Her first break in the music world was at the age of sixteen when her parents (with mixed feelings) entered her for a singing contest in Sydney. It was organized by TVB with the winner to be offered a recording contract with one of the big music companies in Hong Kong. She won the competition and was sent back to Hong Kong and met with the TVB producers who wanted her to sign with one of the music labels. After much deliberation she finally decided that it wasnโt right for her at that time and instead returned to Australia to study at University. She pretty much just settled back into life at Uni and put aside any dreams of a music career.
After graduating from University she returned to Hong Kong in 1997 to help run her familyโs accounting business and gained CPA certification. Despite her relatively settled career Susan was thinking, โis that all there is in lifeโ. One of the students who she was teaching piano was working for a Hong Kong independent label, and she asked the boss if they wanted a singer. Susan says โI really wanted to record the English songs that I loved. We agreed to make an album and I just went into the studio feeling really relaxed with no stress or pressure and had a fun time recording my โClose To Youโ album.โ When the album came out it in 2002 it was widely acclaimed and quickly became a favourite of music stores to play and the album was soon climbing up the sales charts in countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. The four album releaseโs since, โClose To Youโ have also enjoyed wide critical and commercial success establishing Susan as probably the No.1 selling English language female singer of her genre throughout S.E.Asia.
In early 2007 Susan Wong signed a new recording agreement with Hong Kong based Evolution Limited and pre-production is currently underway for her new album that will be recorded in the USA in May. As Susan explains her motivation behind the new album, โMusically I wanted a new challenge and new musical chemistry to give me a different lift and to move on to another stage. Not everyone has opportunity to work with such high calibre musicians and producers like those Iโm working with on the new albumโ.
Someone Like You (2007)
In early 2007, Susan Wong signed a new recording agreement with Hong Kong based Evolution Limited and released her first album under Evolution in August 2007.
The first release under this agreement, Someone Like You, was recorded in Nashville, USA and was quick to win critical and commercial success throughout S. E. Asia. The success of the SACD version in particular bore testament to the fine production, vocal performance and mastering by Grammy award winning engineer Doug Sax. The album was domestically released in Japan in September 2008.
511 (2008)
In Summer 2008 a newly invigorated Susan, began working on fresh ideas for her follow-up album. In September 2008 Susan travelled to Geneva, Switzerland to work on demos with producer Adrien Z. As Susan explained โHe brought my music ideas to life. He was able to transform the songs I want to sing into the styling which I dare tried.โ The album recording was completed in February/March 2009.
In her blog Susan said of the album; โI guess I took a "more hands on" approach with this album, more than any of the previous ones, as I felt the need to voice out my persona, be more individualistic and independent for my work.โ Susanโs bossa nova inspired version of Michael Jacksonโs Billie Jean received a lot of attention and radio play and the album sold widely across the region.
Step Into My Dreams (2009)
Inspired by the positive feedback to 511, Susan was anxious to start working on her next album and within months of the release of 511 she was forming ideas for new recordings, choosing to again work with producer Adrien Zerbini and arranger Ignacio Lamas. With songs for the albums mostly coming from the late 1960โs/early 1970โs Susan and her band worked on a relaxed, natural acoustic pop feel lead by Ignacioโs skilled guitar style. With some fine performances and some radically rearranged interpretations of well known classics the new album, Step Into My Dreams soon became Susan Wongโs bestselling title and a fanโs favorite.
โBest Recording Yetโ: My LIVE Stories (2013)
After 5 years, Susan Wong returned to Nashville in June 2012 to record her next masterpiece. This masterpiece called My LIVE Stories was recorded live over two days in the world famous Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, USA which Susan described was her โbest recording yetโ. With an ensemble of top notch session musicians and a first class recording environment inside a 100 year old converted church Susan performed a selection of her favourite songs from her previous albums along with new songs.
Highlights include the bossa nova influenced Billie Jean, the blues tinged Cry Me A River, an up tempo Perfect and a spine tingling performance of Desperado. The studio recording was filmed in full HD and released in DVD and Blu-ray formats in December 2012.
Tribute to Female Vocal: Woman In Love (2014) & SusanWongVEVO
From the time when My LIVE Stories was being recorded, the idea for Woman In Love was already in conception. 2 ยฝ years in the making, recorded over 8 studios in 3 continents โ Woman In Love was released worldwide December 1st, 2014. Woman In Love is Susanโs tribute to great women singers before her who made their fame with sensuous and endearing love songs. The album features romantic love songs old and new from Olivia Newton-Johnโs I Honestly Love You, Barbra Streisandโs classic Woman in Love to Rihannaโs hit Stay and Adeleโs Make You Feel My Love.
For Woman In Love, Susan crafted a rare original song Canโt You See (Iโm Falling In Love) to be included in the album.
Susan took her rendition of Mary Macgregorโs Torn Between Two Lovers to the big screen where the music video was released in full HD live on SusanWongVEVO. Susan Wongโs VEVO channel now holds a dear collection of Susan Wongโs best and most popular music.
Autumn Leaves
Susan Wong Lyrics
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Drift by the window
The autumn leaves
Of red and gold
I see your lips
The summer kisses
The sunburned hands
Since you went away
The days grow long
And soon I'll hear
Old winter's song
But I miss you most of all
My darling
When autumn leaves
Start to fall
The lyrics in Susan Wong's song "Autumn Leaves" describe the beauty and melancholy of autumn along with the memories of summer romance. The falling leaves of autumn in red and gold colors bring back the memory of summer kisses and the sunburned hands of a lover. The singer longs to be reunited with her lover and expresses how the days seem longer and how the cold winter is approaching. The sadness of being alone is felt more acutely during autumn and winter, as the leaves fall from the trees.
The song highlights the wistful and sentimental feelings that arise with the changing season. The reference to autumn leaves serves as a metaphor for the changing seasons of life and relationships. Falling leaves symbolize the end of something, such as a summer fling, and the onset of a colder, quieter season. Ultimately, the singer misses her lover the most when the autumn leaves start to fall, suggesting that the changing landscape serves as a reminder of a lost love.
Line by Line Meaning
The falling leaves
The leaves are falling from the trees
Drift by the window
The falling leaves are drifting past the window
The autumn leaves
The falling leaves are those of autumn
Of red and gold
The falling leaves are colored red and gold
I see your lips
The singer visualizes the lips of a loved one
The summer kisses
The singer remembers romantic moments from summer
The sunburned hands
The singer recalls holding hands with a lover in the sun
I used to hold
The singer used to hold hands with a lover
Since you went away
The lover has since departed
The days grow long
The days are becoming longer as autumn passes
And soon I'll hear
Soon, the singer will hear
Old winter's song
The coming of winter is represented as its own song
But I miss you most of all
Above all things, the singer misses their lost love
My darling
The singer is addressing their lost love affectionately
When autumn leaves
The singer misses their love the most as autumn leaves fall
Start to fall
The singer misses their love as the leaves are falling
Contributed by Bentley P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
yvonne ng
Suzy Wong,thankyou for this song ,.One of my favourite since childhood.๐๐
Traditions Home
Oh, so lovely, the guitar intro, followed by Susie's mellifluous voice, then a jazzy rendition and a decrescendo piano, nice
Isi Garre
Gracias, Jasmine, es una canciรณn, que me encanta, saludos desde Barcelona ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐๐
Cinzia Ruzza
Meravigliosa versione
Saidi Santoso
Beautiful song
Ken Robinson
Beautiful.
Monique v. Jaarsveld
Wonderful
Richard
c'est trรจs belle
Tanya Reid
Super !!! Like 292 !!!
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