Mystery (Chinese: 迷; ),Shane Homan, Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, 2006, p219. "Fung and Curtin (2002) have provided a reasonably comprehensive overview of Faye Wong's career up to 2001, ... song entitled 'Weak', with lyrics by Pan Li Yu, also about a relationship break-up, was included on her 1994 album Mystery." alternatively translated as Riddle,Billboard - 1994 4 30 p65 "FAYE WONG - RIDDLE Cinepoly" is the debut Mandarin studio album (seventh overall) recorded by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It was released through Cinepoly Records on April 8, 1994.Anthony Fung and Michael Curtin, “The Anomalies of Being Faye (Wong): Gender Politics in Chinese Popular Music,” International Journal of Cultural Studies 5, no. 3 (September 2002) - album not mentioned by name -
Songs Although she had included a few Mandarin Chinese songs in her 1993 albums No Regrets and 100,000 Whys, Mystery was her first album recorded entirely in Mandarin rather than the Hong Kong majority dialect of Cantonese. The first track "I'm Willing" (or "I Do") was an instant hit single, and the album brought Wong to fame across the region of East Asia. Reuters, February 17, 1999. Republished by fan site. Retrieved October 31, 2009. The article translated the album title as Getting Lost.
The tracks "Drunk" and "Cold War" are covers of Helen Hoffner's "Summer of Love" and Tori Amos's "Silent All These Years" respectively; with which Wong had already scored hits with her Cantonese versions of the songs, included in her 1993 album 100,000 Whys. "Ruanruo" or "Weak" is a cover of "Road", originally by the group Everything But The Girl, and which Faye Wong also covered on her 1993 album, "No Regrets", but sang under the title, "Starting Tomorrow".
Commercial performance Despite the inclusion of Mandarin versions of that and other Cantonese songs, Mystery was a huge hit, selling over 800,000 in Taiwan alone, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time in Taiwan.
Covers and usage in media The first track "Wo Yuanyi" was covered in English by Lene Marlin in 2005,Marlin's English version, "Still Here", is included as a bonus track in many Asian editions of her 2005 album Lost in a Moment. A music video is also available on DVD. in Japanese by JAYWALK in 2002,JAYWALK's Japanese version, "Ikanaide" (いかないで), is included in their 2002 album Asia. and in Korean by Seomoon Tak in 2004.Seomoon Tak's Korean version, "Geudaemyeon geudae hanamyeon" (그대면 그대 하나면), is included in her 2004 album Now Here Vol. 4 (서문탁 4집). It was featured in the following films: Loving Him (2002), Just Another Pandora's Box (2010), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011), and I Do (2012), among others.
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