The original singers of the song "The Day Is Long to Come" are Joker Xue and Huang Ling.

"The Day Is Long" is a promotional song for the movie "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", written by Chang Shilei, composed by Chang Shilei and Yuan Yawei, and sung by Joker Xue and Huang Ling. The single was released on September 12, 2016 It was released on May 15, 2017, and later included in Huang Ling's album of the same name "The Day Is Long to Come" released on May 15, 2017.

In 2017, the song was shortlisted for the Most Popular Film and Television Music Single at the 2016 Abilu Music Awards. The melody of the song is catchy, and it would be more objective to listen to the song as a pop piece alone rather than fitting it tightly into the plot of the movie. Chang Shilei's best piano-based arrangement brings more picturesqueness, and the melody of the main song has a very obvious imprint of Chang Shilei.

Creative background:

Joker Xue once approached director Feng Xiaogang, hoping to sing the theme song or episode of the movie he directed. Feng Xiaogang was "attacked" by a large number of Joker Xue's fans on Weibo and responded that Joker's work was "interesting and meaningful", so he recommended himself and successfully joined.

"The Day Is Long" was produced and led by Chang Shilei. Joker Xue and Huang Ling collaborated again after singing "As long as we loved each other" in 2012. The reason why Huang Ling was selected to sing the promotional song for "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" was because she was recommended by Joker Xue.

Fortunately, when Huang Ling approached Xue Zhiqian with "The Day Is Long", they hit it off immediately due to their strong enthusiasm. Later, they were spotted by director Feng Xiaogang, who felt that this was exactly what he wanted. works. During the song recording, Huang Ling also had a dispute with Joker Xue.