Marry Me Today

"Marry Me Today" is a song by Taiwanese singers David Tao and Jolin Tsai from Tao's fifth studio album, Beautiful. The song was written by David Tao and Wawa Chen, and it was produced by David Tao. It was released as a single from the album on August 17, 2006, by eCentury. It won a Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year.

Background and release
On July 16, 2006, Tao stated that his new album would be released soon and that the album would focus on romance. On July 21, 2006, EMI confirmed that Tao's album Beautiful would include a song featuring Jolin Tsai. On August 4, 2006, Tao's album Beautiful was released, which included the song "Marry Me Today" sung by Tao and Tsai.

On the same day, Tao and Tsai filmed the music video for the song at the Grace Hill in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan, and at the Maze Garden in Xinsheng Park in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, which was directed by Tony Lin and released on August 17, 2006. The song reached number one in the Taiwan's Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year of 2006.

Writing and production
On August 20, 2006, Tao was interviewed by Southern Metropolis Daily, saying, "Actually, the song 'Marry Me Today' was not a duet when I wrote it, I sang it alone, and then when I was writing the lyrics, I already knew that it was about marriage, I thought if we invited a female singer to sing with us, she would sing a verse, I would sing a verse, then we would sing the chorus together, and then the rap part would be like a pastor emcee, then the song would become more three-dimensional and interesting. So I turned the song into a male-female duet. In fact, I didn't start with Jolin Tsai, but I ended up with her, and it wasn't because I wanted to cater to the hype of the record company, which was totally out of the question. If that was the case, I would have rejected it and been disgusted by it. As for why I chose Jolin Tsai, it's because she and I are in two different age groups. She's in her twenties and I'm in my thirties, and these two ages have different views on marriage, so the song that comes out of it will have a special feeling, a special resonance."

Anecdotes
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. A netizen quoted the lyrics "DT in the house" from the song "Marry Me Today", in which DT (or David Tao) was thought to be Donald Trump by netizens, and jokingly called Tsai a prophet. The netizens said, "I had guessed that Trump would win the U.S. election, after all, the mysterious power from the East, Tsai had predicted: DT (Donald Trump) in the house (White House)."