''Can't be half'' is the third full-length studio album released by
Chinese
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Canto-pop singer
Jason Chan. The album contains songs in
Cantonese
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,
English
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and
Mandarin. The album was released on 18 December 2009 by record label
Sony Music Entertainment
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.
One of the songs appearing on the album, "最後的擁抱" contains a part of the melody from a song by the Japanese pop group
flumpool
Flumpool (stylized as flumpool) are a Japanese rock band. The band, originally from Osaka Prefecture, was formed in January 2007. The band's name is a portmanteau of the words ''four'' (from the number of members in the band), ''lump'', and ''p ...
. The guitarist from
Flumpool
Flumpool (stylized as flumpool) are a Japanese rock band. The band, originally from Osaka Prefecture, was formed in January 2007. The band's name is a portmanteau of the words ''four'' (from the number of members in the band), ''lump'', and ''p ...
is listed as the producer for the song.
Track listing
CD
DVD
* "最後的擁抱" has the same melody as the Japanese song "MW ~Dear Mr. & Ms. Picaresque~" (MW ~Dear Mr. & Ms. ピカレスク~) by the Japanese group ''
flumpool
Flumpool (stylized as flumpool) are a Japanese rock band. The band, originally from Osaka Prefecture, was formed in January 2007. The band's name is a portmanteau of the words ''four'' (from the number of members in the band), ''lump'', and ''p ...
''. Kazuki Sakai, a guitarist in ''flumpool'', is credited as one of the producers for the song for Jason Chan.
Cultural Influence
*"You Deceive, I Deceive" has become one of the greatest hit of Jason Chan. After
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six mi ...
, some netizens from Mainland China were celebrating for the disaster in Japan. Some netizens in Hong Kong had created a transformative work (namely "Martyr in Fukushima", 福島烈士) based on this song, in the hope of fighting back the netizens from Mainland China, and to show support to the Japanese victims. The song was also supported by Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong.
References
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2009 albums
Jason Chan (singer) albums
Sony Music albums