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singer Aimee Torres, in 2003. After becoming a viral hit, the record was re-released by Star Records in 2013 on the album ''The Original Pusong Bato'', as well as on the official soundtrack to the Filipino television series ''

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''.

Background

"Pusong Bato" was originally composed by Renee dela Rosa in 2002. Dela Rosa's break-up with his first wife, inspired him to write the song. According to Aimee Torres, her father bought rights to the song in 2003, before releasing a performance of the song as part of her album in the same year. After it became known, the song's composer, Renee de la Rosa, along with his band, Alon, released their own version of the song in 2012. It was included on the band's album ''Pusong Bato''.

Performances

The single resurfaced when Angelito Paudan uploaded Lexter Jimenez's version of the single on

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(it was recorded while Lexter was singing on

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), and it became popular. The video showed

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Maritime students at the University of Cebu singing the song. According to their professors, the students were taught the song so that they could build a rapport with the locals. Not long after, several versions of the song in different local dialects, such as Cebuano, Ilocano, and

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were circulating on YouTube. The Kulaog Band, along with their two music video parodies, the ''beki'' (gay) and reggae versions, were also featured in a magazine show, '' Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho''. Several artists have also performed the song, including international Filipino singer Jake Zyrus during his guest appearance on '' Kris TV'', actor

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on ''It's Showtime'', and

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In other media

In 2013, ''

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s Season 1 winner

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recorded the song, which was then used as the theme song for the

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series, ''

''.

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