Liu Huan & Sarah Brightman - You and Me, 2008 Beijing Olympics O

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2008 Beijing Olympics Official Theme Song: Sarah Brightman & Liu Huan - You and Me
This official theme song was selected from thousands of candidate songs. It was sung in two languages by Sarah Brightman & Liu Huan.
Why was this song finally chosen as the official theme song of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? Zhang Yimou, the director of Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, gave the following explanation.
"The Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee spent several years to gather candidate songs. We collected thousands of songs. I felt that many songs seemed to used 'hand in hand', the theme song of Seoul Olympics, as a model. Many people including media thought that the theme song of Beijing Olympics should be similar to that kind of song ('hand in hand'). And many lyricists and composers followed that style. Finally the same was I."
"One day I happened to hear 'You and I'. I felt that the song was beautiful at that time. The lyrics and music are simple. The major purpose of our creative work was to complete an artwork on site. We wanted to create a unique, original, unmatched and the greatest behavioral artwork in the world. And we wanted to express our best wishes. The lyrics of this song like 'you and me, from one world, we are one family' are touching and easy to learn. So other directors immediately loved this song. And we felt that it fit the theme of 2008 Beijing Olympics -- harmony. We recommended this song to musical professionals. They all liked it."
Zhang Yiping, the director of this song's MV, gave the following explanation.
"The message of this song is pure and simple. When I firstly heard this song, I could not believe that it was the theme song. Later I felt that its purity and simplicity was a good idea. It is different from the grand style that we might expect. But it was creative to choose this song. Especially when this song was performed on Olympics opening ceremony, the artistic conception developed from this song was very beautiful."
Jiang Xiaoyu, the vice executive chairman of Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee, commented that "Former Olympics theme songs were full of joys and passion. This time we took a new way, which led to harmony and humanity"

2008 北京奥运会主题曲 刘欢&莎拉布莱曼 -- 我和你
2008 北京奧運會主題曲 劉歡&莎拉布萊曼 -- 我和你

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Liu Huan & Sarah Brightman - You and Me, 2008 Beijing Olympics O

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  • init you guys are ...

    init you guys are my family man

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  • I concur this song ...

    I concur this song is beautiful.

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  • I wonder where Do ...

    I wonder where Do you come from? :D

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  • This song is so ...

    This song is so beaitiful! it made me fuckin cry! i love this "WE ARE FAMILY!!!!!"

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  • beautiful! and ...

    beautiful! and thats comin from someone that loves his dance and drum/bass.

    By supersai101 [Affiliate User] 1218710900 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • good

    good

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  • si,aquí dan mucha ...

    si,aquí dan mucha imagen de igualdad,pero luego la verdad es otra...

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  • finally i meet ...

    finally i meet someone sensible.
    kiss you. ^^

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  • She IS singing in ...

    She IS singing in Chinese late in the song.

    By ZhangtheGreat [Affiliate User] 1218691974 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • What's the big deal ...

    What's the big deal? Singers "fake" singing all the time, and those at the Olympics are no exception. Luciano Pavarotti himself "faked" his singing at the 2006 Torino games (they prerecorded him while he lip-synced). Organizers later said they did it because it was impossible for him to sing like himself in such cold weather.

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  • LOL...

    LOL...

    By jenniferxiao [Affiliate User] 1218659320 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • The air quality of ...

    The air quality of Beijing has already met the standard of IOC. Those who have asthma should see their doctors.

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  • Beautiful, beutiful ...

    Beautiful, beutiful song T.T

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  • I agree with ...

    I agree with illiumDreamer China really has pollution issues, some athletes have asthma and they are real worried.

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  • maybe someone has ...

    maybe someone has to teach you about culture....

    By hencelle24 [Affiliate User] 1218650401 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • un poquito aburrido ...

    un poquito aburrido
    casi me duermo

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  • For grammar ...

    For grammar paranoid: Heh, ya**

    By 007Hanikg [Affiliate User] 1218635685 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • it's soo... ...

    it's soo...beautiful
    I almost cried.

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  • actually, both ...

    actually, both names of the girls are in the ceremony's program with the girl whose voice being heard listed first. and it is the Chinese media first reported it.
    So what the fuck like where u r from nothing like this happened. lol

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  • If you don't dream, ...

    If you don't dream, you can't make dreams come true. If you don't hope for the best, you will die in hatred and despair.

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  • How beautiful the ...

    How beautiful the song is. How great the China is . One World, one dream :Fredom for small countries like Tibet or Vietnam. Stop fake Mouth. Sound is no more than NOISY GONG OR CLANGING BELL. Remember blood in Dafur, at the Sea of Vietnam, in Tibet...Fake dragon...

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  • china is such a ...

    china is such a screw up like a girl singing a girl heard but not seen like wat the hell

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  • stunningly ...

    stunningly beautiful.
    <3

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  • The song is ...

    The song is beautiful! So is the Opening Ceremony and China's idea of peace and harmony. We have a lot more to learn from China.

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  • bellixima canzone.. ...

    bellixima canzone...fa dimenticare i vari problemi legati al tibet e alla cina....W le olimpiadi!!!forza Italy!!!

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