Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo
| "Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo" | |
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| Single by Various artists | |
| A-side | Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo |
| B-side | Ang Bayan Kong Pilipinas |
| Released | April 1986 |
| Format | 7", 12", cassette single |
| Length | 4:27 |
| Label | WEA, Riva Records |
| Writer(s) | Jim Paredes |
"Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo" (lit. "The Gift of the Filipinos to the World") is a 1986 song recorded in Filipino by a supergroup composed of 15 Filipino artists. The song became the anthem of the bloodless People Power Revolution. The lyrics of the song are inscribed on a wall of Our Lady of EDSA Shrine, the center of the revolution.
Songwriter Jim Paredes wrote the song in three minutes, with no revisions, using the success of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution as his inspiration. After finishing the composition, he sent it to WEA Records, who at that time is compiling an album of patriotic songs. The song eventually became its carrier single. The song was then performed by artists who became actively involved during the People Power Revolution. An English version of this song was also made entitled "A New and Better Way - The People's Anthem", released in Australia and the United Kingdom. Both the original and English version were released as singles, with the proceeds to be donated for the rehabilitation of DZRV, which its main transmitter was destroyed by Marcos' troops while covering the events of the EDSA Revolution.
The English version of the single includes a letter from Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin.
A music video was also made for the song made by director Mike de Leon. Kris Aquino, then a teenager, also appeared in the music video, together with the artists that rendered the song. National heroes since the Spanish period like Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio, prominent anti-Marcos figures and scenes from the revolution were also featured. The video was removed by censors shortly after it aired in television as the video containing crowds battering pictures of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos might be "too strong" to the public. The music video reappeared decades after through the Filipino music channel Myx and was uploaded in YouTube under Jim Paredes' account.
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