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‘For Whom Did I Come’ by Michelle Lee (Li Xiaoyun)
《我为谁而来》’For Whom Did I Come’ was included in the 25-year-old mainland singer 李霄云 Michelle Lee aka Li Xiaoyun‘s first album All Blue which was released in 2010. Michelle Lee wrote 7 of the 10 songs for...
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‘The Wonderful Life’ by Yoga Lin (Lin Youjia)
美妙生活 ‘The Wonderful Life’ is included in 25-year-old Taiwanese singer 林宥嘉 Yoga Lin aka Lin Youjia’s 2011 album Perfect Life (available on Amazon). Despite being only in his early twenties, Lin has...
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‘Sky’ by Zhang Jie (and Faye Wong)
‘Sky’ is included in 29-year-old mainland Chinese singer Zhang Jie‘s cover album The Love Songs We Once Encountered, recently released on November 26th, 2012. ‘Sky’ was originally sung by Wang Fei aka...
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‘Red Dust Inn’ by Jay Chou (Zhou Jielun)
红尘客栈 ‘Red Dust Inn’ is included in the Taiwanese Mandopop artist 周杰伦 Zhou Jielun aka Jay Chou‘s latest album Opus 12, which was released on December 28th, 2012. This 中国风”Chinese-style” song is about a...
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‘The Song of An Older Artistic Woman’ by Shao Yibei
The Chinese character reads “marry (a man)”. 《大龄文艺女青年之歌》 ‘The Song of An Older Artistic Woman’ was created by 邵夷贝 Shao Yibei, a Peking University alumni from the class of 2006. This song discusses what...
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‘Can’t Leave You’ by Huang Qishan and Liu Huan
《离不开你》 ‘Can’t Leave You’ is the song that brought 44-year-old singer 黄绮珊 Huang Qishan aka Susan Huang to national attention on China’s internet over the past two weeks. Though she entered the music...
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‘Fahai, You Don’t Understand Love’ by Gong Linna
《法海你不懂爱》 “Fahai, You Don’t Understand Love” is one of the latest songs written by German composer Robert Zollitsch and sung by his Chinese wife, folk singer 龚琳娜 Gong Linna. He is known as 老锣 Lao Luo...
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‘Exaggerated’ by Terry Lin (Lin Zhixuan)
While the original 《浮夸》 “Exaggerated” is a Cantonese song by 陈奕迅 Eason Chan aka Chen Yixun, this Mandarin Chinese version came out in 2010 with new lyrics. The singer is 46-year-old Taiwanese singer...
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‘Sadly, It’s Not You’ by Fish Leong (and Others)
《可惜不是你》 ‘Sadly, It’s Not You’ was first included in 34-year-old Chinese-Malaysian singer 梁静茹 Fish Leong aka Liang Jingru‘s 2005 album 《丝路》 Silk Road of Love (available on Amazon). This song has been...
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‘The Dark Knight’ by JJ Lin feat. Ashin
林俊杰 JJ Lin aka Lin Junjie is a Singaporean Mandopop singer-songwriter, composer, and actor based in Taiwan. 阿信 Ashin aka 陈信宏 Chen Xinhong is a singer-songwriter, composer and actor who is most famous...
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‘My Best Love’ by Aska Yang (and Michelle Pan)
《最爱》 “My Best Love” is the theme song of the 1986 Taiwanese movie 《最爱》 Passion starring 张艾嘉 Sylvia Chang aka Zhang Aijia and 林子祥 George Lam aka Lin Zixiang. The song was originally sung by Taiwanese...
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‘Rose-Colored’ by Deserts Chang
《玫瑰色的你》 literally means “The Rose-Colored You”, but is translated as “Rose-Colored” and included in Taiwanese singer 张悬 Deserts Chang aka Zhang Xuan‘s 2012 album 《神的游戏》Games We Play (available on...
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‘To Youth’ by Faye Wong
赵薇 Zhao Wei aka Vicki Zhao‘s first movie 《致我们终将逝去的青春》 So Young has been a hit with Chinese audiences and a Chinese box office success, which in turn helped its theme song 《致青春》 “To Youth” by 王菲 Wang...
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‘Running Away’ by Zhou Bichang
“Running Away” is included in 27-year-old mainland singer Zhou Bichang‘s latest album Unlock, released on May 16, 2013. At time of translation, this song has generated 38,355 listens on Xiami. Music...
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‘For The Loved’ by René Liu (Liu Ruoying)
《亲爱的路人》 “For the Loved” (or literally “Dear Passersby”) is included in 43-year-old Taiwanese singer 刘若英 René Liu aka Liu Ruoying‘s latest eponymous album, released on May 10th. This song is the ending...
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‘I Miss You’ by Sodagreen
《我好想你》’I Miss You’ is included in Taiwanese indie band 苏打绿 Sodagreen‘s eponymous album, released on June 17th. The band’s vocalist 吴青峰 Wu Qingfeng aka Wu Tsing-Fong said he wrote this song five years...
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‘Speechless Song’ by Sandy Lam (Lin Yilian)
《无言歌》 ‘Speechless Song’ is part of 47-year-old Hong Kong singer 林忆莲 Lin Yilian aka Sandy Lam‘s 2012 album 《盖亚》 Gaia, which was nominated for six awards at the 24th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. At the...
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‘I’m Eating Fried Chicken at People’s Square’ by A Si
《我在人民广场吃炸鸡》 ‘I’m Eating Fried Chicken at People’s Square’ was included in Shanghainese indie pop artist 阿肆 A Si’s first eponymous album, released on July 4, 2013. Although this song has been popular...
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‘Used Guitar’ by Chang Chen-yue (Zhang Zhenyue)
《破吉他》 ‘Used Guitar’ was included in 39-year-old Taiwanese singer-songwriter and guitarist 张震岳 Chang Chen-yue aka Zhang Zhenyue‘s 2013 album 《我是海雅谷慕》 Ayal Komod [literally "I'm Ayal Komod"], released...
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‘Miss Dong’ by Song Dongye (and Zuo Li)
《董小姐》 ‘Miss Dong’ was included in Chinese indie pop record label Modern Sky’s 15th anniversary album, 《摩登天空7》 Modern Sky 7, released on December 27, 2012. 25-year-old Beijing singer-songwriter 宋冬野...
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