Meet by Chance
"Meet by Chance" (Chinese: 萍聚) is a Taiwanese campus folk song with an unknown author. The earliest date of its composition can be traced back to 1967.[1] “Meet by Chance “was passed down during the CYC (China Youth Corps of Taiwan) activities in the 1970s and was later performed by singer Li Yi-Jun(Chinese: 李翊君) in her 1987 album " Meet by Chance ", which sold over 200,000 copies.[2][3]
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The author of “Meet by Chance “was always named "Lu-la-la" (Chinese: 嚕啦啦）[4] when it was released, but " Lu-la-la” was just an abbreviation for the " CYC 's holiday program attendant" of the CYC, and the original composer did not sign his name.[5][6]
According to an interview in 2021 with Luo Jian-Long, the director of the CYC's Activities Division, the history of " Meet by Chance " in the CYCs camp activities dated back to before 1975. A more recent publication by the CYC lists the author as Dai Rong-Hsu, a member of Lu-La-La's 11th class, who is estimated to have joined Lu-La-La around 1979 based on the number of issues. Despite this notation, Luo says the group does not have a definitive answer as to the author of " Meet by Chance ".[6][7]
In 2009, music teacher Sun Zheng-Ming (Chinese: 孫正明) claimed that he was the composer of " Meet by Chance ". In the summer of 1967, he was a second-year music student at National Taiwan Normal University. During a three-week music teacher training program, he coincidentally met two female students of similar age who knew he was a music student. They asked him to help them compose a song because they knew they were in the music program. Sun said the original lyrics were like a children's song or nursery rhyme, so he added a chorus. At that time, the university strictly forbade students to participate in private music creation and competitions, so he asked not to sign names when participated in the audition. The names of the other two co-writers mentioned by Sun have not been released to date.[8][9][10]
The unknown author of " Meet by Chance " has sparked a suspicion in Malaysia. One version of the story is circulating on the Internet, saying that the author of " Meet by Chance " is from the Confucian Private Secondary School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[11][12] However, according to Jiang Ming-Xue(Chinese: 江明學)'s comment under the YouTube video around 2017, he said that all the rumors about the author of " Meet by Chance " were not substantiated, so that no one was ever eligible to receive the lyric fees deposited in the bank account of the record company; regarding the rumors in Malaysia, Jiang Ming-Xue said that since the 1990s, he was attacked by black mail in Malaysia. He was falsely accused of being the author of " Meet by Chance ", which led the original composer, who was an overseas Chinese student, to commit suicide. After the death of Jiang Ming-Xue in 2019, some journalists tried to confirm the black mail, but the people involved denied any knowledge of it.[13]
Interpretation of the singer
In 1987, singer Li Yi-Jun sang " Meet by Chance " in the album " Meet by Chance " with the same title, which sold over 200,000 copies.[14][5]
In 1989, singer Jiang Ming-Xue covered " Meet by Chance " again in the album "Autumn on My Mind" and sang the song in Singapore and Malaysia.[13][15]
In 1992, Hong Kong singer Sam Tsang Hong Sang (Chinese: 曾航生) and Elaine Ho Yuen Ying (Chinese: 何婉盈) sang a Cantonese version of the song, titled "Goodbye, My Friend" (Chinese:再見亦是朋友).[16]
Singers who have sung
References
- ↑ 簡大程 (2009-01-27). "「萍聚」誰寫的？ 作曲者40年後現身" (in 中文). TVBS. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-06-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "《今日壽星》李翊君慧眼識檢場 老少配婚姻甜蜜" (in 中文). 《自由時報》即時新聞. 2015-04-27. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-06-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 張詮 (2015-06-24). "＜老歌曲．舊時情＞李翊君「萍聚」 畢業熱門歌選" (in 中文). 《自由時報》即時新聞. Retrieved 2019-06-27.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 蔣故總統經國先生百年誕辰紀念活動籌備委員會. "中國青年反共救國團（二）─團歌與《萍聚》". 蔣故總統經國先生百年誕辰紀念網站. Archived from the original on 2013-08-31.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 張詮 (2015-06-24). "＜老歌曲．舊時情＞李翊君「萍聚」 畢業熱門歌選" (in 中文). 《自由時報》即時新聞. Retrieved 2019-06-27.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 社團法人中華民國嚕啦啦社會服務協會 (April 2019). 那些年，當我們嚕在一起. 臺灣: 瑞蘭國際有限公司. pp. 236–250. ISBN 9789578431935. Search this book on
- ↑ 畢業歌《萍聚》 作詞者是誰掀議 八大民生新聞 2021091622 on YouTube
- ↑ 簡大程 (2009-01-27). "「萍聚」誰寫的？ 作曲者40年後現身" (in 中文). TVBS. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-06-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "當年參賽未署名 《萍聚》作曲者成謎40年" (in 中文). NOWnews. 2010-04-02.
- ↑ 呂學善、楊尚仁 (2008-12-14). "近40年的懸案 《萍聚》詞曲作者「嚕拉拉」現身！". 東森新聞. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2023-08-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "萍聚原來是--尊孔學生傑作". Archived from the original on 2023-01-08.
- ↑ "寻找——噜啦啦". 2008-12-13. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-06-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "《萍聚》惹的禍江明學控訴大馬黑史". 光明日报Guang Ming Daily. 2019-06-19. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "《今日壽星》李翊君慧眼識檢場 老少配婚姻甜蜜" (in 中文). 《自由時報》即時新聞. 2015-04-27. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-06-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "唱红《萍聚》一曲·58岁歌手江明学上吊自杀亡". 星洲網. 2019-06-18. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 曾航生、何婉盈 - 再見亦是朋友(1992) on YouTube
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