Home (Kit Chan song)
"Home" | ||||
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Single by Kit Chan | ||||
B-side | "Home 家 (Chinese version)" | |||
Released | 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
Label | Ocean Butterflies | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dick Lee | |||
Producer(s) | Kit Chan | |||
Official National Day (Singapore) song singles chronology | ||||
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Home (家), sung by
National Day Parade, together with the other NDP song that year titled as City For The World
. It has English and Chinese versions, both sung by Kit.
The song was originally written for the Sing Singapore festival.[1]
In 2010, Kit performed the song at the 2010 National Day Parade.[2]
In 2011, the music video of a new arrangement of the song was launched on
Total Defence Day. Kit is the executive producer of the music video. The new arrangement was performed by 39 local singers (including Kit), accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.[3]
On 25 April 2020 at 7:55 pm (SGT), all
SPH Radio and So Drama! Entertainment stations aired a rendition of Home by celebrities and musicians to commemorate the efforts of frontline and migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Another video featuring ordinary Singaporeans was aired at 10:30 pm the same day.[4]
In 2023, the original singer Kit Chan remade "Home" for its 25th anniversary.[5] The song was also covered by American rock band Weezer during their 2023 concert in Singapore.[6]
References
- ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
The ballad [...] was not written as a National Day theme song - singer-songwriter Dick Lee first composed it for Sing Singapore.
- ^ "Get ready for bigger, bolder, grander NDP". AsiaOne News. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the originalon 4 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Iau, Jean (24 April 2020). "Sing along to Home on Saturday to thank front-line, migrant workers". The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/weezer-rivers-cuomo-covers-kit-chan-home-372891