"You and Me", Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Song

If you have watched the live, delayed or encore telecast of the opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, held in the “Bird Nest” (see the Bird Nest made in LEGO) and liked the Olympic theme song sang by British Soprano Sarah Brightman and Chinese singer Liu Huan, its name is “You and Me”, and the official music video for the song has been released, expected starred by Sarah Brightman and Liu Huan, plus tens of named people from all over the world.

“You and Me” is considered by some to be one of the best and most touching Olympic theme song in history. You must be wondered why Sarah Brightman was singing on the Beijing Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony, which has been labeled by many to be China show of pride. Surprisingly, the director of the opening ceremony, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, prefer a Chinese to perform the song with a ‘foreigner’ in order to highlight the Olympic slogan - One World, One Dream, and the title of the song - You and Me, to signify different races of people from different countries on Earth joining together in Olympic Games, regardless languages speak, skin colors, and other man-made barriers.

The part of You and Me sang by Sarah Brightman is in English, although Liu Huan sang in Chinese. The lyric of You and Me in English is as follow:

you and me
from one world
heart to heart
we are one family
for dreams we travel
thousands of miles
we meet in beijing
come together
the joy we share
you and me
from one world
forever we are one family