"You and Me" is the theme song of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, sung by Chang, Ma Wen, lyricist, composer, China singer and British singer. It was included in the theme song album of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2009, this song won the Excellent Song Award of the 11th Five-Year Plan of Spiritual Civilization Construction (2007-2009).
Creation background
1, the global solicitation of Beijing 2008 Olympic songs was conducted in four phases * * *, and 9887 1 entries were received. However, most of the works of non-professionals are not up to the ideal level. From 2007 to early 2008, BOCOG collected theme songs from dozens of professional musicians such as Tan Dun, Bao Bida and Chen Shaoqi according to the requirements of the opening ceremony creation, and Me and You was produced from the directional collection.
2. On June 5438+ 10, 2007, the judges of the Beijing Olympic Song Collection and Selection Committee listened to 24 key recommended tracks, and all the songs that participated in the hearing concealed the information such as song title and author, and selected 8 theme song candidate tracks by secret ballot, and recommended the 23rd as the key recommended track.
3. On June 5438+ 10, 2008, the person in charge of BOCOG listened to the special report on the collection and selection of theme songs, and agreed in principle that No.23 would be the key recommended track of the theme song and kept confidential. In April, it was finally determined that this song was the recommended track for the theme song of the Beijing Olympic Games.
On the afternoon of August 3rd, 2008, the final theme song selection activity was held in the opening ceremony operation center. Under the full notarization of the notary, the 23rd was unanimously approved by the judges at the Beijing Olympic Song Collection Review Meeting and officially became the theme song of the Beijing Olympic Games. The name of the work No.23 itself is "Forever Family", and it was renamed "You and Me" after the theme song candidate was determined.
This song was left to Liu Huan and sarah brightman for less than a week. When Liu Huan was told to sing the theme song at the opening ceremony, he felt uneasy. This song is a great challenge for him. When sarah brightman first heard the children's version of this song, she was moved to tears.