Who had a No 1 in the 80's with China in Your Hand
China in Your Hand 7" vinyl Side one Side two 12" vinyl Side one Side two China in Your Hand "China in Your Hand" is a song by the British band T'Pau, released from their album "Bridge of Spies". A re-recorded version was released as a single in October 1987, spending five weeks at number one in the UK and is arguably the song for which the group is best known in their native Britain, though their debut single "Heart and Soul" was a much bigger hit in the United States. "China in Your Hand" was the 600th single to top the UK charts
China in Your Hand its source material. Lyric writer Carol Decker explained that it is the effect that if you hold a china cup to a light, you can see your hand through it – therefore 'china in your hand' means something that is transparent. In a segment on the BBC1's "The One Show" on 6 March 2014, Carol Decker explained that she had been holding a china tea cup belonging to Ronnie Rogers' mother in her hand while washing up and had felt a lump in the bottom. She held the cup to the light and saw an image of a young woman