"Home"
Single by Kit Chan
B-side"Home 家 (Chinese version)"
Released1998
Recorded1998
GenrePop, R&B
LabelOcean Butterflies
Songwriter(s)Dick Lee
Producer(s)Kit Chan
Official National Day (Singapore) song singles chronology
"One People, One Nation, One Singapore"
(1990)		 "Home"
(1998)		 "Together"
(1999)

Home (家), sung by Kit Chan, was composed by Dick Lee in 1998 as the first in a series of yearly songs commissioned for Singapore's 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 Mediacorp, 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

  1. ↑ Sim, Royston (15 May 2014). "No new National Day song for this year's parade". The Straits Times. 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.
  2. ↑ "Get ready for bigger, bolder, grander NDP". AsiaOne News. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ↑ See, Sharon (15 February 2011). "Singapore classic "Home" gets remade for Total Defence Day". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Iau, Jean (24 April 2020). "Sing along to Home on Saturday to thank front-line, migrant workers". The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Ang, Benson (21 July 2023). "Kit Chan remakes classic NDP song Home; new version is quieter and more introspective". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. ↑ https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/weezer-rivers-cuomo-covers-kit-chan-home-372891


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