Spin Doctors vs Carl Douglas
A Pytski mashup from 2008. Carl Douglas gets great relief on the Spin Doctors’ track “Two Princes”. Little did we know that these 2 turned out to be masters of Kung Fu!
Ingredients
This mashup / mix is a blend of these tunes:
Spin Doctors
Two Princes
Year: 1991
Album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Genre: Funk
About Two Princes
“Two Princes” appeared on Spin Doctors’ debut album Pocket Full of Kryptonite in 1991 and was released as a single in early 1993, eventually reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 in the UK. The New York band, led by vocalist Chris Barron and guitarist Eric Schenkman, built the song around a deceptively simple funk riff that became one of the most recognisable opening bars of the entire decade. The song’s premise, namely two suitors competing for a woman’s affection, is as old as music itself. The riff made it immortal.
Carl Douglas
Kung Fu Fighting
Year: 1974
Album: Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs
Genre: Disco
About Kung Fu Fighting
Carl Douglas recorded “Kung Fu Fighting” in roughly ten minutes as a B-side. His producer Biddu almost left it off the record entirely. It went on to sell over eleven million copies, reach #1 in the UK and the US, and become one of the best-selling singles of the 1970s. The Jamaican-born, UK-based singer was riding the global wave of kung fu mania sparked by Bruce Lee films and TV series like Kung Fu. The “huh huh huh huh” hook cost nothing to record and has been impossible to dislodge from popular culture for fifty years. Douglas never had another hit. He didn’t need one.
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