"Sabado" () is a song by the Philippine alternative rock band

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. It was released in 2014 as part of a two-track CD included with the September issue of the Philippine edition of ''

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'' magazine, along with “

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”. The songs are the band's first new material in 12 years.

Background

The songs were initiated by ''Esquire Philippines'' editor in chief Erwin Romulo when he followed the band during their one-night show in

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in April 2014. “We wanted to find out what the band would sound like today,” he recalled. “It’s not a comeback. It’s an experiment.” Previously unreleased, "Sabado" was co-written by Romulo with bassist

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, guitarist

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, and drummer

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. It was described as a “pop ditty” about the weekend. The sleeve cover was designed by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre and features color blocks with an inverted E, a symbol for the band.

Release

"Sabado" and "1995" were first released as part of a CD insert of ''Esquires September 2014 issue. The magazine cover shows the band crossing the

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in a homage to

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. The songs were also made available for playback online for the month of September through the magazine's online version. The band held a surprise live performance during the issue's launch party at

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. In October 2021,

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released the songs on 12-inch vinyl with exclusive remixes.

Music video

The music video for “Sabado” was directed by

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. It featured two best friends (

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and

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) crashing a house party.

Track listing

12” vinyl

Personnel

Eraserheads *

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 ...

– lead vocals, guitar *

– bass guitar *

– lead guitar *

– drums Additional musicians * RJ Pineda - keyboards Production * Erwin Romulo - producer * Shinji Tanaka - recording, mixing, mastering * Sancho Sanchez - additional recording, production coordination * Ely Buendia - executive producer (2021 release) * Derick Villarino - executive producer (2021 release) * Pat Sarabia - executive producer (2012 release) Design * Cynthia Bauzon-Arre - original art and design * Ennuh Tiu - cover photography (2021 release) * Jake Versoza - inner sleeve photographs (2021 release) * Brian Gorospe - layout and design (2021 release)

References

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