Year of the Dragon (Modern Talking album)

Year of the Dragon is the ninth studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 28 February 2000 by Hansa Records. The album entered the German Albums Chart at number three on 13 March 2000 and spent two weeks in the top five.^[1] It has been certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting shipments in excess of 300,000 units in Germany.^[2]

Year of the Dragon
Studio album by Modern Talking
Released	28 February 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Euro disco
Length	72:00
Label	Hansa
Producer	Dieter Bohlen
Modern Talking chronology
Alone (1999) Year of the Dragon (2000) America (2001)
Singles from Year of the Dragon
"China in Her Eyes" Released: 31 January 2000 "Don't Take Away My Heart" Released: 2 May 2000

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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"		3:10
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" (featuring Eric Singleton)		3:10

All tracks are written by Dieter Bohlen, except where noted

Personnel

• Dieter Bohlen – production
• Thomas Anders – lead & backing vocals, piano, keyboards
• Rolf Köhler – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Michael Scholz – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Detlef Wiedeke – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Luis Rodríguez – co-production
• Amadeus Crotti – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19)
• Lalo Titenkov – keyboards (tracks 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18)
• Wolfgang Wilde – photos
• Ronald Reinsberg – cover design, art direction

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Year of the Dragon Chart (2000) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 5 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[4] 7 European Albums (Music & Media)[5] 10 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[1] 3 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[7] 3 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 26 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 28 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 4

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Year of the Dragon Chart (2000) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 55 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 79

Certifications

Certifications for Year of the Dragon

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[2]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Offiziellecharts.de – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year of the Dragon" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
2. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; '2000 - Year of the Dragon')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year of the Dragon" (in German). Hung Medien.
4. "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 15. 8 April 2000. p. 21. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
5. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 13. 25 March 2000. p. 12. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
6. "Modern Talking: 2000 - Year of the Dragon" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
7. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2000. 12. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year of the Dragon". Hung Medien.
9. "Swedishcharts.com – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year of the Dragon". Hung Medien.
10. "Swisscharts.com – Modern Talking – 2000 - Year of the Dragon". Hung Medien.
11. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2000" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
12. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2021.