Wang Chung Quotes

United Kingdom,
1980

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 means "yellow bell" in Chinese, 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" (No. 16 in the summer of 1984), "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (No. 2 in 1986) and "Let's Go!" (No. 9 in 1987).

I don’t get sick of either of those songs. When we play them, they get such a huge enthusiastic response – how can you get sick of that?? And I think they are both good songs, interesting to perform – we develop them live all the time.

Jack Hues Wang Chung
- Songs
- Response
- Perform
I guess when you don’t have success any more, as with The Warmer Side of Cool, you either give up and feel bitter about it or, if you are a real musician, you get up and dust yourself down and just keep going.

Jack Hues Wang Chung

The mixture of electronics and guitars was a positive thing that made the songs stay with people.

Nick Feldman Wang Chung
- Songs
- Guitars
- Mixture
The show gave us the taste of working together again, and we decided to record an album. So we started writing and it slowly came together over the years.

Nick Feldman Wang Chung
- Show
- Record
- Album
In that little practice room, no, I had no idea what would come of this little song. But it changed everything for us – it cemented the deal with Geffen – I could sense that everyone was much nicer to us after they heard that song!

Jack Hues Wang Chung
- Song
- Deal
- Heard