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[Taiwanese superstar singer Deng Li Jun, 1953–1995]

Hearing "" on repeat about 888 times might cause one to lose faith in Chinese pop music. But dig a bit deeper and you'll find some serious gems from the '70s, '80s, and '90s. With that in mind, this Valentine's Day we asked a bunch of local Shanghai DJs, promoters, and producers about their favorite old-school Chinese love songs. Some of these tracks, like "Tian Mi Mi", you can find at any KTV, but others are so rare we had to rip them from vinyl or tape and upload them ourselves. Deep cuts.

Note: Turn on your VPN of Love for some of these, and prepare to sit through a few adverts on the Tudou/Youku songs –?trust us, it's worth it.

1. Cookie, a.k.a. Xiao Bing, a.k.a. ollo-MAM

Intro: Lil' Cookie and her business partner Endy Chen run Daily Vinyl, a Taobao shop specializing in rare records that also organizes monthly vinyl markets at . A true music lover, she's got deep knowledge of soul, funk, and hip hop. She doesn't DJ out that much, but when she does her selections are always excellent.

Track: ?白光? - "?等着你回来?" (Guang Bai - "Waiting For You To Return")



Why: "The first time I heard this song, I thought it was very strange and I just listened once. A year later, one day, I could not stop keep thinking of the melody and the singer's?voice. It was repeating again and again in my brain and I started to love it!"?

2. Lucy

Intro: Lucy, a.k.a. Murphy, is one of the residents at that vodka lounge . He's there almost every Friday night holding down the dance floor with disco, house, and funk.

Song: 崔苔菁 - "爱的路上我和你" (Cui Tai Jing - "The Way I Love You")



Why: "It's a very old Chinese song, from the '60s or '70s in Taipei. It was very popular in that time. My mom really liked this singer, so she would play this on vinyl almost every day and I listened to this music every day growing up. Sometimes when I DJ in Craft I also like to play this one."

3. Endy Chen

Intro: Endy Chen, based in Jinhua city, about two hours from Shanghai, runs the record label , who deal in underground hip hop and beats from China. High quality shit. He also runs the aforementioned Daily Vinyl with Cookie, and manages several hip hop artists in China. Super nice kid. Look out for Groove Bunny, they're doing it right.

Song: 龍龍三人組?- "妳" (Long Longsan Renzu - "You")

[Note: Endy ripped this one from his vinyl collection and uploaded it himself]



Why: "In the 80s, Taiwanese pop songs were always covers of Japanese songs, but this one is original Taiwan music. ?龍龍三人組 released their one and only album after another group, 小虎隊, got popular in that era. This song "妳" is like a lost diamond on this rare vinyl. It's got a simple bassline and drumbeat, romantic sax and point synthesizer with lovely/boystyle lyrics. For me, its the perfect choice to say "I like you" to someone via a Chinese song."

Here's what they look like. Kind of a Taiwanese New Edition thing going on.

4. DJ Cavia

Intro: Former China DMC Champion. Music manager for . Heartbreaker. Enigma. Lover of rare '80s Japanese records and the Jesus & Mary Chain. DJ Cavia will not be alone on Valentine's Day. There's probably a gang of girls in cos-play gear waiting outside his door right now, looking pissed off and scrolling through their WeChat moments.

Song: 罗大佑 - "恋曲1990" (Luo Dayou - "Love Song 1990")



Why: "It took me five hours to decide that my favorite Chinese love song is?罗大佑's ?"恋曲1990".?This song is part two of "恋曲1980" (also written by 罗大佑 several years before 恋曲1990 ). "恋曲1980" is about young people falling in love and sweet and don't care about the future, and "恋曲 1990" is about how time passes and things change. It opens with a dreamy/doomed synth, then "The black eyes and your smile / I can't forget the change of your face." His lover is already gone, and he's getting older too and realizes it might be best that they broke up. Though he's still missing her, he never regrets.?

#sadcore.?

A close contender was 邓丽君's?"我只在乎你", and the reason I picked this track instead is because?is all the melody and production is totally?Chinese?style, while "我只在乎你" sounds more japanese. Also "我只在乎你" seems to have a happy ending, and happy ending is not my destiny."?

Anyway, here's that track: 邓丽君 - "我只在乎你" (Deng Li Jun - "Wo Zhi Zaihu Ni")

5. Yvonne Chan

Intro: If you've been out to , , or sometime in the last year, you've probably met Yvonne. Originally from Wuhan, she lives here and promotes for the house/techno crew Footprint, and is one of the sweetest, most energetic people in town.

Song: 邓丽君 - "?甜蜜蜜?" (Deng Li Jun - "Tian Mi Mi")



Why: "It's a very old and classical Chinese love song released in 1979 when the mainland began to reform and open up. Teresa Teng (Deng Li Jun) was a really hot Taiwanese singer in 1970s, very well-known for her folk songs and romantic ballads. The 1996 Hong Kong movie Comrades: Almost a Love Story (Chinese: 甜蜜蜜) directed by Peter Chan and starring Maggie Cheung and Leon Lai uses the song as the title, and also features the tragedy and legacy of Teresa Teng in an important subplot to the main story. She died a year before the film was released, so it's is considered a love poem in memory of her. Her music is featured prominently throughout the film.

This beautiful love story centers on two Chinese mainlanders who migrate to Hong Kong to make a living, but end up falling in love. It ends with the main characters fatefully meeting each other in front of an electronic shop that has a display TV playing the video for this song, "Tian Mi Mi", after the news of Teresa Teng's death broke. The movie was a hit, and won awards in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the at the Seattle Film Festival. It has influenced many, especially the migrants who can feel the same loneness. People were humming this song everywhere. It also inspired generations of musicians and fans – that's why it has been reproduced over and over again. Btw, the movie will be shown again this Friday in movie theaters, it could be a cool part of your V-Day."?

6. Dave K

Intro: Dave K is one of Shanghai's original underground DJs. He's been throwing parties here since the '90s, and was collecting vinyl long before that. He's since opened up the excellent vinyl café/lounge , which houses about 50,000 of his records.

Song: 潘迪華 – "叮噹歌" (Pan Di Hua – "Ding Dong Song")



Why: "The song is from Hong Kong around 1960, and was a really hot song in the '60s and '70s. I still listen to it sometimes and it gives me a lot of happy feelings."

7. Damacha

Intro: Whoa, what's this laowai doing on this list? Hip hop producer Damacha gets a place in here because he digs and samples more Chinese records than anyone I know. I've spotted dude in dumpsters looking for rare '80s cassettes. He uses those samples to build some savage beats, some of which have been released on the aforementioned Groove Bunny label and he's got an LP of Chinese love songs turned into footwork / juke trax coming out on Shanghai label SVBKVLT soon. He ripped this rare track straight from a tape for this article. Definitely .

Song: 成方圆－ "海上划来一条小船" (Cheng Fang Yuan - "Haishang Hua Lai Yitiao Xiaochuan")



Why: "I chose this song because it's seemingly super cute and innocent. It's about paddling around in a boat on the ocean with her dude. They're just cruising around on the ocean in their little boat, the sun starts to set and they push towards a little green island in the distance, so romantic.?There might be a deeper metaphor going on here but if so it's beyond me. If I could be in a little boat on the ocean with some babe for Valentine's Day that would be so awesome. Also the instrumental to this song is straight fire."

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There you go. Here's a bonus track by Zhang Qiang, called "相思好比小蚂蚁", which roughly translates to "I want you so bad it's like little ants crawling on my heart."



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