Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase
| "Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase / I Only Care About You" | ||||
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| Single by Teresa Teng | ||||
| from the album Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase and I Only Care About You | ||||
| Released | February 21, 1986 (Japanese) April 1, 1987 (Mandarin) | |||
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| Length | 4:49 | |||
| Label | Taurus | |||
| Composer | Takashi Miki | |||
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"Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase" (Japanese: 時の流れに身をまかせ; meaning "Give Yourself to the Flow of Time") is a song recorded by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng in both Japanese and Mandarin. The original version was released as a CD single in Japan on February 21, 1986, for her Japanese studio album of the same name (1986).
The following year, Teng recorded a Mandarin Chinese version of the song, titled "I Only Care About You" (Chinese: 我只在乎你). It served as a single for her Chinese studio album also of the same name, which was released through Polygram Records on April 1, 1987.
The song was a big success in both Japan and the Chinese-speaking world. In Japan, "Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase" won the Grand Prix (most prestigious award) at the 1986 Japan Cable Awards and the All Japan Cable Broadcasting Awards, making Teng the only non-Japanese artist to have won either award for three consecutive years. In 1997, it was voted the 16th greatest Japanese song of all time in a nationwide survey conducted by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK).