Stand up for Singapore songs
Did you know all four of our National Songs were written by non-Singaporeans?
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JUST when everyone thought it was impossible, the folks behind this year's National Day Parade achieved a breakthrough: they managed to create a theme song that Singaporeans didn't hate.
Seriously, when was the last time an August 9 ditty wasn't flayed? Certainly not in this decade.
The re-worked We Are Singapore - composed in 1987 by Canadian ad man Hugh Harrison - features a new first verse by the ridiculously likable Charlie Lim: a feat in itself, when you consider how terribly peeved Singaporeans would've been, had the classic been butchered.
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