This article is about Freddie Aguilar song. For the 2000 Filipino film of the same title, see Anak (film).
"Anak" (Filipino for child or more gender specific my son or my daughter) is a Tagalog song written by Filipinofolk-singer Freddie Aguilar. It made the finals for the inaugural 1978 Metropop Song Festival held in Manila. It became an international hit, and was translated into 27 languages.[2] The lyrics speak of Filipino family values.[3] The current copyright owner of the song is Star Music, a recording company owned by the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation.[4] It was produced by Celso Llarina of VST & Co. Tito Sotto was the executive producer for this song as well as its album of the same name.[5]
Freddie Aguilar left home at the age of 18 without graduating from school. His father, who had wanted him to be a lawyer, was disappointed. Freddie traveled to faraway places carrying with him only his guitar. With no one to guide and discipline him, he got into gambling. Realizing and regretting his mistakes five years later, Freddie composed "Anak", a song of remorse and apology to his parents. He went back home and asked for forgiveness from his parents, who welcomed him with open arms. After his father read the lyrics of "Anak", the two became closer. The homecoming proved timely as his father died not long after.[2] According to Felipe de Leon, Jr., an authority on Philippine music, the song was composed in a Western style but has aspects of pasyon, a form that many Filipinos can identify with.[3]
Impact
"Anak" became a finalist in the first MetroPop Song Festival. It went on to become very popular in the Philippines and eventually abroad. The song generated a hundred cover versions, was released in 56 countries and in 27 different foreign languages, and is claimed to have sold 30 million copies.[6][7][better source needed] This was unlikely, however, and only threea songs have been confirmed to have sold at least 30 million copies.
An eponymous film was released in 2000, with a plot inspired by the lyrics of the song.[3]
^"Freddie Aguilar – Anak (1979, Vinyl)" – via www.discogs.com.
^ abDot Ramos Balasbas-Gancayco (December 12, 2006). . The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
^ abcRodell, Paul A. (2002). Culture and customs of the Philippines. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 186. ISBN978-0-313-30415-6. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
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This article is about Freddie Aguilar song For the 2000 Filipino film of the same title see Anak film Anak Filipino for child or more gender specific my son or my daughter is a Tagalog song written by Filipino folk singer Freddie Aguilar It made the finals for the inaugural 1978 Metropop Song Festival held in Manila It became an international hit and was translated into 27 languages 2 The lyrics speak of Filipino family values 3 The current copyright owner of the song is Star Music a recording company owned by the media conglomerate ABS CBN Corporation 4 It was produced by Celso Llarina of VST amp Co Tito Sotto was the executive producer for this song as well as its album of the same name 5 Anak Single by Freddie Aguilarfrom the album AnakA side Anak B side Child Released1978 1978 Recorded1977StudioCinema AudioGenrePinoy pop folkLength3 53 original version LabelSunshine Records RCA Records internationally released Star Music copyright owner Songwriter s Freddie AguilarProducer s Celso Llarina 1 Contents 1 Inspiration and composition 2 Impact 3 Other recordings or versions 4 In popular culture 4 1 Media 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 References 7 External linksInspiration and composition EditFreddie Aguilar left home at the age of 18 without graduating from school His father who had wanted him to be a lawyer was disappointed Freddie traveled to faraway places carrying with him only his guitar With no one to guide and discipline him he got into gambling Realizing and regretting his mistakes five years later Freddie composed Anak a song of remorse and apology to his parents He went back home and asked for forgiveness from his parents who welcomed him with open arms After his father read the lyrics of Anak the two became closer The homecoming proved timely as his father died not long after 2 According to Felipe de Leon Jr an authority on Philippine music the song was composed in a Western style but has aspects of pasyon a form that many Filipinos can identify with 3 Impact Edit Anak became a finalist in the first MetroPop Song Festival It went on to become very popular in the Philippines and eventually abroad The song generated a hundred cover versions was released in 56 countries and in 27 different foreign languages and is claimed to have sold 30 million copies 6 7 better source needed This was unlikely however and only threea songs have been confirmed to have sold at least 30 million copies An eponymous film was released in 2000 with a plot inspired by the lyrics of the song 3 Other recordings or versions EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message ASIN from the 1978 album Asin Larry Matias from the 1978 self titled album Tito Vic and Joey parody entitled Anak ng Kuwan from their album Iskul Bukol Blonker band of German guitar player Dieter Geike from their 1982 album Fantasia Regine Velasquez from the 1991 album Tagala Talaga Gary Valenciano from the 2000 movie soundtrack Anak only appears on the movie soundtrack Sharon Cuneta from the 2000 movie Anak used in movie credits Kuh Ledesma from the 2000 album Duet With Me Side A from the 2001 album The Platinum Collection The Kelly Family from the 1980 single Alle Kinder brauchen Freunde Michael Holm Kind which means Child in German Noel Cabangon from the 2012 album Tuloy Ang Biyahe Cusco entitled Philippines from their 1983 album Virgin Islands Mitoy Yonting from the 2013 various artists album The Voice of the Philippines The Final 4 Ramon Jacinto from the 1992 instrumental album The Guitarman II used in the instrumental medley includes Walk Don t Run and Diamond Head Victor Wood from the 1979 Indonesian Album 愛著啊 by Jody Chiang 江蕙 from album 愛著啊 Taiwanese language Sarah Geronimo from the 2012 album Pure OPM Classics Tha Chin Myar Nae Lu by playboy Than Naing 1980 သ ခ င မ န ႔လ by Htoo Ein Thin တ မ င က စ ၅၀ ၂ ၂၀၀၃ တ စ Carefree from the 1979 album Kebebasan Malay language Vader Abraham Dutch language singing about his childhood home town Elst KZ Tandingan sang parts of the song in both Tagalog and Mandarin languages on the breakout round of the sixth season of Singer 2018 아들 by Lee Yong Bok Korean language 1979 아들 by Jung Yoon Sun Korean language 1981 息子 by Jiro Sugita 1978 息子 by Tokiko Kato 1978 Child Anak by Louie Castro 賈思樂 from 1979 album It s O K in Hong Kong English language 8 孩兒 by Alan Tam 譚詠麟 from 1979 album 反斗星 in Hong Kong Cantonese language 9 你的影子 by Kenny Bee 鍾鎮濤 from 1979 album 我的夥伴 in Hong Kong Mandarin language 10 三分 七分 by Paula Tsui 徐小鳳 from 1982 album 徐小鳳全新歌集 in Hong Kong Cantonese language 11 12 In popular culture EditMedia Edit Anak in both Filipino and Korean versions was featured in the 2015 South Korean action film Gangnam Blues 13 Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1980 PeakpositionBelgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 14 7Netherlands Dutch Top 40 15 2Netherlands Single Top 100 16 4West Germany Official German Charts 17 39 Year end charts Edit Chart 1980 PositionBelgium Ultratop Flanders 18 57Netherlands Dutch Top 40 19 28Netherlands Single Top 100 20 47References Edit Freddie Aguilar Anak 1979 Vinyl via www discogs com a b Dot Ramos Balasbas Gancayco December 12 2006 Still up on his toes an interview with Freddie Aguilar The Philippine Star Archived from the original on March 10 2012 Retrieved June 6 2010 a b c Rodell Paul A 2002 Culture and customs of the Philippines Greenwood Publishing Group p 186 ISBN 978 0 313 30415 6 Retrieved July 3 2009 Star Music About Us abs cbn com Freddie Aguilar Anak 1978 Vinyl via www discogs com Gil Baby A March 4 2015 The continuing odyssey of Anak The Philippine Star Retrieved November 19 2018 Magano Louie April 20 2018 FAST FACTS Freddie Aguilar s Anak 40 ABS CBNnews com Retrieved November 19 2018 Child Anak 孩兒 你的影子 三分 七分 徐小鳳全新歌集 Gangnam Blues Tagalized Trailer YouTube June 11 2015 Archived from the original on December 19 2021 Freddie Aguilar Anak in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved September 23 2021 Nederlandse Top 40 week 41 1980 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved September 23 2021 Freddie Aguilar Anak in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved September 23 2021 Offiziellecharts de Freddie Aguilar Anak GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved September 23 2021 Jaaroverzichten 1980 Ultratop Retrieved September 23 2021 Top 100 Jaaroverzicht van 1980 Dutch Top 40 Retrieved September 23 2021 Jaaroverzichten Single 1980 dutchcharts nl Retrieved September 23 2021 External links EditAnak Epilog youtube com Anak album at Discogs Anak at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anak song amp oldid 1132056378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
