Name that tune! (SOLVED!)

[azurite]

So I finally decided to splurge on iTunes today, what with Joe B. having gotten me that $50 gift certificate. In honor of the fact that I'm FINALLY (after all these years!) playing Final Fantasy VIII, I decided to buy all the soundtracks for it (that are on iTunes). Alas, it seems like "Eyes on Me" isn't part of that deal, except for Nobuo's piano rendition and the other versions, like the track titled "Julia" (appropriate, since, in-game, Julia wrote the song).

Anywhoozles, so I swore I had the "Eyes on Me" track anyway, so I go digging for it, and find a song labeled as by being Faye Wong. Now, I know my FF music, so I thought, "this has to be it!" and I play it. But... it's in Chinese, and I don't recall ever hearing that she did a Chinese version of it. And... it sounds a little off from the same track I have that says it's an instrumental of "Eyes on Me," and different from the piano rendition. At first, I thought it was just me-- and besides, single-release versions tend to differ wildly from game soundtrack versions, and even then, you can sometimes get 3-5 versions of the same song! This is par for the course with Final Fantasy, right?

But no, it's really not "Eyes on Me." It was labeled (in Chinese) as being by Faye Wong, but now I'm not even so sure of that. It sounds familiar, like it could have been in a video game I played, but... I'm not sure at all. It could just be familiar because I've heard it so many times when I had my playlist on random.

Part of me thinks it might be from a drama soundtrack, like Meteor Garden or Peach Girl's Taiwanese release. In that case, who the heck knows who it could be by?

In any case, can someone please help me ID this song?

The Mysterious Song "Red Bean," by Faye Wong, from her "Eyes on Me" single (1999, Track 2/3). Thanks, svelterose! :D :D :D


For some reason, it won't show up in iEatBrainz, my iTunes music identifier, and at this point, I have no other ideas. Please help!

Comments

[winterwing3000.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that it was one of Faye's earlier songs, but I can't find the title or the lyrics.Wish that I can be more helpful, but mandarin's hard to follow, slow as the song is. =\

I could only make out "From now on, from now on, I won't believe in your luck(?)" and "From then on, (indistinguishable words) I won't let go" and a few other broken phrases.

But if you're still looking for "Eyes On Me" in English, I'll be more than happy to offer the one in my playlist.

[azurite]

But it does sound like her, doesn't it? I thought it was more likely her than, say, Vaness Wu or something.

I wonder if I might be able to search for the song based on those lyrics...?

I do have EOM in English-- thank you! The Wikipedia page says there have been lots more versions since then, so I think it'll end up being like my FFX/FFX-2 project, where I "gotta catch 'em all!" So if you know of any other versions of it, let me know!

[winterwing3000.livejournal.com]

It does, but then again, many singers can't be told apart these days unless they're from the previous generation (or the one before that!).

Haha, for chinese songs, you'll get many results because half the lyrics are the same.

And I'll be sure to keep an eye out. =]

[svelterose.livejournal.com]

It's called "Red Bean" by Faye Wong. ^_^ Here are the lyrics:

http://www.lyricstime.com/faye-wong-red-bean-lyrics.html

[azurite]

Wai, that's it! THANK YOU SO MUCH! :D :D :D

[svelterose.livejournal.com]

No prob! ^_^