創作背景
為紀念組團五周年,
Westlife發揮翻唱功力,選擇BMG公司史上首支冠軍曲、“情歌祖師爺”巴瑞·曼尼洛(BarryManilow)1975年轟動英美的冠軍歌曲《Mandy》作為主打歌,顯示了樂隊對傳統的了解、認知與致敬。Barry的演繹相當到位,所以當
Westlife想要重新詮釋這首當時的經典歌曲時,其實是相當有難度的。但是事實證明他們確實成功了,發行首周便重回冠軍寶座!
歌詞
I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice
Shadows of a man
A face through a window
Crying in the night
The night goes into
Morning,just another day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
How happy you made me oh Mandy
Well you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away,oh Mandy
Well you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today,oh Mandy
(music)
I'm standing on the edge of time
I've walked away when love was mine
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing
Tears are on my mind
And nothing is rhyming,oh Mandy
Well you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away,oh Mandy
Well you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And i need you today,oh Mandy
(music)
Yesterday's a dream I face the morning
Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling,oh Mandy
Well you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away,oh Mandy
Well you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today,oh Mandy
You came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away,oh Mandy
You kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you
Oh Mandy won't you listen to what I've got to say
Oh baby don't let me throw it all it away
Oh Mandy won't you listen to what I've got to say
And I need you today...
Oh Mandy...
中文譯詞:
回首往事
雨下的冰冷
一個人的背影
目光透過窗台
在黑暗中哭泣
穿過黑暗
早晨,又是新的一天
快樂的人走過的我的面前
在他們的眼中看到
我看到一段記憶
我從來沒有意識到
你讓我變得多么快樂 mandy
你來幫助我卻不求回報
但是我卻讓你離去 mandy
你輕吻我讓我不再顫抖
我現在需要你,mandy
(音樂)
我站在時間的邊緣
當愛來時我卻走開
繼續攀登世界的高峰
眼淚在我心中
所有事都不正常,mandy
你來幫助我卻不求回報
但是我卻讓你離去 mandy
你輕吻我讓我不再顫抖
我現在需要你,mandy
(音樂)
昨天是一個夢,我面對今天
淚水隨風飄揚
隱隱作痛,mandy
你來幫助我卻不求回報
但是我卻讓你離去 mandy
你輕吻我讓我不再顫抖
我現在需要你,mandy
你來幫助我卻不求回報
但是我卻讓你離去 mandy
你輕吻我讓我不再顫抖
我現在需要你!
mandy,你難道不想聽我要說什麼?
寶貝,不要讓我失去一切
mandy,你難道不想聽我要說什麼?
我現在需要你...
mandy!......
獲獎記錄
2003年12月7日,在
英國全民投票評選中,《Mandy》 以136分贏得了2003年度最佳單曲的殊榮,而且是擊敗了2003年紅極一時的本土男子組合Busted。