Tsugunai (), along with Changhuan (), (Atonement/Expiation), are songs by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng. Original Japanese song was released on 1984, while Mandarin version song was released a year later in 1985.
Background
The song is about a man who has cheated a lady. He tried make amend to her but still went on the affair repeatedly. Having gave too much love, she told him not to take expiation as an excuse to break her heart anymore, and she left him reluctantly.
Music Video
The video of Mandarin version was filmed in Singapore, with some of the settings at pre-gentrified Clarke Quay and Fort Canning Hill, specifically Gothic Gates.
Commercial performance
Both Tsugunai and Changhuan sold globally at 1.5 million copies. including 440 thousands copies in Japan.
Charts
Awards
The song won the Japan Cable Awards (日本演歌大賞) Grand Prix, All-Japan Cable Broadcasting Award Winner (全日本有線放送大賞) and Japan Enka Award (日本演歌大賞) in 1985.
Significance and Covered works
Owning to the significance of both this widely-popular song and the singer, there are many other singers that cover this song of Japanese and Mandarin version alike.
Some covered Japanese version are Sayuri Ishikawa, Yuko Nakazawa, Chiyoko Shimakura, Misaki Iwasa, VALSHE and Takeshi Tsuruno.
Some covered Mandarin Chinese version are Fei Yu-ching, Daphne Tsai, Sammi Cheng, Joanna Wang and PISCO Band.