"King Kong" is a single released by the eurodance group E-Rotic

E-Rotic

E-Rotic is a German Eurodance project. They are mostly known for their use of sexual topics and innuendo in their music. Some of the female vocalists who fronted E-Rotic over the years also fronted Missing Heart vocals.-History:...

 in 2001. In 2005 was covered by J-Pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 girl group Hinoi Team

Hinoi Team

was a Japanese female pop group formed around Asuka Hinoi with supporting members Keika Matsuoka, Hikaru Koyama, and Rina Takenaka. Most of their releases are covers of Eurobeat songs.- Ike Ike :...

, and again in 2006 by the Germany

Germany

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-based J-pop group Shanadoo

Shanadoo

Shanadoo is a Japanese Eurodance group formerly produced in Germany and now produced in Japan. The majority of their recorded works have been Japanese covers of a German dance act, E-Rotic....

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E-Rotic's version

In September 2001, E-Rotic released "King Kong" in Germany

Germany

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. One month later, the song was featured in the album Sex Generation.

Music Video

Like most of E-Rotic's videos, King Kong is a surreal cartoon that takes place in the ongoing E-Rotic character universe. The video features a group of island natives with the intention of sacrificing three topless girls to a giant gorilla, a new character named "King Kong".

Some scenes from this video reappeared in E-Rotic's next music video, "Billy Jive (With Willy's Wife)".

Track listing

Hinoi Team version

In July, 2005 Hinoi Team release "King Kong" as the group's second single. This single was released only in Japan

Japan

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Although Hinoi Team's version retains a sprinkle of the English lyrics, this version was re-written in Japanese. The lyrics also change the sexual innuendo

Innuendo

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 theme of the song into a child-like love song

Love song

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Music Video

The video features Hinoi Team dancing in front of a waterfall

Waterfall

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, with solo scenes in a fantasy-like garden. They dance the para para

Para Para

is a synchronized group dance that originated in Japan. Unlike most club dancing and rave dancing there are specific synchronized movements for each song much like line dancing...

routine for King Kong, a popular style of dance in Japan.

Tracklisting

Shanadoo version

In 2006, Shanadoo debuted in Germany with the single, "King Kong." It is a cover of Hinoi Team's version of the song, opposed to the original lyrics in E-Rotic's version. This single was not released in Japan, although it was included in the album Welcome to Tokyo, which did have a Japanese release.

Music Video

Shanadoo's music video features the group dancing in a pink room. They also perform the para para routine for "King Kong" in this video.

Tracklisting