創作背景
《我是誰》是成龍在1998年春節推出的賀歲電影。他在電影中飾演一名美國中情局特種部隊隊員,在一次執行任務中受重傷,且流落非洲,忘記了自己的身分,更受到中情局的追殺,後來終於脫險並完成任務,也記起了「我是誰」。有別于成龍電影一貫純粹訴諸武打的官能快感的主題,導演陳木勝首次借成龍來說一個故事,探討了當時香港人的「身分危機」命題。
華健受命擔任電影的音樂工作,曾親自遠赴南非探班並擷取創作靈感。終於呈獻出這張極富world music樂風的電影原聲專輯,歌曲內容也首度探討環保的議題,令人眼前一亮。
歌詞
Who am I?
詞:HOMAN CHOU
曲:周華健
演唱:周華健
編曲:包小松
wa cha la la yo oh……
Mirror shows me the mask that I've been wearing.
Whose echo echo speaks after I speak?
And all this time, whose lines have I been saying?
Whose footprints are these that follow me?
All I was...Forgot. Who I was... I'm not.
Try to be like idle idols I know I know.
We are made of two. Which one is really you?
What should I say, or think, or do, I don't know.
wa cha la la yo oh……
wa cha la la yo oh……
Pretend to be, pretending not to be.
Whose shadow is this that is under me?
Whose burden is this the one that I'm carrying?
Whose name do they call? Are they calling me?
Who I was...Forgot. All I am... I'm not.
Try to be like idle idols I know I know.
I am made of three. Which one is really me?
What should I see, or hear, or speak, I don't know.
wa cha la la yo oh……