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The first three measures of the chorus of this song were used repeatedly as background music in Hong Kong 97, an infamous bootleg Super Famicom game released in 1995. [2] The game, whose plot involved the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, had a strong anti-communist sentiment, and therefore, the song was used sarcastically .
Hong Kong '97 is a 1994 American political action thriller film directed by Albert Pyun starring Robert Patrick, Brion James and Tim Thomerson. The story revolves around the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China. An assassin kills several high-ranking Chinese officials and must get out ...
Hong Kong Record Merchants Association Limited (Chinese: 香港唱片商會) is a trade organization that represents record distributors and retailers in Hong Kong. It was founded on 3 September 1982. The association releases a weekly sales chart for "Best-selling Albums" and "Best-selling DVD/Blu-ray" titles.
Samuel Hui Koon-kit [1] [2] (born 6 September 1948), [1] usually known as Sam Hui, [1] [3] is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is credited with popularising Cantopop both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular Cantonese rather than written vernacular Chinese in biting lyrics that addressed contemporary problems and concerns. [4]
The discography of Chinese singer Faye Wong includes 20 studio albums [1] and 5 extended plays (EP). Wong began recording when she was a high-school student in China, releasing six albums during these years, [1] including many cover versions of hits by Teresa Teng.
Hong Kong 97 begins with a short cutscene which places the game around the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. People from Mainland China (described in the English script as "fuckin' ugly reds" and in the Japanese script as "dirty people spitting sputum" [5]) started immigrating to Hong Kong, causing a large increase in the crime rate.
Mike Tsang Pei-tak (Chinese: 曾比特; born 7 November 1993), better known simply as Mike, is a Hong Kong singer, who burst onto the music scene when his debut single "I Am Not Even" (我不如) topped three of Hong Kong's five broadcaster music charts in 2021, a feat very few newcomers have accomplished. [1]
The album sold only modestly in Hong Kong due to the Asian financial crisis, but did well in Taiwan and helped her popularity rise rapidly in mainland China. From this album onwards, Wong's music has been a mix of "alternative" songs and de rigueur love songs , not completely ignoring the market like Fuzao , but also keeping a distance from the ...