# A rather simple question about Blade film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 19, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209 "2001-11-19T15:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/1 "2001-11-19T15:19:34Z")
In the film, Blade, there is a scene where Snipes’ character enters a nightclub. In this nightclub is an asian music group with a girly female vocalist. Is this really a band, and where can I find a CD of their music if so? I don’t have the movie to watch the credits, but I’m sure someone here does. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![aramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aramis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aramis)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/2 "2001-11-19T18:25:01Z")
For all your movie info needs go to [url=“[http://us.imdb.com](http://us.imdb.com)”]The Internet Movie Database. For Blade sountrack info, look [url=“[http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0120611](http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0120611)”]here. ---
**Author:** ![aramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aramis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aramis)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/3 "2001-11-19T18:33:07Z")
Disregard the last post. One of these days, I’ll learn how to hit the preview button. For all your movie info needs go to [The Internet Movie Database](http://us.imdb.com). For Blade sountrack info, look [here](http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0120611). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/4 "2001-11-19T19:09:06Z")
It’s not on the soundtrack. According to a review on the [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) reviews of the soundtrack: > [@](#): > > The Japanese schoolgirl band is called Bang Wa Cherry, and the song is “Chin Chin.” Information about Bang Wa Cherry, like do they have an album, seems hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/5 "2001-11-19T20:54:39Z")
Ack… and the one mp3 link I found was dead! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/6 "2001-11-19T21:28:11Z")
I found this at a [Shonen Knife fansite](http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Shrine/4820/shonen.html): > [@](#): > > Mystery solved!! According to sources, the song in “Blade” in which the Japanese shoolgirls are singing is called “Chin Chin.” It was composed by Damien Wagner and performed by Bang Wa Cherry. The song was written for the film and was sung by the girls you see in the movie. The DJ in the movie is DJ June, who also did the DJ work for the track. The song is not available on the soundtrack and it isn’t clear, yet, whether any of the artists responsible for that song have released any of their work. So keep on eye out for any future releases by Bang Wa Cherry, DJ June, and Damien Wagner! This blurb is followed by an .mp3 of Chin Chin, though I don’t know if it just a sample or the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/7 "2001-11-19T21:34:07Z")
erislover, I bet the dead link you mentioned is from Darwin’s page. If you ever find a working mp3, please let me know. There appears to be literally no way at all to purchase this entire song. And no, purchasing the DVD of Blade doesn’t get you the full song, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/8 "2001-11-19T21:54:35Z")
Yeah, that was the dead link. Grr… I wish I had a broadband connection. The one (seemingly) knowledgable reviewer @Amazon mentioned that I should be able to find this song by looking for songs by that Shonen Knife band (anyone heard them? Are they similar or something?) and that if I hunted around I’d DL “Chin Chin” instead of the Shanghai song. But… not having the movie at hand I probably wouldn’t even be able to tell the difference. 😛 I am hot on the hunt now, though. If I am lucky, **DDG** will work her internet magic for me… [crosses fingers] ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/9 "2001-11-19T22:10:52Z")
Shonen Knife is also made up of young Japanese women, but I couldn’t say how similar they are. I tried downloading the Shanghai song, but I suspect I had the actual Shonen Knife song, and not “Chin Chin”. ---
**Author:** ![ModernRonin2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@ModernRonin2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ModernRonin2)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/10 "2001-11-19T22:32:05Z")
The lyrics in that song go, in part: “Chin-chin buri-buri soseji”. This translates rougly out to “dick swinging like a sausage.” Seriously! I liked **Blade** a lot. Good dumb fun. The DVD is a good rent, if only to see the alternate ending. (Which wasn’t nearly as good as the one they used.) -Ben ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/11 "2001-11-19T22:49:33Z")
I knew “chin chin” was Japanese slang for penis. When I first learned that, I found it greatly amusing because when I was a kid, my Mom named the family dog, a Shih-Tzu, “Chin Chin”. She claims ignorance, but I wonder… ---
**Author:** ![qshapadooy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c67d28/32.png) [@qshapadooy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qshapadooy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/12 "2001-11-20T01:19:51Z")
You might want to try Audiogalaxy. Search for Bang Wa Cherry, or [this](http://www.audiogalaxy.com/list/searches.php?searchType=0&searchStr=Bang+Wa+Cherry) should work. I’m downloading it now to see what you’re talking about, so if you don’t have Audiogalaxy, let me know and I’ll put it on a public server. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/13 "2001-11-20T14:13:06Z")
Is that audiogalaxy a free account? Oh man, that is totally it, I’d bet. I don’t have an account, no. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/14 "2001-11-20T16:17:45Z")
Yeah, pretty sure that’s it. Thanks **qshapadooy**! The one I got seems to be chopped at the end, but it goes on about 2 minutes too long for my taste anyway. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/15 "2001-11-20T17:22:38Z")
OK, cool, I ran they’re little satellite thing. BUT, I don’t have any sound card hooked up at work… now I have to wait to get home to hear it! Grr… Thanks for the quick work, **q**. I am, as they say, in your debt. **Revtim** , you saying the song isn’t all that great? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/16 "2001-11-20T23:59:01Z")
Gah! I wish I knew Japanese. Sounds like someone cut out the rest of the sounds from the movie and just looped a sound bite. But, good enough for me! Thanks again, **q**! ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/17 "2001-11-21T00:03:22Z")
Which reminds me… **ModernRonin2** , you know the rest of the lyrics? The quest continues! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/18 "2001-11-21T05:47:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*Shonen Knife is also made up of young Japanese women, but I couldn’t say how similar they are. I tried downloading the Shanghai song, but I suspect I had the actual Shonen Knife song, and not “Chin Chin”. \*\* Shonen Knife sounds nothing like the song the OP is talking about. They are a pop-punk group, most of their songs sound like The Ramones with female vocals and better guitarists. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/19 "2001-11-21T14:20:06Z")
Yeah, Shonen Knife is totally different. Just listened to some stuff last night. Pretty good, actually. I listened to that damn Chin Chin for hours last night. Is there something wrong with me? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209/20 "2021-11-05T03:05:19Z")
Only 20 years later, I found the full song is on YouTube. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9YNWvnX5z0Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Bang Wa Cherry- Chin Chin (Original)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNWvnX5z0Q) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-simple-question-about-blade-film/94209.md?page=2)