Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.15, no.33. 15 August 1998. p.19 . Retrieved 20 June 2018. I believe that in allowing these kinds of lyrical inexactitudes, we are creating a dog-whistle of sorts for artists of all kinds to play fast and loose with our perceptions. Freddy Fender captures top JB awards, will play for MOA stage show". Play Meter. Vol.1, no.10. October 1975. p.22 . Retrieved 4 June 2021. a b Browne, Malika (20 August 2004). "It's a big step from disco to Sanskrit chants, but Biddu has made it". The Sunday Times. London . Retrieved 30 May 2011. Get geared up for action with this Surely Not Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting t-shirt by TimArms, it's a funny way to say "I get it, kung fu is cool, but all martial arts are cool, fool!"

To me that paints a highly descriptive, if unmelodic picture of the course of events. And while its flow with the melody might suffer somewhat, at least we’re clear on the timeline and the scope of the event. A collection of trained martial artist within my purview were fully engaged in what appears to be Kung Fu. These feline-like humans undertook this event with great rapidity.♫ More specifically does this “everyone” referred to in the song pertain to just humans. Is Carl Douglas referring to other creatures within the animal kingdom? And if so, everybody wonders (alright I wonder) how such a complicated message (the message to for everybody to begin Kung Fu fighting) could’ve been sent, received, processed and acted upon by a multitude of creatures across all the species of the Animal Kingdom. I mean it was hard enough to do that Hands Across America thing 30 years ago – and they were using advanced walkie-talkie technology.CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 14, 1974". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012.

American single certifications – Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting". Recording Industry Association of America. Australia No. 1 hits -- 1970's". World Charts. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014 . Retrieved 10 June 2013.

After more than two hours recording the A-side and then time for a break, there was only ten minutes of studio time remaining [3] due to a three-hour time constraint for the entire session, so only two takes of "Kung Fu Fighting" were recorded. [6] According to Biddu, "'Kung Fu Fighting' was the B-side so I went over the top on the 'huhs' and the 'hahs' and the chopping sounds. It was a B-side: who was going to listen?" After hearing both songs, Robin Blanchflower of Pye Records insisted that "Kung Fu Fighting" be the A-side instead. [6] Everybody was? Really? Didn’t Carl “one-hit-wonder” Douglas realize that perhaps somebody, somewhere was not Kung Fu fighting. How about singing the more accurately descriptive “ a few people were Kung Fu fighting,” instead of the lazy, fits-all lyrics “ everybody was Kung Fu fighting.” I mean if we allow this level of lyrical imprecision to percolate into society, where does it end?

National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. 30 December 1974 . Retrieved 15 January 2022– via Imgur. Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5thed.). New York: Billboard Books. p.385.And even though a few people (notice I didn’t say “everybody”) insert cotton swabs into their ear canal to clean out the wax, I scrupulously comply with Johnson & Johnson’s liability-limiting warning to: Never insert a Q-Tip into the ear canal. However millions do not. They flagrantly disobey the corporate admonition designed for our welfare and purposely jab the Q-Tip where it was told not to go. As for me I never insert a cotton swab into my ear canal and instead use the tip of my favorite steak knife to reach that hard to get at wax. Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Maurienne House. p.14. ISBN 978-1877443-00-8. a b c d e Ellis, James (27 October 2009). "Biddu". Metro . Retrieved 17 April 2011. [ unreliable source] British single certifications – Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 6 July 2021. a b c d e Bronson, Fred (1988). "Kung Fu Fighting". The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (4thed.). ISBN 0-8230-7641-5 . Retrieved 30 May 2011.