Her story was analogous to Chen Shui-bian's, who stuck by his wife after she was crippled by an automobile accident. The song, which succeeded in heating up an already hotly contested election, became a classic among campaign songs and is still sung today.
潘麗麗的單純深情對照陳水扁夫婦的患難情深，為激烈的選戰注入溫馨暖流，堪稱競選歌曲的經典，「春天的花蕊」也傳唱至今。