Nevertheless, it was hard to resist. Souls locked up for the decade of the Cultural Revolution had lost interest in so-called revolutionary songs that "put politics in command." Some mainland Chinese with overseas connections brought Teresa Teng's music into the PRC. Her delicate and warm voice radiated feelings of intimacy, love, and nostalgia, touching the natural feelings that had been suppressed for so long.
然而，時代的潮流難以遏止，文革禁錮了十年的社會心靈，早已對「為政治服務」的革命樣板歌曲失去興趣，一些有海外關係的民眾把鄧麗君的歌曲帶進了大陸，鄧細緻溫柔的歌聲、一首首訴說親情、愛情、思鄉或感嘆人生際遇的歌曲，讓十億人民拾回了喪失已久的自然情感。