The major turning point in her career came in 1982 when song writer Wong Ch'ing-hsi approached her about singing his composition "Promise Me Tonight" in the tenth World Song Contest held in Tokyo.
當時陳淑樺雖不是頂尖紅星，但她的表現引起作曲家翁清溪的注意，請她唱由他作曲的英文歌「PROMISE ME TONIGHT」，以參加在東京舉辦的第十屆世界歌謠大賽。