In the middle 1970's, young people dissatisfied with the repetitive love song rut that pop music was in moved in droves to listen to the "campus folk music" coming out of college and university campuses, leading to a change in Mandarin pop music.
民國六十年代中期，年輕人不滿當時流行歌壇長久陷溺在狹隘的男歡女愛中，紛紛從大專校園唱出所謂的「校園民歌」，引發了國語流行歌曲的變革。