The song quickly became a sensational hit in Hong Kong, sitting at the top of pop charts for a substantial period of time. When TVB aired its dubbed Japanese drama Bright Future in 1976, it invited Roman – who was establishing his career in Japan at the time – to sing a Cantonese cover version of the theme song.
Riding the hot trend for TV drama theme songs, Roman Tam became hugely popular and reached the first peak of his singing career. Thanks also to various new music programme formats, pop charts and golden song awards promoted by the mass media, Cantopop soon began to flourish as an important part of pop culture. When the theme song to the 1974 TV drama series Fatal Irony, performed by Sandra Lang, became a surprise hit, it sparked a craze for this type of music, and all drama series broadcast afterwards came with a Cantonese theme tune that was aired with every episode and reached the ears of the audience every day. With almost every household owning a television by the end of the 1970s, free-to-air TV programmes had become part of local life. One of the biggest drivers in the rise of Cantopop was the more widespread availability of television sets, which provided a cradle for a rapidly burgeoning TV culture. The golden era of Cantopop arrived in the 1970s and 1980s. Enhanced promotion by the broadcasting media and record labels also afforded them a more popular status, which allowed them to penetrate the mainstream. Entering the 1970s, however, as a growing consciousness of a local identity took root among Hong Kong people, Cantonese songs started to gain greater acceptance. It enjoyed a standing far less prestigious than Western or Mandarin pop and was unable to gain traction in the mainstream of Hong Kong’s pop scene. Until the 1970s, native Cantonese pop was regarded as music for the grassroots level of society. Composed by Mahmood Rumjahn lyrics by Richard Lam.) (Translation of extracted lyrics from Within The Laser, published in 1983. Within the laser, I will lock your attention with thousands of songs.”
“I will sing all my songs for you, show you my very best.
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