There are too many popular songs. .
Today, May Day, is a holiday for working people. Briefly introduce the song "We Workers Have Power", composed by Ma Ke.
We workers have power,
Hey! We workers have the power!
I’m busy at work every day,
Hey! I was busy working every day,
built high-rise buildings,
built railways and coal mines,
reformed the world and changed it!
Hey!
Start the machine and make a rumble,
raise the hammer and make a jingle!
It caused plows and hoes to improve production,
It caused guns and cannons to be sent to the front!
Hey hey hey hey hey!
Our faces are glowing red,
Our sweat is dripping down!
Why? For liberation!
Why? For liberation!
Hey! Hey! Why! Hey!
For the complete liberation of China!
In the early summer of 1947, 66 years ago, the musician Ma Ke and several members of the cultural troupe came to a factory in the newly liberated Jiamusi to participate in voluntary holiday labor. As soon as he entered the factory, he was attracted by the blazing fire and the rumbling sound of the machine. He saw pieces of red steel ingots being turned into products in the hands of workers. Marco was deeply moved by all this.
Back at his residence, Ma Ke played the tune of "Workers' Song of the Four Seasons" on his erhu, and the members gathered around and listened quietly. Marco thought: "To be a true revolutionary, you cannot learn from the selfless qualities of the workers. We should compile a song to praise them, but how to compile it?" Marco was thinking while playing the piano, and the league members were also thinking. , talking about: "Praise their enthusiasm for production." "Praise their determination, bravery, enthusiasm, and optimistic spirit." "Praise their style of transforming the world." "It's really great! Great...power!" "I think It can be called "Great Workers...Great Power"! "Why not just call it "Workers Have Power"!" The enthusiastic discussion of the comrades made Marco think, and the cheerful tune of "Workers' Song of the Four Seasons" gradually formed a new one. Passionate melody. First it was played on the erhu, then hummed in a low voice, and finally everyone sang from softly to loudly: "We workers have power! Hey! We workers have power, we are busy at work every day, hey! We are busy at work every day, Gai! High-rise buildings were built, railways and coal mines were built, and the world was transformed." In this way, a workers' song "We Workers Have Power" with strong sound of the times was born.
"We Workers Have Power", a representative workers' song, is like having wings, traveling over mountains and rivers, from outside the customs to inside the customs, and has been sung all over China since 1947. today. The last phrase of the song combines the labor call sign in the latter part with the heroic melody in the previous part, which has a strong summary power.
It is the first high-spirited war song sung by the Chinese working class as they march towards New China. With a solid, powerful, heroic and enthusiastic melody, the song expresses the fighting life of workers working intensely to support the national liberation, and creates a heroic image of the liberated Chinese working class standing tall and upright. The song adopts a two-part structure. The first paragraph uses a firm and powerful syncopated rhythm, a heroic tone and continuous ascending phrases to portray the calm and perseverance of the working class and show their heroic spirit to transform the world. ; The latter section has a tight rhythm, with cheerful labor cries, and a short musical repertoire that is repeated many times, pushing the song to its climax, vividly depicting the passionate scene of the working class's selfless labor.
The 2011 CCTV Spring Festival Gala also performed "We Workers Have Power" by the migrant workers' street dance troupe.