Beyond lead singer Huang Jiakui was moved by Mandela's deeds and wrote the heart-stirring "Glory Days". It is said that after Mandela received the song, he immediately found someone to translate the lyrics. After hearing the meaning of the lyrics, he burst into tears.

"Glory Days" is a song sung by the Hong Kong rock band Beyond. Wong Ka-kui composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the Cantonese version of the song, while the Mandarin version was written by Ho Kai-hong and Zhou Zhiping. The Cantonese and Mandarin versions of the song were included in Beyond's Cantonese album "Destiny Party" released in September 1990 and Mandarin album "Glory Days" released in April 1991.

From August 3 to 6, 1990, Wong Ka-kui went to Papua New Guinea with Radio Television Hong Kong’s First Love Brigade, and witnessed first-hand the suffering of the local people due to war and famine.

After returning to Hong Kong, Huang Jiaju read the story of Mandela being imprisoned in the newspaper. Huang Jiaju believed that Mandela’s spiritual connotation was about struggle and hope, which coincided with Huang Jiaju’s hard work in Hong Kong. The background coincided with each other, so Huang Jiaju composed the song "Glory Days".

Mandela cried after listening to "Glory Days" because the main purpose of this song is to convey the spirit of equality and fraternity, but from the perspective of the creator and the band, the spiritual connotation of this song is more It's mostly about struggle and hope. The story behind these is also a difficult dream of an orchestra in the history of Hong Kong music.

Wong Ka-kui believes that Mandela’s spiritual connotation is about struggle and hope, which coincides with Beyond’s hard-working background in Hong Kong, so Wong Ka-kui composed the song "Glory Days".

The lyrics of this song are inspirational and the melody is easy to pop. When listening to "Glory Days", a cry from a rebellious youth to a torch of freedom makes people involuntarily sigh. It is a kind of shock from the soul, making people in adversity seem to see a glimmer of hope. It makes people become stronger involuntarily.