One Person Playing Two Roles

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Yat yan fan sik leung gok (Chinese: ; Cantonese Yale: Yat yan fan sik leung gok; lit. 'One Person', 'Playing Two Roles') is a 1995 EP recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong.[1][2]

Yat yan fan sik leung gok
EP by
ReleasedSeptember 1995
GenreCantopop
LabelCinepoly
Faye Wong chronology
Decadent Sound of Faye
(1995)
Yat yan fan sik leung gok
(1995)
Di-Dar
(1995)

The title track, by the band AMK with lyrics by Wyman Wong, was the only new song. The others had all been included in Faye Wong's previous albums.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Unofficial translationLength
1."Yat Yun Fun Sik Leung Gok" (一人分飾兩角)AMK/Wyman Wong"One Person Playing Two Roles" 
2."Ngoi Yu Toong Dik Been Yuen" (愛與痛的邊緣) "Brink of Love and Pain" 
3."Wo Yuan Yi" (我願意 (弦樂版)) "I'm Willing" (string version) 
4."Jee Gei Jee Bei" (知己知彼)Cocteau TwinsKnow Oneself And Each Other 
5."Tian Kong" (天空) "Sky" 
6."Yat Yun Fun Sik Leung Gok" (一人分飾兩角) "One Person Playing Two Roles" (karaoke version) 

Cover versions

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Emmy the Great included a cover version of the title track in her 2011 album Virtue as a bonus track for the Asian version. Emmy the Great, who was born in Hong Kong, considers Faye Wong as one of her favorite Cantopop singers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ zh:前哨 2000 108-113 p105 "但由於王菲工作忙經常飛往香港,兩人的愛情結晶《童〉便由脔唯又當爹又當娘(一人分飾兩角》地擔負。王菲回來時總也忘不了給孩子買超値的《玩具〉。一家人就這麼幸福地生活著。可惜好景不常,人世間事易變,兩人不知何故「撕碎」了《誓言》'不再(執迷不 ..."
  2. ^ 謝靜國 中國大陸消費社會的影像叙事 - 2006 p52 "《蘇州河》有著類似《重慶森林》述說旁白的節奏和敘事架構,只是就串起兩個敘事區塊的功效而論,周迅一人分飾兩角在視覺上比《 ... 二部分快餐店小妹菲(王菲飾)辭職後考進航空公司當空服員,而以貌似警察(梁朝偉飾)前女友之姿進入警察的視線若合符節。"
  3. ^ Upclose with Emmy The Great, HK Magazine