Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw (soundtrack) explained
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw |
Type: | soundtrack |
Artist: | Various Artists/ Regine Velasquez |
Cover: | Kailangan ko'y ikaw.jpg |
Caption: | The Original Soundtrack of Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw |
Released: | July 28, 2000 |
Genre: | Pop, OPM |
Language: | English, Tagalog |
Label: | Viva |
Producer: | Vic del Rosario, Jr. (executive) Regine Velasquez-Alcasid Raul Mitra |
Chronology: | Regine Velasquez |
Prev Title: | Unsolo |
Prev Year: | 2000 |
Next Year: | 2000 |
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw is the soundtrack to the 2000 Viva Films comedy and romance film of the same name starring Regine Velasquez and Robin Padilla. The soundtrack was released by Viva Records on 2000 in CD and cassette format.[1] [2] With the film's immense success, the single "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw" shot to the top of the charts and the soundtrack sold more than 240,000+ copies in the Philippines.[3]
Content
The carrier single is the song "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw" composed by Ogie Alcasid which was requested by Regine Velasquez to be the main love theme of the film.[4] The song was created for only a day by Alcasid[5] during his then wife Michelle Van Eimeren's second child pregnancy.[6] The album went gold certified by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) after a week[7] upon release and turned platinum award after a month[8] and considered one of the best selling soundtracks by a Filipino movie in the Philippines.[3]
Accolades
The song Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw received numerous awards and citation from different Philippine awards program including Awit Awards,[9] Filipino Academy of Movie Arts & Sciences (FAMAS) Awards[10] and PMPC Star Awards for Movies.[11]
Year | Award | Category |
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2001 | 23rd Awit Awards | Best Performance By A Female Recording Artist |
Best Ballad Recording |
Best Movie/ TV/ Stage Theme Song Recording |
Song of the Year |
17th PMPC Star Awards for Movies | Movie Theme Song of the Year |
49th FAMAS Awards | Best Movie Theme Song |
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Track listing
Notes
Cover credits
- "Star on a TV Show" is a cover originally from The Stylistics, from their 1974 album Heavy.
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a cover originally from Roberta Flack, from her 1969 album First Take.
- "Suntok Sa Buwan" is a cover originally from APO Hiking Society, from their 1993 album Barangay Apo.
- "Tuwing Umuulan" is a Ryan Cayabyab original, first popularized by Basil Valdez from his 1978 album, Basil.
- "The Best That I Can Be (She Loves Me)" is a Jim Photoglo original, first popularized by James Ingram from his 1983 album, It's Your Night.
Personnel
The album was produced by Regine Velasquez and Raul Mitra.[12]
- Regine Velasquez – vocals, background vocals
- Trina Belamide – background vocals
- Sonny Azurin – bass
- Roger Herrera – bass
- Marc Lopez – arranger
- Raul Mitra – arranger, vocals
- Eric Apuyan – engineer, mixing
- Eric Payumo – engineer
- Percival Fontanilla – A&R
- Ewan MacColl – composer
- Van Sean Deato – cover design
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw soundtrack . Amazon . August 20, 2011.
- Billboard-Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw . . August 20, 2011.
- Web site: The girl with the Platinum touch . Pilipino Star Ngayon . December 24, 2000.
- Web site: Ogie Alcasid, Songwriter of the Year . Baby Gil . The Philippine Star . December 5, 2001.
- Web site: Regine's Third Man . Baby Gil . The Philippine Star . February 13, 2002.
- Web site: Ogie Alcasid finally sets the record straight . Antonette R. Valdez . . March 12, 2006.
- Web site: Robin and Regine: A story of 2 winners . The Philippine Star. October 11, 2000.
- Web site: Regine-Robin Album Turns Platinum . Sol Jose Vanzi . Philippine Headline News Online . October 3, 2000 .
- Web site: 23rd Awit Awards citation . August 20, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111226122412/http://www.awitawards.com.ph/PREVIOUS%20AWIT%20AWARDEES.doc . December 26, 2011 .
- Web site: FAMAS awards . . August 20, 2011.
- Web site: Ogie Alcasid's hit songs . Nerisa Almo . Philippine Entertainment Portal . September 23, 2008 .
- Web site: Album credits from Artist Direct . August 20, 2011.