boy.
I woke up one morning and my love was gone,
Oh, my Japanese boy, ooh, I miss my Japanese boy.

And his name is?

Oh hes just a Japanese Boy. Well...then... There are only a few Japanese people out there, can not be that hard to find him....

People ask about him every day, oh oh, oh oh.
Don't know what to tell them, what can I say? Oh oh, oh oh.

You do not know what to say because YOU DO NOT KNOW HIM. You do not even know the damn man's name.

If only he would write me or call
A word of explanation, that's all.
It would stop me climbing the wall.

He lives in your head doesn't he? He is either some man you saw on the street or you made him up.

It's breaking up the happy home.

Yep he lives in your mind. So we have a crazy Scottish woman running around asking people if they have seen a Japanese Boy. Just asking strangers about some man that clearly does not even exist.

[wisdomwizard]

Weird but good song.

[DiBiase is Good]

One of those people that was always destined to be a one-hit wonder but it's still a pretty decent pop song IMO. It was only #1 for a week in 1981 (Tainted Love knocked it off the top spot) but it's one of the fondly remembered songs of that time.

[Deleted]

I wondered what happened to Mo Collins.

[keezy]

Bowie also had China Girl around the same time. I'm waiting for a song called Thai Crossdresser.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

a cute, fun and NOT AT ALL IN THE SLIGHTEST song of the eighties, one of far too many i liked

[Alexander The So-so]

I want Todd in the Shadows to do a One Hit Wonderland review on this song so bad.

And yes, I like this song and have it on my iPhone.

[dav]

I remember this for being used in a Cartoon Network advert for Tenchi Muyo. Oddly enough, it made it the most memorable thing about Tenchi Muyo.

[BorneAgain]

I never saw the alternative music video for Japanese Boy till now. Good lord, this somehow had a cheaper budget than MJ did with Rock With You.



Its like the director went "Alright we got like 6 people, 1 set, Aneka in a Kimono, and I nicked some props in the supply closet next door. You two fight with some kendo sticks, and we'll stick a horse in the background to keep things interesting. Okay we go two hours folks, so let's knock this s*** out quick, my coke back at home isn't gonna freebase itself."

[Perd]

It's a great song to commit vehicular homocide to.