"We Are Soldiers" - Liu Bin

Lyricist: Wang Xiaoling

Composer: Zang Yunfei

Am I Soldiers? Are there any? What's the difference? Just because we all wear simple military uniforms? Are we soldiers? What's the difference?

Since I left my hometown? It's hard to see my parents? Say Different

In fact, it is the same? They are all in their youth? They are all hot-blooded men

Say they are different? In fact, they are the same? The same footprints are left behind

The mountains are high and the rivers are long? We soldiers? We are just different

With our heads resting on the bright moon at the border? We are covered in rain, snow, wind and frost

We soldiers? We are just different? For the sake of the country's tranquility

We hold the gun tightly? Say it is different? In fact, it is the same

We are all longing for glory? We are all winning glory? Say it is different

In fact, it’s the same? The same style is flying on the flag of the Republic of China

We soldiers? What’s the difference? Just because we all wear simple clothes

Military uniforms? We soldiers? It’s just different

For the sake of national peace? We hold the gun tightly

We soldiers? That’s how it is. Expand information

"We Soldiers" was first sung by Liu Bin, with lyrics written by Wang Xiaoling and music composed by Zang Yunfei. It was included in the album Chinese Song Dictionary 1980's The Era of Reform and Opening Up. "We Soldiers" is deeply loved by soldiers and the people, and is praised as "the song of real soldiers". The song was first sung by Liu Bin, and has been covered many times by Yan Weiwen and others.

“Soldier” is synonymous with modern soldiers, and it is also a title full of glory and pride. In the era of reform and opening up, soldiers gave up many personal opportunities and performed their sacred duty of defending the motherland with selfless dedication. In 1994, the author, who was a soldier, felt this when he was deeply involved in life in the army and wrote the song "We Soldiers".

The original name of this song is "Same, Different". It puts forward two seemingly contradictory viewpoints: "We who serve as soldiers, what's the difference?" and "We who serve as soldiers, we are just different." "It expresses the lyricist's special feelings for soldiers and the requirements for soldiers in the new era.

Wang Xiaoling’s lyrics praise the value of soldiers in peacetime and sing the heroic voices of soldiers in the new era. Composers Zang Yunfei and Liu Bin composed a very masculine march. The music is concise and catchy, and the first line "We are soldiers" sings the military power with a head-start.