The Olive Tree (橄欖樹) is a classic Mandarin song that is sung by Taiwanese artist Chyi Yu (齊豫) from her 1979 debut album. It is used as the opening song of a film from the same year, "Your Smiling Face" (歡顏). The film launched Hu Hui Chong's movie career just as the song itself launched Chyi Yu's recording career.
The English version sung by Hong Kong artist, Sally Yeh (葉蒨文) is ironically also from her very first album in 1980, when she was just 18 years old.
The English version sung by Hong Kong artist, Sally Yeh (葉蒨文) is ironically also from her very first album in 1980, when she was just 18 years old.
The words of Olive Tree were written by the famous, late Sanmao (三毛), a well-travelled and greatly-admired Taiwanese author. She died tragically in 1991, via suicide, having just written the screenplay for "Red Dust" which won 8 Golden Melody Awards. Her popularity led to intense speculations during those period pertaining to the circumstances which made her took her own life.
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