Men Without Hats - Living In China Lyrics

High level synth pop band

I was just sitting in my chair thinking and doing nothing related to China or men without hats then this song just fucking showed up in my head, and refused to leave until i listened

Songs about China were very popular in 1982: British bands Huang Chung and Japan did songs about it as well.

Little people...yeah they're living in China! lol

absolutely underrated masterpiece of 80's madness

Only played in China

Awesome band and what a great tune! And has any vocalist ever sounded so much like a singing darek?

Insightful political commentary and largely ignored!!! Well, as least, I got it.

new wave at it's finest

Trudeau's song when living in his favorite China: listen to what he says in this video at 4:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxHk7kKxwrk

CHINA NUMBER ONE

I wontri wonti Jagoda Bajon

And this my friends is why China has over a million stereotypes

Well at least they don’t have Theresa May

Got teh *RED*!!!

釈迦曼荼羅

Its a healing music !! I ve been sick for a while ,but this makes me healthy !!
Men Without Hats for you !

This and Antarctica are a great pair of songs.

The compilation I had was called 'Greatest Hats'

me too!

the high pitched voice just makes this song so much more enjoyable.

The solution is revolution.  :-)

Got Hockey, Got Poutine, Living in Canada

rs.matr1x nah that’s really just a Quebec thing lol

This sound like David Bovie - Modern Love ! ! and soundtrack to Turbo Kid
But it is also extremely great !! I love such music!

I agree it does sound just a little like David Bowie's - Modern Love

50 s Many people were killed. Hopefully China and their people have rebuilt the country.

Living in China Japan Taiwan it's all too speeded out this song On a train or something? HAHAHA Or try it yourself some time.............

We are the people I am you You are me

Love cool jay

These are ace! How did i miss these in the eighties???? Blimey.

You missed the Safety Dance? Even I didn't miss that and I was only 4 years old at the time.

wow sooooooo cool im moving to china!

not

This is like gaming music....

It sounds like one of the chipmunks is singing background vocals.

+SDChargersFreak exactly lol

the tool for doing this is called a vocoder...

It's actually a 'harmonizer' - from Eventide, which was widely used back then, and stil is today.

"They've got ping pong, egg foo young."  Yep - pretty much sums up 1.5 billion folks.

+Grant McCagg Just feel like the song should've incorporated offbrand cigarettes and public urination, you know, for the sake of cultural sensitivity.

I live in China. We eat egg foo young and play ping pong every day.

Yet you also piss behind store. I've seen it with my round eyes, so you know Im not lying since I can see more than asians. slant eye you can't see as much less eye volume. fact.

men with out scrotums 

what? u like scrotums or something?... no scrotum is a deal breaker for u?

ones that have are flaming gays..they know!!!!

fuck you 

Says you! I really like these guys...... it's better than fuckin' "What does the Fox say?"

Carlin called them “Men Without Testicles”.

@Xvalhalla1997 yea metalica rules

"I'm very well/good" this song? lol...

My parents used to rock this when I was a baby, almost 30 and I still love this shit!

woooohooo!! this song is goood and so much better than todays music

"got ping-pong got egg fu yung" haha what a song

I wonder if there is a Chinese band who have done a song called "Living in Canada"?

No Safety Dance is WAY better than this!

How did we never hear this in the eighties? This and "I got the message" are even better than "Safety Dance"!

This song was removed from the Rhythm of Youth release in the US as it was deemed offensive.

this song is even more now than it was in the 80's. I lived in China and came back to the U.S. with Chinese wife and In-laws on the Mainland. When I am here, I want to be there. When I am there, I feel alive.

i think that's the idea

so racist

Notice the back up person sounds Chinese?

These lyrics are taunts to go to war with China. The demon or the midget singing back up vocals doesn't help either. Dear God:-O

I keep replaying this song.

Man what happened to songs like this im only 16 but i love old song like this :) i have a few men without hats records :p. I rember listening to this song when i was like 6 camping where my dad was logging at the time

Hate to double post but, heck, WHERE DO I GET ENERGY LIKE THIS FROM? I thought this kinda thing stopped at 15!?

This song makes me hyper active... i can't keep still and essentially look like ive got ADD, or looking like im high IDK THIS SONG IS SO AWSUM- AWESOME! LIVING IN CHINA

I thought this song was brilliant-merging silly stereotypes with witty political commentary. That, with a great, driving beat and catchy melody.

I never realized Men Without Hats recorded a T-Mobile commercial.

Morning Aerobics Routines were invented from this sound :)

This is an awesome B-side tune for Safety Dance. Thank you, Beatles, for introducing us to the beauty that comes from the discovery of B-Side tune. This is proof that there is gold for those willing to search for it.

Lifelong Goal
-Go to China
-Get a convertible
-Drive trough China blasting this song.

You missed your chance. 2019, avoid China, it is a brutal communist regime. Avoid. No joke.

A wonderful 1983 hit song from their 1982 album. This song is on my TOP 5 list songs from Men Without Hats (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). They will be at the Corona Theatre on June the 1st 2012. I'll already have my tickets.

@danielf17 Hahaha so true I was thinking the same thing before I saw your comment!

Remmembers me DEVO a little bit.

@LedWilde definition of shit; stuff that comes through you know what!

@LedWilde this is not shit! and shit is never awesome! just so you know so if this is shit its not awesome but if its awesome its clearly not shit! make up your mind

This song just makes me want to get up and dance.

this the Flip side of Extend play?

wow, listened to this everyday for a week now I sing it in school, and now I have no friends

"They got ping pong, egg foo yung"
Men without hats have the best lyrics

I love it!!! Very catchy!

I've listened to this song about 200 times in my lifetime. It's still as edgy and exciting now as that first time. A fantastic band that will, unfortunately, be known for The Safety Dance.

I can't decide which is best out of this and Antarctica.

Saftey dance is a great song, Shut up

this song will live on.

@BudofWoW obvious troll is obvious?

@Xvalhalla1997 I honestly don't see how you could compare the two..

@raydeen2k lolwut

just saw them live :)

this ban sucks metallica is way better

Love this song! Shame that it was left off of the original US release, could've been a potential hit single there.

If the internet had happened in 1983......MWH's would have been massive HUGE.
Most 80's bands were 20 years ahead of their time.

@nevets4ever WOW... WLIR...I remember them in Long Island. Weren't they also WDRE?

Saw them at Dundas square a month back in Toronto. Free outdoor show....it was epic...concert of the summer thus far! ppl were going nuts from start to finish!

This really is an amazing pre hardcore/ pre techno song. This is so cool on so many levels. It feels like the backbone of bad brains and beasties. I think their influence is greater than what will ever be recognized.

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@ledzeppelinrules110 im glad they didnt become overly popular and mainstream... hes still preforms shows in canada, i feel like the people who dont know men without hats are missing out, but the fans wouldent want it any other way... i love ivan

Oooh, "The Safety Dance" wasn't three chords but more complex. It would make a great Baroque harpsichord tune if it were transposed. Let's see, C, Bb, F, F, Bb, C, G...F, Bb, Eb, Ab...C, G, D, A. Nope, you're wrong, dude! Anyway, brilliant Montrealers and the soundtrack of my student days, I could hope for none better.

@joniiboy that's a woman

WHAA-HUT (doo doo dee doo doo doo dee doo) would cairman MAAHAO SAY... if he knew WHAT people thought of HIM todaaay?... so groovy lol

since 1983

China seems like a slightly nice place after this song

chinaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

1 man has a hat...

@HypnoToad72 try amazon.com

POiNT BLANK.. THiS SONG BLASTS !!!

excellent unknown 80´s album

they deserved more success ,but there thousands and and thousands whom still rocks with their music

men with hats forever

@HypnoToad72 heyyy what do you know they're actually on iTunes! :) didn't think this 'Silver Collection' would be. It's only a partial album featuring just the unreleased stuff too, thanks for the heads up. As for the rest of the songs I own them all on vinyl anyway :P I just assumed these videos were the source of the compression problem.

@ItsRainingDonuts - perhaps iTunes? (I bought the album from them. (at 256mb/s rather than the usual 128, of course). If I find the CD I'll be buying it outright. Especially re: 80s new wave and the tones, compression artifacting is somewhat obvious... :( )

man these tracks are compressed like a bitch but it's a great playlist, thanks! great to hear those unreleased ones too, where did they come from??