Kisapmata (song): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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{{short description|1996 song performed by Rivermaya}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Kisapmata

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| artist = [[Rivermaya]]

| album = [[Trip (Rivermaya album)|Trip]]

| released = December 1995<ref>{{cite newsmagazine|last=Levin|first=Mike|title=Artist Close-Ups|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ|accessdate=May 22, 2020|workmagazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 18, 1996|page=APQ-28}}</ref>

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| genre = [[Pinoy rock]]

| length = 4:41

| label = [[Bertelsmann Music Group|Musiko Records]]<br>&<br>[[BertelsmannSony Music GroupPhilippines|BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.]]

| composer = [[Rico Blanco]]

| lyricist = Rico Blanco

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| next_year = 1996

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"'''Kisapmata'''" (Blink) is a song written by [[Rico Blanco]] for the Filipino rock band [[Rivermaya]]. It was released as the lead single from their second album, ''[[Trip (Rivermaya album)|Trip]]'', in December 1995.

It was one of Rivermaya's songs on which the group's original frontman [[Bamboo Mañalac]] sings lead vocals, and was the first Rivermaya single after original guitarist [[Perf de Castro]] left.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} David Gonzales of [[Allmusic]] describes "Kisapmata" as "pleasant and tuneful", but "is less adventurous than much of the other material on ''Trip''."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gonzales|first=David|title=Trip - RiverMaya|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/trip-mw0000983344 |website=[[Allmusic]]|publisher=Netaktion LLC|accessdate=May 22, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cover versions==

*In 1997, Comedian Michael V covered the song Kisapmata in English Version "Twinkle of an Eye". the track was included in his album "MEB: Miyusik English Bersyon".<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael V Launches Latest Comedy Album |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zVU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=aiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=581%2C21657793 |access-date=August 20, 2022 |date=June 15, 2000}}</ref>

*The song was covered in 2001 by [[APO Hiking Society]]. This was releasesreleased on their album ''[[Banda Rito]]''.

*In 2007, [[Yasmien Kurdi]] recorded this song and later released on ''[[Love Is All I Need]]'' and her version later released as a single.

*In 2007, [[Yasmien Kurdi]] recorded this song and later released on ''[[Love Is All I Need]]'' and her version later released as a single.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yasmien Kurdi almost finished with her second album |url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/guide/444/yasmien-kurdi-almost-finished-with-her-second-album |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306143807/http://www.pep.ph/guide/guide/444/yasmien-kurdi-almost-finished-with-her-second-album |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |website=pep.ph |publisher=Dinno Erece |access-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref>

*In 2018, The song was covered by YouTube sensation Raphiel Shannon and release as a debut single. A few days after its online release, her song grabbed the No. 4 spot on Spotify’s Philippines Viral 50 chart last March 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cebuana remakes 'Kisapmata' |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1741784/cebu/entertainment/cebuana-remakes-kisapmata |website=sunstar.com.ph |date=May 5, 2018 |access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref>

*In 2013, [[Daniel Padilla]] covered this song and was released on his second album ''[[DJP (album)|DJP]]'' in April that year.

*On June 16, 2013, it was performed by [[Charice Pempengco]] in ASAP.<ref>{{YouTube|f8Qk3-e37m4|Charice - Kisapmata live in ASAP}}</ref>

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[[Category:Songs in Tagalog]]