100,000 Whys

1993 studio album by Faye Wong July 2024 the children's popular science book One Hundred Thousand Whys 100,000 Whys Album Faye Wong FayeWong_100000Whys.jpg yes 7 September 1993 1993 Cantonese Mandarin English Pop 45:58 Cinepoly No Regrets 1993 Mystery 1994 100,000 Whys? (Cantonese: 十萬個為什麼; Sapmaan go Waisammo) is the sixth Cantonese studio album by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong. It was released though Cinepoly Records on 7 September 1993.Fung Anthony Curtin Michael 2002 The Anomalies of being Faye (Wong): Gender politics in Chinese popular music http://www.sagepub.com/rpc2study/articles/Chapter04_Article01.pdf International Journal of Cultural Studies SAGE Publications 5 3 263–290 10.1177/1367877902005003005 4 June 2016 It is named after a popular Chinese science book, One Hundred Thousand Whys by Ye Yonglie. Background and release The Japanese version of the album released in April 1994 included three bonus tracks: another version of "Like Wind", a Mandarin version of "Fragile Woman" (from Coming Home), and "Forgetting You Is Like Forgetting Me", the theme from The Bride with White Hair 2. Songs The album included several hit singles: "Flow Not Fly", "Summer of Love", "Like Wind", "Cold War", "Tempted Heart" and "Tempt Me". "Flow Not Fly", a lively pop number, became an unofficial anthem for Faye Wong, with the repeated chorus line "Fei Fei" being a pun on the singer's name. "Cold War" is a Cantonese cover of "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos; a Mandarin version followed on Mystery. The song was a departure from mainstream C-pop, and Wong followed this markedly with further experiments in "alternative music" for her next Cantonese album, Random Thoughts. The album included four more cover songs. "Summer of Love" is the Cantonese version of Helen Hoffner's 1993 hit. "Like Wind" is a cover of the Mandarin song 猜心 ("Guess my Heart") by One-Fang. "Rainy Days Without You" covers Love Unlimited's "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)", and "Do Do Da Da" is The Police's "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". "Do We Really Care" was Faye Wong's second song recorded wholly in English, after "Kisses in the Wind" on Coming Home. Commercial performance 100,000 Whys debuted at number one on the IFPI Hong Kong album chart during the week of 16 September 1993.鐳射唱片 Next Magazine zh 1993-09-24 185, Volume 2 136 It remained atop the chart for four weeks and left the top ten after fifteen weeks.鐳射唱片 Next Magazine zh 1993-12-31 199, Volume 2 122 Usage in media "Tempted Heart" was the theme for the TVB series Eternity, in which Wong also appeared. "Tempt Me" was the theme tune for Joan Chen's 1993 film Temptation of a Monk, and won a Best Movie Song award. Live performances Wong's 1994–95 series of concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum included five songs from the album: the first four, and "Tempt Me" which was extended with a prelude. Track listing Unofficial translation 100,000 Whys – Standard edition 流 非 飛 Lau Fei Fei "Flow Not Fly" 3:45 Summer of Love 4:37 如 風 Yu Fung "Like Wind" 4:29 冷戰 Laang Jeen "Cold War" 4:12 長大 Jeung Dai "Grow Up" 4:23 若 你 真 愛 我 Yerk Nei Jun Ngoi Ngor "If You Really Love Me" 4:31 動心 Dòng Xín "Tempted Heart" 4:02 雨天 沒有 你 Yu Teen Moot Yau Nei "Rainy Days Without You" 3:32 誘惑 我 Yòu Huò Wǒ "Tempt Me" 3:55 Do Do Da Da 3:45 Do We Really Care? 4:27 45:38 100,000 Whys – Japanese edition bonus tracks Unofficial translation 如 風 Autumn Version 4:33 "Like Wind" 容易 受傷 的 女人 Mandarin Version 4:17 "Fragile Woman" 忘掉 你 像 忘掉 我 4:21 "Forgetting You Would Be Like Forgetting Me" 13:11 Charts Weekly charts Chart (1993) Peakposition Hong Kong Albums (IFPI) 1 Sales and certifications Hong Kong album Faye Wong Faye Wong 3 Platinum 1997 1997 true 1 September 2017 哪个时势能没有广东歌 Jet 181 026–047 true Release history RegionRelease dateLabelFormat(s) Hong Kong7 September 1993Cinepoly RecordsCD cassette China1993Cai Ling Audio and Video Hong Kong1994Cinepoly RecordsCD (24K Gold) Japan25 April 1994Polydor RecordsCD Taiwan1996Linfair Records Japan26 September 1997PolydorCD (reissue)Hong Kong7 May 2003Cinepoly RecordsDSD9 September 2004SACD15 November 2013Universal Music Hong KongCD (Golden Disc Anniversary Series)19 June 2015LP12 November 2020CD (24K Gold-reissue)22 April 2021LP (ARS series) Japan16 February 2024Universal Music JapanLP References External links Hundred Thousand Whys at Joshua Cheung's fan site 100.000 Why's at All Ah About Faye Category:1993 albums Category:Faye Wong albums Category:Cinepoly Records albums Category:Cantonese-language albums Category:Cantopop albums