迷 (1994)

Mystery (Chinese: 迷; pinyin: Mí), alternatively translated as Riddle, is the debut Mandarin studio album (seventh overall) recorded by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It was released through Cinepoly Records on April 8, 1994.

Songs

Although she had included a few Mandarin Chinese songs in her 1993 albums No Regrets and 100,000 Whys, Mystery was her first album recorded entirely in Mandarin rather than the Hong Kong majority dialect of Cantonese. The first track "I'm Willing" (or "I Do") was an instant hit single, and the album brought Wong to fame across the region of East Asia.

The tracks "Drunk" and "Cold War" are covers of Helen Hoffner's "Summer of Love" and Tori Amos's "Silent All These Years" respectively; with which Wong had already scored hits with her Cantonese versions of the songs, included in her 1993 album 100,000 Whys. "Ruanruo" or "Weak" is a cover of "Road", originally by the group Everything But The Girl, and which Faye Wong also covered on her 1993 album, "No Regrets", but sang under the title, "Starting Tomorrow".

Commercial performance

Despite the inclusion of Mandarin versions of that and other Cantonese songs, Mystery was a huge hit, selling over 800,000 in Taiwan alone, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time in Taiwan.

Covers and usage in media

The first track "Wo Yuanyi" was covered in English by Lene Marlin in 2005, in Japanese by JAYWALK in 2002, and in Korean by Seomoon Tak in 2004. It was featured in the following films: Loving Him (2002), Just Another Pandora's Box (2010), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011), and I Do (2012), among others.