We all know that in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene in the 1980s and 1990s, it was very common to cover foreign songs, especially Japanese songs. Through these covers, many kings and queens have been achieved. That's why there is a saying that " Miyuki Nakajima feeds most of the Chinese music scene ".
And since the end of the 90s, especially after entering the 21st century, we obviously feel that this phenomenon of covering Japanese songs tends to be rare. But this does not mean that no one will cover foreign songs anymore. With the rapid onslaught of the Hallyu culture, the phenomenon of Chinese singers covering Korean songs is increasing day by day.
Today we will take stock of the ten "Korean translation" songs that were once popular in the Chinese music scene.
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1, Jacky Cheung " hair is messed up "
Jacky Cheung's cover of "hair is messed up" was still in 1998, and it was included in his album "release yourself" released that year. This song was very popular back then, and it also subverted Jacky Cheung's singing style, especially the use of falsetto was amazing. The original song
is "Honey" composed and sung by Korean singer Park Zhenrong , from his album "Ten Years Later" released that year. You can go to search to see the live version of Park Zhenrong's "Honey", which has a bit of Jackson's stage demeanor.
It is worth mentioning that this Park Zhenrong (J.Y.Park) has a lot of background. He is not only a famous Korean singer and music producer, but also the boss of JYP Entertainment, a well-known Korean entertainment agency.
2, Huang Pinyuan & Karen Mok " Why I Love You So Much "
In December 1999, the song "Why I Love You So Much" suddenly became popular, sung by Huang Pinyuan and Karen Mok, and included in Huang Pinyuan's new album "Unconcealed" released by Rolling Stone . This song brought Huang Pinyuan, who had disappeared for many years, back to attention, and won the Silver Award for Outstanding Mandarin Songs in the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs in Hong Kong".
The original song of this song is the song "Always" by the Korean group TURBO, composed by Ahn Jeung Hun, and the Chinese version is written by Li Zongsheng and himself.
A company known for its humanities like Rolling Stone has never lacked cover songs, such as Zhou Huajian, , and Rene Liu became popular by covering Japanese songs; similarly, they are also pioneers in covering Korean songs.
's first Korean cover song should be Su Huilun 's famous song "Duck" in 1996. It was a cover of the best-selling single of the Korean band JuJuClub. Since then, Korean Wave songs have quietly appeared on the stage, and more and more.
3, Zheng Xiuwen " Eyebrows "
"Embrace Dance" is one of the most important masterpieces of Hong Kong queen singer Zheng Xiuwen, and it is also a well-known and dynamic dance work. But did you know that this is also a cover of the Korean wave.
The original song is "Replacement" by Korean singer Lee Jung Hyun , written and composed by Choi Junrong, released at the end of 1999. And Zheng Xiuwen sang this song in the new album released in 2000. Once the song was released, it was very popular, which gave Zheng Xiuwen another title of "Queen of Dance Music".
4, Fan Yichen "I Believe"
In 2001, the Korean movie "My Sassy Girl" was released and became popular in Asia, and its theme song "I Believe" also became popular.
The original song of "I Believe" was composed by Kim Hyung-hee and sung by Korean singer Shin Seung-hoon . Singing with Ye Wenhui and . In 2002, "I Believe" was the song with the highest on-demand rate in China. In terms of the degree of singing, Fan Yichen's version is the most popular, followed by Sun Nan's versionBook.
"I Believe" is Fan Yichen's first song after his debut. This song let everyone hear his affectionate and moving voice, but it seems to be the last song, because I haven't heard any other songs of his.
In addition, in addition to "I Believe", Sun Nan also sang another Korean song that year, which is " The Sky of Fate ". This is also a cover of Shin Seung Hoon's song "Loving You", which is included in the album "The Sky of Fate" together with "I Believe".
5, Zhang Xinzhe " from the beginning to the present "
" love song prince " Zhang Xinzhe's classic masterpiece "From the beginning to the present" is actually a Korean cover song. The original song is the theme song of the Korean drama " Winter Sonata ". Starring Korean star Bae Yong Joon , the show premiered in 2002 and was popular all over Asia.
It is said that Liu Tianjian, the director of Sony Music , accidentally went to South Korea on a business trip. He heard the theme song of "Winter Sonata" on TV and was deeply attracted. He immediately approached a Korean company to negotiate the copyright and won the Chinese version of Zhang Xinzhe. . In order to sing this song well, Zhang Xinzhe not only watched the TV series many times, but also visited Korea to visit the director, actors and music creation team. Later, "From the Beginning to the Present" he sang became the theme song of the Chinese version of "Winter Sonata".
"From the beginning to the present" is written in Chinese by Li Zhuoxiong . Zhang Xinzhe uses a delicate and gentle voice to interpret the emotions in the song in every detail, which is very infectious. The song was included in Zhang Xinzhe's eponymous collection "From the Beginning to the Present" in 2002.
6, Xin Orchestra " I will love you when I die "
In 2002, the Xin Orchestra was born, and the song "I will love you when I die" made everyone remember them. However, this famous song is a cover of "Thousand Years of Love" by Korean singer Park Wankui , and the author is Yoo Hae-joon, the producer of Korean music .
"Millennium Love" had been released for several years, but because the high pitch was too challenging, no Chinese singers tried to cover it. But Su Jianxin sang the cover many times in the bar before his debut, and felt that this song was very cool to sing. So when they produced Xin Orchestra's first album in 2002, they immediately asked Yao Ruolong to rewrite the lyrics, and adapted and recorded the song "I Will Love You When I Die". As soon as the song
came out, the Xin Orchestra became popular. Since then, the song has become a label of Su Jianxin, and it has also become a high-pitched model of Chinese pop songs.
7, Xin Orchestra's " Lige "
After the "Death to Love" became popular, Xin Orchestra released its second album "Heavenly High and Earth Thick" in 2003. The most popular song is "Lige". Coincidentally, this "Li Song" is another song sung from Korea.
The original song is "Love Song" composed and sung by Korean singer Kim Momo. After being sung by Xin Orchestra, it immediately became popular in the Chinese music scene.
8, Xin Orchestra " The Sea and the Sky "
Since "Deadly Love" and "Li Song", Xin Orchestra seems to have mastered the wealth code, that is, cover songs of Korean songs, which have repeatedly become popular. So, in their third album in 2004, they continued to do so and sang a cover of "Broad Sea and Sky". Sure enough, it once again swept the Chinese music scene.
The original song "Broad Sea and Sky" comes from "The Reason for Leaving Me" by the Korean queen WAX. After being rewritten by Yao Ruolong as "Broad Sea and Sky", it seems to have a higher conception, realizing the sublimation from a bitter love song to an inspirational divine comedy. The three Korean songs of
pushed Shin to the pinnacle of rock sky group. More than that, in their 2004 anthology collection "Challenging Letters", they sang "If" again, which became a popular classic again. The original song of "What If" is "God's Jealousy" by Korean singer Lee Seung-cheol .
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are probably the most people's impression of Xin Orchestra. What else can I say? It can be said that without the Hallyu, there would be no Shin Band at that time. No wonder Su Jianxin said on variety shows this year that they became famous by singing cover songs back then, but he often felt that he "couldn't hold his head up".
9, Wilber Pan " Happy Worship " "Have to Love"
In 2004, hip-hop Little King Wilber Pan released his third album "Wu Ha", the most popular song is his and Zhang Shaohan chorus "Happy Worship" . But this song is a cover of the work "Come On" by the Korean group Turtles.
Prior to this, Wilber Pan’s first and second solo albums, those slightly out-of-the-box representative works were almost all covers of Korean songs, such as: " Gecko Walks " cover of Korean Rap group 1TYM's "Mom"; "tell me" cover of "말해줘" co-operated by Korean Jinusean group and Uhm Jung-hwa; " My Microphone " cover of Korean singer Lee Jae-jin 's "Double J"... …
In 2005, Wilber Pan released his fourth album " master ", the most famous song in it is "I have to love" he sang with Xianzi , but it is still a Korean wave song Chinese version. The original song comes from the song "Y (Please Tell Me Why)" by the Korean group Free Style...
It can be said that without the Korean wave, there would be no Pan Shuai back then.
I once heard a saying on the Internet that the "Four Little Kings of Taiwan" should be Jay Chou, Wang Leehom , Lin Junjie and Wilber Pan, because David Tao is a bit older. But when you understand the origins of Wilber Pan and the Korean wave, what do you think he can be tied with the previous ones? Is it just because of the localization talent of RAP words?
10, Wang Xinling "Love You"
This year, Wang Xinling returned to the top stream in an instant from a former singer with "Love You" on the stage of Sister Lang, which is really amazing!
That's right, 18 years ago in 2004, Wang Xinling became famous overnight with this song "Love You". His brisk and sweet style quickly captured a large number of fans and won the title of "Sweet Master". And this "Love You" is adapted from the song "Listen To My Word" by the Korean girl group Papaya.
is another singer who became famous by covering the Korean wave!
In addition, , another masterpiece out of the album, "'s first love " is also a cover song. The original song is "The day you went away" by the Norwegian group M2M.
In 2005, Wang Xinling released the sister chapter "Honey" of "Love You", which has several cover songs. It’s just some of the “Korean” Chinese golden songs, and there are some less popular ones, so I won’t count them one by one, such as Zhang Huimei’s "Brave", Asan ’s "I Got A Little Hurt", etc. If you take a careful inventory, you should be able to count them. There are hundreds of them.
I don’t know, I don’t know, but I was shocked when I learned about it. It turns out that after entering the 21st century, while the Chinese music scene focuses on originals, the phenomenon of cover songs still exists widely, and many singers still become popular through this way. The slight difference is that the cover of "The Hardest Hit Area" has shifted from the Hong Kong music scene to the Taiwan music scene, and the source of the cover has shifted from Japan to the whole world, while South KoreaStream becomes one of the main output places.
Of course, cover songs in this era, we can understand it as the promotion of mutual exchange of popular music, because while we cover Japanese and Korean songs, there are actually some excellent Chinese original music being covered and spread by them.
