Chang You

Chàng Yóu (唱遊)
Studio album by Faye Wong
Released	October 1998
Genre	Mandopop, Cantopop
Length	44:18
Label	EMI
Faye Wong chronology
Faye Wong (1997) Chang You (Sing and Play) (1998) Lovers & Strangers (1999)

Chang You
Traditional Chinese	唱遊
Simplified Chinese	唱游
Literal meaning	Singing game/Singing voyage
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chàng Yóu

Chang You (simplified Chinese: 唱游; traditional Chinese: 唱遊; pinyin: Chàng Yóu; literally: "singing game/Singing voyage") is an 1998 Mandarin album by Beijing-based singer Faye Wong. It includes 10 tracks in Mandarin, with a bonus disc of 3 Cantonese tracks.^[1]

The name Chàng Yóu (唱遊) is the title of an official Chinese primary school music teaching coursebook which was in use at least as early as 1943.^[2] It is still used today as the title of a PRC National Primary School Curriculum textbook, and also in Taiwan.^[3]

The album title is usually translated as Sing and Play in English sources.^[4][5][6] Others refer to the album as Song Tour^[7] (遊 can mean tour), or as Scenic Tour^[8][9] which was the name of Wong's 1998–1999 concert tour.

Sing and Play was the first Chinese album recorded using HDCD techniques.

The album was noted for some of its ballads, in contrast to the pop songs which had provided most of Faye Wong's hits around that time.^[4] "Red Beans", "Face" and "Love Commandments" were released as singles and achieved lasting popularity.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Unofficial translation	Length
1.	"感情生活 " (Gǎnqíng Shēnghuó)	"Emotional Life"	5:15
2.	"臉" (Liǎn)	"Face" [n 1]	3:34
3.	"色誡" (Sè Jiè)	"Love Commandments"	4:53
4.	"半途而廢" (Bàntúérfèi)	"Give Up Half Way"	3:32
5.	"飛" (Fēi)	"Fly"	5:41
6.	"祢" (Nǐ)	"Thou" [n 2]	4:22
7.	"小聰明" (Xiǎo Cōngming)	"A Little Wit"	4:02
8.	"醒不來" (Xǐng Bù Lái)	"Unwakefulness"	4:03
9.	"紅豆" (Hóngdòu)	"Red Beans"	4:15
10.	"童" (Tóng)	"Tong" [n 3]	4:41

Notes

1. The word refers to the social concept
2. The word is only used to address deities
3. Part of the name of Wong's daughter Leah; the word also means child

Hong Kong edition and Taiwan deluxe edition bonus disc[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"原諒自己" (Yùhn Leuhng Jih Géi)	3:39
2.	"償還" (Sèuhng Wàahn)	4:17
3.	"情誡" (Chìhng Gaai)	4:17

1998 Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
11.	"麻醉" (Remix)	4:09

1999 Japanese reissue bonus tracks [11]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"麻醉" (Remix)	4:09
12.	"Eyes on Me" (featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII)	5:43
13.	"原諒自己"	3:39
14.	"償還"	4:17
15.	"情誡"	4:17

References

1. 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 -
2. 初小唱遊指導法 China (Nanking Government) 1943
3. 國民小學唱遊 1996
4. Stan Jeffries, Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980-2001 2003 p224. "In January 1998, Wong won the favorite female category at Taiwan's Channel V awards. As part of her new goal of winning wider recognition, in the same year she released Sing and Play. The album included some Wong compositions and introduced more ballads to her canon, as most of her previous releases had been unerringly jaunty pop numbers. She then undertook a tour of Japan that lasted for six months. Her nomadic lifestyle throughout this period made her one of the most widely recognized people in East Asia (Asiaweek magazine included her in a list of "50 people you should know in China"), but it began to have an effect on her private life."
5. Shane Homan, Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, 2006, p224. "... almost exclusively on contributions from Hong Kong-, Beijing- and Singapore-based composers along with her own compositions on Sing and Play (1998), Only Love Strangers (1999), Fable (2000), Faye Wong (2001) and To Love (2003)."
6. Faye Wong is all woman, Taipei Times 2004-11-24. "Sing and Play"
7. "In the mood for Chinese?". Channel News Asia. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2013. Faye Wong's 1997 album, Song Tour
8. "Faye Wong turns on the charm in return". 9 August 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
9. Chan, Boon (28 October 2011). "Faye's back". The Straits Times (Singapore). p. C2.
10. Chang You at Discogs, Hong Kong release
11. Chang You at Discogs, Japan release