Tala (song)

"Tala"
Official music video thumbnail
Single by Sarah Geronimo
from the album The Great Unknown
ReleasedJanuary 2016 (January 2016)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length4:05
LabelViva Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Emmanuel Sambayan
  • Nica del Rosario
Producer(s)
  • Emmanuel Sambayan
  • Bojam
Sarah Geronimo singles chronology
"Dulo"
(2016) 		"Tala"
(2016) 		"The Great Unknown"
(2016)
Music video
"Tala" on YouTube

"Tala" (transl. Star) is a song by Filipino singer and actress Sarah Geronimo. It was written by Nica del Rosario and Emmanuel Sambayan, with music and production by Jumbo De Belen and Alisson Shore of Flip Music Production.[1] It was released as the lead single from Geronimo's platinum album The Great Unknown.

The single won “Song of the Year” at the 2017 Myx Music Awards.[2] In 2018, Geronimo performed the song at the ASEAN-Japan Music Festival held in Tokyo.[3] In 2019, CNN Philippines named the song as the Best OPM song of 2010s.[4] A sleeper hit, "Tala" gained considerable popularity three years after its release in 2019.[5][6] In 2020, the song have earned a total of almost two hundred million views.[7]

  1. ^ "SARAH GERONIMO's "Tala" Songwriter Reveals It Wasn't Originally A Dance Song, Posts Slower Demo". myx.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ^ PH, One Music. "FULL LIST: MYX Music Awards 2017 Winners". One Music PH. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  3. ^ Gil, Baby A. "Japan gathers Asean's finest for Music Fest". philstar.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  4. ^ "The 10 best Filipino songs of the 2010s". cnn. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  5. ^ "'Tala' vs Aling Nelia: Sarah G reacts as 3 year-old hit takes on life of its own | ABS-CBN News". 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Sarah Geronimo's 'Tala' shines brighter as it receives a new level of popularity years after its release". pop.inquirer.net. 23 December 2019.
  7. ^ Yan, Cathy (7 February 2020). "'Tala' opens digital gateway to decades-old Viva". ABS-CBN. ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2020-04-14.