Year of the Dragon (Modern Talking album)

Year of the Dragon is the ninth studio album released by the German europop duo Modern Talking. It was released on 28 February 2000 through Hansa Records and distributed by BMG. Year of the Dragon enter the German album chart at No. 3 on 13 March 2000 and spent two weeks in the top-5,[1] it spent total of 18 weeks on the album chart and eventually went platinum shipping over 300,000 units in Germany.[2][3]

Year of the Dragon
Studio album by Modern Talking
Released	28 February 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Eurodance, MOR
Length	71:43
Label	BMG, Hansa
Producer	Dieter Bohlen
Modern Talking chronology
Alone (1999) Year of the Dragon (2000) America (2001)

Track listing

1. "China in Her Eyes" – 4:22
2. "Don't Take Away My Heart" – 3:54
3. "It's Your Smile" – 3:31
4. "Cosmic Girl" – 3:41
5. "After Your Love Is Gone" – 3:41
6. "Girl Out of My Dreams" – 3:58
7. "My Lonely Girl" – 4:00
8. "No Face, No Name, No Number" – 3:59
9. "Can't Let You Go" – 4:22
10. "Part Time Lover" – 3:11
11. "Time Is on My Side" – 3:37
12. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" – 4:39
13. "Avec toi" – 3:52
14. "I'm Not Guilty" – 3:39
15. "Fight for the Right Love" – 3:42
16. "Walking in the Rain of Paris" – 3:41
17. "Fly to the Moon" – 3:37
18. "Love Is Forever" (Thomas Anders) – 3:24
19. "China in Her Eyes" (Rap Version) – 3:10

Reception

• Allmusic [4]

Credits

Co-producer – Luis Rodriguez
Cover – Ronald Reinsberg
Keyboards – Amadeus Crotti (1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 13 14 16 17 19), Lalo Titenkov (3 6 9 12 15 18)
Music By, Lyrics By – Dieter Bohlen (tracks: 1 to 17, 19)
Photography By – Wolfgang Wilde
Producer – Dieter Bohlen [5]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 5 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 3 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] 3 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 26 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 28 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 55 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 79

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[15]	Platinum	300,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "CHARTS-DEUTSCHLAND Album Top 100 (13 March 2000)" (in German). charts.de. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
2. "Musicline.de: Modern Talking (albums)". Media Control (in German). Musicline.de. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
3. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; '2000 - Year Of The Dragon')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
4. "2000: Year of the Dragon". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
5. Modern Talking — Year Of The Dragon
6. "Austriancharts.at – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year Of The Dragon" (in German). Hung Medien.
7. "Modern Talking: 2000 - Year Of The Dragon" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year Of The Dragon" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
9. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – {{{year}}}. {{{week}}}. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year Of The Dragon". Hung Medien.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year Of The Dragon". Hung Medien.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year Of The Dragon". Hung Medien.
13. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
14. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
15. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; '2000 - Year of the Dragon')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

External links

• Year Of The Dragon at Discogs (list of releases)