Jacky Cheung Hok Yau (Traditional Chinese: 張學友; Simplified Chinese: 张学友; pi… Read Full Bio ↴Jacky Cheung Hok Yau (Traditional Chinese: 張學友; Simplified Chinese: 张学友; pinyin: Zhāng Xúeyǒu; born July 10, 1961 in Hong Kong with family roots in Tianjin) is a Hong Kong singer and film star from the mid-1980s to the present. Dubbed the god of songs (歌神) by the Cantopop industry, Cheung is regarded by many as one of the finest male singers to have come out of Hong Kong, known for his rich baritone voice, wide range and exceptional interpretative powers. Since the early 1990s, he is arguably the world's most popular and respected Chinese pop singer.

He was the national singing champion in Hong Kong 1984 with the song Fatherland, ousting more than ten thousand other contestants. He was signed by the then Polygram Records, now Universal Music Group. Although encouraged by a bright start, he was not yet able to achieve immediate supremacy in Cantopop, then dominated by 譚詠麟, 梅艷芳, Leslie Cheung and 陳百強. Cheung suffered a nosedive in his career in 1988 after a best-selling first two albums. That year he did not have a single song awarded in the annual TVB JSG. His subsequent sales record dipped and one of his albums in the late 1980s managed just around ten thousand in sales. The reason for the fall in his CD sales was partially attributed to his alcohol problem - he could get drunk 5 times a week. After disrupting his friend's birthday party while being drunk, Cheung vowed in public that he would not consume alcohol again till he was 40. He kept that promise.

His recording career subsequently returned to its track. Then, in 1991, with the song 每天愛你多一些 (Loving You More Everyday), his career took a massive upturn. The album, 真情流露True Love Expression in 1992, as well as the succeeding release, 愛火花Love Sparks in 1992, became the two most successful albums in Hong Kong history, achieving audited sales of over 400,000 copies in Hong Kong alone and turned Cheung into a superstar, paving the way for himself and his contemporaries, Andy Lau, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok, to take Cantopop to even greater heights. Subsequent albums continue to be a hit like 我與你True Love Expression 1993, 餓狼傳說 Wolf Tale 1994 etc. Since then his career has grown from strength to strength, and Cheung has managed to garner thousands of fans overseas as well as numerous music awards both in Hong Kong and elsewhere, including the best-selling Chinese singer in the Worlds Music Awards. Cheung has also been elected one of the world's Ten Outstanding Young Persons.

Among his most famous songs are Amour, 只想一生跟你走 (Only Thinking of Going Through Life With You) and the everlasting 吻别 (Goodbye Kiss) which confirms his status as one, and many consider the pre-eminent member, of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop. Goodbye Kiss, a Mandarin number, was also one of the best-selling albums of all time, achieving more sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia such as not attained before, with an astounding 5 million copies sold in 1993 alone, a record that has remained yet unbroken. Goodbye Kiss was also instrumental in helping Cheung to break into the mando-pop market, and it also prompted other Hong Kong singers who wanted to gain a wider market to follow suit, even though, to this very day, very few indeed have been able to approach Cheung's level of success.

His work on the ground-breaking cantonese musical, Snow, Wolf, Lake musical (1997), was also enthusiastically received by both audiences and critics. Cheung not only played the male lead, but was also the artistic director for this production. The female lead was played by Sandy Lam and they achieved 43 full-house performances at the gigantic Hong Kong Coliseum. In November 2004, Jacky and his concert manager, Florence Chan Suk-Fan, worked on a revised Mandarin version of Snow, Wolf, Lake so as to bring it to a wider audience. The estimated budget for this revised production was HK$100 million and the show premiered on 24 December 2004 in Beijing. The production subsequently toured China and other Asian destinations to huge acclaim.

Cheung won, for the umpteenth time, the Best Selling Cantonese Album Award in the Hong Kong IFPI Awards of 2005 with his live album, Jacky Live Performance. In the fast-changing scene of canto-pop, Cheung is able to maintain his popularity and sales power for more than 20 years after his debut, which is unparalleled in the history of Hong Kong pop music.

Cheung acted in many films, although singing has always been his priority. His versatility and acting skills have enabled him to play a lot of diverse parts. He received the Best Supporting Actor Golden Horse Award for his work in Swordsman (1990). He also received the Best Actor Award at the New Dehli Film Festival for his portrayal of the protagonist in July Rhapsody. His song Perhaps Love, which serves as the theme song for the multi-award-winning film Perhaps Love, also won the Best Song Award at the 2005 Hong Kong Film Awards.

He is married to May Lo with two daughters.

Cheung was named spokesperson for Hong Kong Disneyland in 2004. As the theme park's spokesperson, Cheung took part in a number of large-scale marketing events organized by The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, beginning by hosting a TV program, Magical World of Disneyland. [1] He also recorded a song for Hong Kong Disneyland, a multi-lingual song entitled One. The music video for One was filmed at Hong Kong Disneyland.

Let me go
張學友 Lyrics

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像前一天的事　我牵着你的手
你不挣脱　已是天大的温柔
只可惜你的冷漠不够　我一个人承受
苦着脸找微笑　比不上普通朋友
我曾经以为　最爱你的时候
我的眼泪可以像细水长流
流到我终于明白　属于我的不用哀求
感情不是拿来忍受　美丽即将变丑陋

Let me go　
Don't say no
给我一个继续难过的理由
Let me go　
Don't say no
给我一个放弃快乐的理由
Oh let me go
我曾经以为　最爱你的时候
我的眼泪可以像细水长流
流到我终于明白　属于我的不用哀求
感情不是拿来忍受　美丽即将变丑陋
Let me go　
Don't say no
给我一个继续难过的理由
Let me go　
Don't say no
给我一个放弃快乐的理由
Oh let me go
两个人都自由的结局
难道不是你梦寐以求
OH
难道是我主动要分手
太荒谬　你还不够
Let me go　
Don't say no
给我一个继续难过的理由
Let me go　
Don't say no
给我一个放弃快乐的理由
Oh let me go
Don't say no
Let me go
Don't say no

Let me go
　

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to 張學友's "Let Me Go" explore the common but painful themes of unrequited love and the difficulty of letting go. In the song, the singer clings to memories of a previous relationship, still holding onto the hope that his former lover might reciprocate his feelings. The opening lines establish a sense of familiarity and intimacy, as the singer describes holding hands with his lover. However, despite his efforts to hold onto the past, he is met with rejection, which only intensifies his pain. The singer compares his love to a beautiful thing that is slowly becoming ugly, suggesting that he has come to terms with the fact that holding on to this love will only bring him more pain.

As the song progresses, the singer pleads with his former lover to let him go, asking them for a reason to continue suffering. He asks for a reason to give up happiness, suggesting that he has been holding onto the relationship for too long, despite the fact that it is no longer serving him. He then questions the possibility that both he and his former lover can be free, as he struggles to come to terms with the end of the relationship.

Overall, the lyrics to "Let Me Go" are emotional and raw, reflecting the pain and difficulty of moving on after a relationship ends. The song speaks to anyone who has ever struggled with letting go of love, and encapsulates the complex emotions that come with the end of a relationship.

Line by Line Meaning

像前一天的事　我牵着你的手
It feels like just yesterday when I held your hand and you didn't pull away. It was an act of great tenderness.

你不挣脱　已是天大的温柔
The fact that you didn't resist my touch was such a big act of kindness.

只可惜你的冷漠不够　我一个人承受
But it's unfortunate that your indifference was not enough, and I had to bear the weight of our relationship alone.

苦着脸找微笑　比不上普通朋友
Forced smiles and endless worries make our relationship inferior to a normal friendship.

我曾经以为　最爱你的时候
I once believed that I loved you the most.

我的眼泪可以像细水长流
I used to think my tears would never stop for you.

流到我终于明白　属于我的不用哀求
But then I realized that what's mine is mine, and I don't need to beg for it.

感情不是拿来忍受　美丽即将变丑陋
Love shouldn't be endured, as eventually even its beauty will fade and turn ugly.

Let me go　 Don't say no 给我一个继续难过的理由
Let me go, don't say no, give me a reason to continue to feel the pain.

给我一个放弃快乐的理由
Give me a reason to give up happiness.

Oh let me go
Oh, just let me go.