Double Trouble (Jacky Cheung Song)
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"Double Trouble" is a song by Hong Kong singer and actor
Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential artists in the Greater China region, Cheung is widely regarded as a Heavenly King of Cantopop music and an icon of Hong Kong popular culture. He ...
, written by
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, Kine Ludvigsen-Fossheim, and Olav Fossheim with lyrics adapted into
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by Hong Kong lyricist Kenny So. "Double Trouble" was issued as the first single from Cheung's ''Private Corner'' album, released by What's Music, a subsidiary label of Universal Music Group in 2010, with a companion music video premiering March 2010.


Composition and lyrics

The song is arranged in classic
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, swing style with an upbeat tempo and Cantonese lyrics punctuating a
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melody. The composition has a swaying, rhythmic groove expressing an ominous sense of danger on the road ahead, as the story of the singer coming into contact with gangsters unfolds and a confrontation ensues. He ultimately makes his getaway and escapes. Cheung coined the phrase "canto-jazz" to describe the new style.


Critical reception

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ranked "Double Trouble" as the best single from the ''Private Corner'' album, remarking "one feels the mood of caution when facing gangsters without losing the rhythm and jumping sense of jazz" and "adds a sense of joy in "fighting gangsters and having fun". NetEase Entertainment Editor-in-Chief Wang Xiaoyi wrote “You can smell the joyful atmosphere in Double Trouble and sense the danger on the road ahead”. In a review of the Jacky Cheung 60+ Tour, Maureen Koh of ''
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'' wrote “Double Trouble gave the consummate performer the opportunity to show off his nifty footwork,” which was further exemplified during the tour’s 2023 Macau stop when the 61-year-old singer demonstrated his physical agility by performing a perfect split on stage.


Hong Kong music charts

"Double Trouble" reached number 1 on the HMVHK sales chart (most popular Hong Kong radio chart) April 2010. Cheung's ''Private Corner'' album remained at number 1 on the HMVHK sales chart for 13 weeks.


Credits and personnel

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Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential artists in the Greater China region, Cheung is widely regarded as a Heavenly King of Cantopop music and an icon of Hong Kong popular culture. He ...
– lead vocals * Guillermo Fuego Jr. – acoustic guitar * Charles Huntley – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, horns *
Andrew Tuason Andrew Tuason (born 30 November 1962) is a Hong Kong musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, arranger, conductor and musical director. He has been a producer and musical director for notable artists including Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Jacki ...
– arranger, bass, drum programming, piano, horns * Lydia Chew And Group – backing vocals * Kenny So - lyrics *
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, Olav Fossheim,
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– music * Benjamin Pelletier - trombone * John Campo - trumpet


Music video

With sales for Jacky Cheung's ''Private Corner'' album reaching 200,000 copies in
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alone, a celebration gathering was held by
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, where Cheung debuted the music video for "Double Trouble", which he invested HKD$500,000 of his own money to make. The video was directed by Xia Yong Kang and features mainland China model Du Juan. The "Double Trouble" video was included as a bonus extra in Jacky Cheung's Private Corner Mini Concert DVD release.


Live performances and usage in other media

"Double Trouble" was a featured in all 146 shows of Jacky Cheung ½ Century Tour with a big production set, orchestra and dancers. On January 8, 2012, for
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’s televised
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, the cast of Hong Kong’s celebrity artists appeared on stage one after another, opening the show with a performance of Jacky Cheung’s hit song “Double Trouble”, while the host Wu Yongwei, elegantly danced along. "Double Trouble" is a featured song in the Jacky Cheung 60+ Tour which opened at The Venetian Macau Cotai Arena on June 8, 2023. The song has a new production set with retro cabaret backdrop, orchestra, choreography for a 20-member dance troupe and features his own footwork.


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