I Only Care About You

"I Only Care About You" (Chinese: 我只在乎你; pinyin: wo zhi zàihu ni) is a Mandarin song by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng.^[1]

"I Only Care About You" is four minutes and 14 seconds long.^[2] It was performed in both Japanese and Mandarin.^[3] It became popular in mainland China after the Cultural Revolution.^[4][5] The Japanese version "Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase" (時の流れに身をまかせ; meaning "Give yourself to the flow of Time") was the most popular song in Japan in 1986.^[6]

The song is well known in Asia and has been covered by musicians into the 21st century in Taipei and Kuala Lumpur.^[7][8] In a 2010 survey conducted by the Teresa Teng Foundation to determine Teng's most popular hits, "I Only Care About You" received the second-most votes.^[9]

References

1. Jie Jin Chinese Music - 2011 p126 "The songs of Teresa Teng, including Story of Little Town (Xiao Cheng Gu Shi), Sweetness (Tian Mi Mi) and I only Care about You (Wo Zhi Zai Hu Ni), were widely spread on the mainland. These pop songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan gave a ..."
2. "Wo Zhi Zai Ku Ni - Teresa Teng". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
3. Lim Chia Ying. "Soprano Tan belts out Teresa Teng's numbers". thestar.com.my. September 27, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
4. Ma Yujia. "Chinese pop music since the 1980s". china.org.cn. December 8, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
5. Jie Jin (2011). Chinese Music. Cambridge University Press. p. 126.
6. "Chinese Pop Music History 20 Years Special - Teresa Teng (Part II)". english.cri.cn. April 5, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
7. David Chen. "Jazz for the musicians … but for the masses, too". taipeitimes.com. June 5, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
8. "Fans of Teresa Teng take nostalgia trip". thestar.com.my. September 6, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
9. "Teresa Teng fans vote for favorite songs". taipeitimes.com. April 10, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2012.