Cover Versions
The Brazilian singer Fernanda Abreu covered the song as a bonus track available only on the CD version of her 1990 album SLA Radical Dance Disco Club.
Robyn Hitchcock also covered the song for the anti-poll tax album Alvin Lives (in Leeds) in 1990.
Merrill Nisker (now known by her stage name "Peaches") covered the song on her 1995 album Fancypants Hoodlum.
Patti Rothberg covered the song for the Beverly Hills Ninja soundtrack in 1997.
The song was very popular in Jamaica, and there were several cover versions by reggae artists including Lloyd Parks, The Maroons, The Cimarons, and Pluto Shervington.
There is also a Finnish version of this song, sung by Frederik. The song's translated name is "Kung-Fu Taistelee".
A cover version of the song was performed by Cee-Lo Green and Jack Black for the 2008 animated movie Kung Fu Panda. For the Russian edition of the movie, Mumiy Troll performed the song.
In 2004, the German record label Echo Beach released an album entitled Kung Fu Fighting Remixes (Dub Drenched Soundscapes) that featured remixes of the track by 16 different artists including Adrian Sherwood, Dreadzone and Pole.
British dance act Bus Stop reached No. 8 on the U.K. charts with their 1998 remix single of "Kung Fu Fighting", which sampled the original vocals by Carl Douglas and added rap verses.
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