Yellow (Nicholas Tse song)

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Yellow
Single by Nicholas Tse
Released August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25) (HK & China)
Format CD
Genre Rock
Post-power rock
Rap rock
Length 4:01
Producer EEG Emperor Entertainment Group Hong Kong

Yellow is a music single from Cantopop-singer Nicholas Tse. In contrast with his usual pop musical style, this song does not categorise in the pop genre, rather, rock or post-rock and roll. The CD single was released on 25 August 2005 and was available for digital download on 23 August. The language of the song is mainly Cantonese with Mandarin chanting and rapping towards the end.

[edit] Style

The song features many elements from 1980s rock and roll and power rock, including tempo and drumbeat.

[edit] Lyrical content

The song is about anti-Chinese racism and Tse being "yut sun wong, tin saang wong" (lit. a body of yellow, born yellow) and "wong pei fu" (lit. yellow skin).