''You and Me'' () is the official theme song of the

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held in

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, which was performed in the opening ceremony of the Olympics by

Liu Huan Liu Huan (born August 26, 1963) is a Chinese singer and songwriter. He is one of China's modern era pioneers in pop music. He combines his music career with teaching the history of Western music at the Beijing University of International Busin ...

and

Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano singer and actress. Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she made ...

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, director of the opening ceremony, chose the British singer which represents the capital London as the next Olympic host city in

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and over a local one in keeping to the game's theme of "One World, One Dream", signifying unity across language, race or religious barriers.You and Me - Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Theme Song Music Video and Lyric (by Sarah Brightman and Liu Huan)
/ref> The official version of this song lasts four minutes, ten seconds and was composed by Chen Qigang, a

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born French-Chinese composer. The music video of this song features some people from around the world, their names in English and Chinese and lyrics appearing as sung. The song was sampled at the

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to help symbolize Beijing as both a Summer and Winter Olympic host city.

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