"China in Your Hand" was the 600th single to top the UK charts and kept George … CHINA IN YOUR HAND - T'PAU. This song was inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, specifically, a line about Frankenstein's dreams crumbling: "Don't push too hard, your dreams are china in your hand." Canción de 1987 de la banda británica T'Pau. Escrita por Carol Decker y Ron Rogers para el álbum debut Bridge Of Spies y lanzada como sencillo junto al … China In Your Hand lyrics: It was a theme she had On a scheme he had Told in a foreign land To take life on earth To the second birth And the man was in command It was … The song also peaked at number 1 in Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. China In Your Hand is arguably the track that T'Pau are best known for, being their most successful hit, spending five weeks at number one in the UK. "China in Your Hand" was the 600th single to top the UK charts and kept George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set on You" from hitting the top spot.