The release topped the charts in many countries, including south africa, west germany, switzerland and australia. British actor and singer murray head raps the verses, while the chorus is sung by anders glenmark, a swedish singer, songwriter and producer. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Best known for his 1984 smash one night in bangkok, actorsinger murray head was born march 6, 1946 in england to seafield. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. Among the tracks we find one night in bangkok what track is your favorite from. Chess is a musical production that uses a usussr chess rivalry as a metaphor for the cold war, but this song just contains doubleentendres about the game of chess compared to the bangkok nightlife. The song tells of the meeting of two great chess players, one soviet and one american, in bangkok, which is the capital of thailand. In the musical chess it is sung by a bobby fischeresque chess player who is rather mean but gets a little better towards the end. Murray head one night in bangkok lyrics genius lyrics. One night in bangkok by murray head song meanings and. Watch the video for one night in bangkok from chess remastered 2016 by murray head for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. This was a story put to music about the battle between bobby fischer, the brilliant american chess genius and boris spassky the efficient machine like russian chess grandmaster. It was by murray head and was featured in the musical chess.
Robey one night in bangkok from the play chess 1984. Who was the actressmodel playing chess with murray head in the one night in bangkok video. Day 68 one night in bangkok by murray head lets face it. Robeys version hit number one in the dance clubs and various mixes of the song have circulated, but america was in an antidisco mood by the mid80s trying to cast off the musical vestiges. Kvartett quartet molokov, florence, domaren och anatolij. It features scenes of murray head walking the back alleys of a slum before he enters a room with a chessboard floor of black and white tiles and begins to sing. The story involves a politically driven, cold warera chess tournament between two grandmasters, one american and the other soviet russian, and their fight over a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. Chess in concert one night in bangkok lyrics genius.
Murray head one night in bangkok from chess eclips tv. One night in bangkok is a song originally sung by murray head on the 1984 concept album for the musical chess. Murray head one night in bangkok chess medley 1984 disco purrfection version duration. In murrays one night in bangkok, the singer recounts a night in bangkok, when his mind for the most part was on the game of chess. One night in bangkok from the movie chess posted by 9 minutes ago. The song goes one night in bangkok makes a hard man humble. One night in bangkok by murray head from the musical chess. Chess original cast recording original cast recording. The video begins with an animated chessboard breaking down.
Lyrics for one night in bangkok by murray head songfacts. Vinyl 7 murray head one night in bangkok 1984, tape one pressing, vinyl discogs. We endeavor to provide superior service, but if we make an error, well make every effort to make it. Murray head one night in bangkok from chess official. Darrell from eugene, united states i love this song, but one has to realize what one particular night in bangkok or new guinea, or india, or java, et al was like, namely, when the tsunami hit in december of 2004. One night in bangkok by chess in concert on amazon music. Check out one night in bangkok by chess in concert on amazon music. The title song is a cover of the murray head recording from the broadway show chess. Benny andersson bangkokone night in bangkok lyrics.
This weeks installment was selected by hollywood prospectus editor mark lisanti. Murray head performs in the music video one night in bangkok from the album chess recorded for rca records. Who was the actressmodel playing chess with murray head. One night in bangkok lyrics chess in concert live musical. One night in bangkok is a song from the concept album and subsequent musical chess by tim rice, benny andersson and bjorn ulvaeus. One night in bangkok also performed by trumper, this song has an epic, oriental opening section complete with electric guitars and a marching drum beat, before stripping back into a funkpop song with lyrics comparing the thai capital to a game of, you guessed it, chess.
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