Everybody Have Fun with a Wang Chung Quiz

Answer: Huang Chung

The original name of the group was Huang Chung which means "yellow bell" in Chinese. The band was being called "Hung Chung". When the band signed their new record contract in early 1983, the record label suggested that the band change their name to "Wang Chung". This was done to ensure the band name could be pronounced correctly.

Answer: 1982

The band's debut album "Huang Chung" was released on March 4, 1982 by Arista Records. The album was re-released on September 19, 1995 by One Way Records. The album spawned three singles which had no chart success.

Answer: Dance Hall Days

The song "Dance Hall Days" was originally recorded by Huang Chung in 1982 as a non-album single under the Arista Records label. In 1983, the song was re-recorded under as the group name Wang Chung under the Geffen Records label. The song became the band's only hit single in their native UK. The song was their first major hit in the US, Holland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden.

Answer: The Safety Dance

The dance song "The Safety Dance" was released by the group Men Without Hats in 1983.

Wang Chung recorded the album "Points on the Curve" in 1983. The album featured the re-recorded version of the group's hit single "Dance Hall Days". The album also featured the dance hits "Don't Let Go", "Wait" and "Don't Be My Enemy".

Answer: To Live and Die in L.A.

The 1985 film "To Live and Die in L.A." starred William Petersen, Willem Dafoe and John Pankow. The film was about United States Secret Service agents investigating a counterfeiter in Los Angeles, California. The film's soundtrack album was recorded by Wang Chung.

Answer: The Breakfast Club

The 1985 John Hughes film "The Breakfast Club" starred Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald. This coming-of-age movie featured five students learning about themselves and each other while in Saturday detention.

The soundtrack of the movie included songs performed by Simple Minds and Wang Chung. Wang Chung contributed the song "Fire in the Twilight" to the movie's soundtrack.

Answer: Everybody Have Fun Tonight

"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is the lead single from Wang Chung's 1986 album "Mosiac". The music video, produced by Kevin Godley and Lol Crème, featured many extremely quick cuts between similar images. This international hit mentioned the band's name many time in the song's lyrics.

Answer: Let's Go

The 1987 "Let's Go" was the second single from Wang Chung's "Mosiac" album. The single was written by Nick Feldman and Jack Hues and produced by Peter Wolf. The song was about encouraging a romantic relationship using such unique lyrics as "talk the language of love" and "dance to the rhythm".

Answer: Innerspace

The 1987 film "Innerspace" featured Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan. The film's soundtrack included Wang Chung's song "Hypnotize Me". Wang Chung's song "Hypnotize Me" was recorded for the band's 1986 album "Mosaic".

Answer: Orchesography

Wang Chung re-recorded their greatest hits with City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009. These recordings became the "Orchesography" album which was released on May 31, 2019. The re-recordings of the Wang Chung hits "Dance Hall Days" and "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" were released as singles.