"Ligaya" (English: "Joy") is a song by Filipino alternative rock band

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. It was released as their first promotional single from their debut album ''

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'' (1993).

Music and lyrics

The song is described as "a quintessential anthem of youthful romance" while "perfectly capturing all the ins and outs of campus courtship". It features the lyric "''Gagawin ko ang lahat pati ang thesis mo'' (I'll do anything, even your thesis)", which writer

Ely Buendia Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia (born November 2, 1970) is a Filipino musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Eraserheads, with whom he has released seven albums since their founding in 1 ...

later jokingly referenced in a tweet in 2016: "''Eh sariling thesis ko nga di ko magawa-gawa sa’yo pa'' (I can't even do my own thesis, why should I do yours?)."

Promotion and release

The band performed the song during their first TV appearance in the noontime show ''

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''. "Ligaya" was featured with the band in a TV commercial for the Chippy snack in 1996.

Cover versions

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covered the song for the first Eraserheads tribute album '' Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads'', released in 2005. *

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covered the song for the second Eraserheads tribute album '' The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album'', released in 2012. *Former

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frontman Jason Fernandez covered the song for

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in 2018. *

Christian Bautista Christian Joseph Morata Bautista (born October 19, 1981) is a Filipino singer, host, and model. He was a finalist of '' Star in a Million'', a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning 4th place in the competition in 2003. Af ...

covered the song in 2019 with his wife Kat Ramnani.

References

{{authority control Eraserheads songs 1993 songs 1993 debut singles Songs written by Ely Buendia Songs in Tagalog