One of the highlights of the latest Hollywood hit, Crazy Rich Asians, which starred Constance Wu and Henry Golding, perhaps is, or rather are the many Mandarin songs which seem to flow out from the screen at every given opportunity. It started very early, at the beginning of the movie to be exact, with 何日君再 來, When will the gentleman return? Teresa Teng Li Yun sang the song and it became very popular in China and elsewhere in the world where there are Chinese population; but she was merely covering Zhou Xuan's original in the 1937 movie Three Stars by the Moon 三星伴月. The song was composed by Liu Xue'an in an impromptu song-composing competition and had since grown from strength to strength. Despite drawing controversies, the lyrics interpreted as anti-Japanese, treasonous, pornographic; and even banned at one time or another in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, the song has been well-loved by many and had been covered by many artistes including Li Xiang Lan, Claire Kuo, Fei Yu-ching, Lisa Ono, and lately for Crazy Rich Asians, Jasmine Chen. Wonder which version you like best?
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