杨采妮初恋 EP

Charlie Young 杨采妮初恋 “First Love” EP was released in 1995. The record is more accurately a mini-album or a track within her larger album titled Mythology, released the same year.

Release Details

Artist: Charlie Young (杨采妮 / Yáng Cǎinī)
Release Date: December 1, 1995
Label: Mythology (the album title under a major distributor at the time, possibly Golden Pony/EMI, though label info is slightly varied by region)
Format: EP / Mini-Album (often listed as a track within the full Mythology album on digital platforms)
She sang a song with 巫启贤 in this album too.

The title song, “First Love,” is the most notable element of the EP/album.

Original Version: The melody of the song “First Love” originated from a Japanese song called Hatsukoi (初恋), originally performed by Japanese singer-songwriter Takao Hitoshi Murashita (村下孝蔵) in 1983.
Cantonese Version: The popular Cantonese cover was sung by Elisa Lam (林志美).
Mandarin Version: Charlie Young’s rendition is the Mandarin Chinese version of this classic tune.
Notable Appearance: The song gained further widespread recognition when a cover version, performed by Karen Mok (莫文蔚), was featured prominently in Stephen Chow’s 1996 hit movie, God of Cookery (食神). The raw, emotional delivery in the film version became instantly iconic in Canto-pop culture.

Cute album art cover 🙂