Year of the Dragon (Modern Talking album)

2000 studio album by Modern Talking

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

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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dieter Bohlen, except where noted

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

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

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