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Wang Chung
Band London United Kingdom Active 1979–1991
Wang Chung formed in 1979 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 1991. Wang Chung has 29 chart appearances on 19 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 1985–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dance Hall Days”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #85. The station that charted Wang Chung most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1986.
Wang Chung were a London new wave band started by Nick Feldman, Jack Hues and Darren Costin, and they took their name from the Chinese for "yellow bell", the first note of the Chinese classical scale. David Burnand played saxophone with them in 1981 and 1982, but it was the core trio who signed to Arista and found their biggest audience across the Atlantic rather than at home.
Points on the Curve, in 1983, carried "Dance Hall Days", a slinky, bittersweet synth-pop single with a bass line that won't sit still and a chorus that sounds like somebody remembering a better year. It climbed to number 16 in the US in 1984. "Don't Be My Enemy" came from the same record, and "To Live and Die in L.A." and "Fire in the Twilight" followed in 1985, moodier and more cinematic.
Then came Mosaic in 1986 and "Everybody Have Fun Tonight", a shameless party chant that got them to number 2 in the US that year, and "Let's Go!" made number 9 in 1987. All told they landed 5 top 40 hits in America between 1983 and 1987.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Wang Chung on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dance Hall Days | 14 | #85 | – | – | |
| 2 | To Live and Die in L.A. | 6 | #52 | – | 1985 | |
| 3 | Everybody Have Fun Tonight | 6 | #46 | – | 1986 | |
| 4 | Fire in the Twilight | 1 | #60 | – | 1985 | |
| 5 | Don't Be My Enemy | 1 | #372 | – | – | |
| 6 | Everyone Have Fun Tonight | 1 | #379 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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