Popular Danish band plans biggest China tour

For Chinese pop singers, it's quite common to cover Western pop songs in the original versions or in Chinese versions to seek international attention.

However, for Danish pop rock band Michael Learns to Rock, its biggest break in Asia came when the group adapted a Chinese song of Cantonese pop star Jacky Cheung, Goodbye Kiss, into an English track, Take Me to Your Heart, in 2003.

"When the song (Goodbye Kiss) was presented to us, we immediately fell in love with it. It was the first time ever for us to record a song not written by ourselves, so it was a big step for us to try this," drummer Kare Wanscher says. "Originally it was only meant to be released in China but we were so happy with the song that it also made it to the international version of the album. We had no idea about the success this song would get and it was an amazing experience to see that we had reached out to so many Chinese people and that they all knew our music."