Today, I wanted to take a case study--that of "King of Karaoke", the 2000s karaoke staple from Eason Chan (he's also called The King of Karaoke!). This song references over 30 Cpop love songs in its lyrics and instrumentation as a parody of pop love ballads, but it's also a really interesting look into the influences and biggest hits of the style. Here, I've pulled out just 8 of the songs he references here. In fact, you might notice that I've played many of the songs referenced on the show before! As always, anything with a * is an unofficial translation. Don't expect to find anything if you look the song up with this!
"King of Karaoke" by Eason Chan, It's Me
"Well-intentioned" by Phil Chang, Pain*
"Thousands of Words"* by Teresa Teng
"I Am Gonna Marry You Tomorrow" by Wakin Chau, The Flowery Heart
"Dream of Death"* by Leslie Cheung, Countdown with You
"Believe" by Stefanie Sun, My Desired Happiness
"At Least I Have You" by Sandy Lam, Sandy Lam's
"Conquer" by Na Ying, Conquer
"Why Suffer?"* by Alan Tam, Let Love Continue*
《K歌之王》陈奕迅，《反正是我》专辑中
《用心良苦》张宇，《用心良苦》专辑中
《千言万语》邓丽君
《明天我要嫁给你》周华健，《花心》专辑中
《梦死醉生》张国荣，《和你倒数》专辑中
《相信》孙燕姿，《我要的幸福》专辑中
《至少还有你》林忆莲，《林忆莲》专辑中
《征服》那英，《征服》专辑中
《何苦》谭咏麟，《让爱继续》专辑中