| "Home" | ||||
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| Single by Kit Chan | ||||
| B-side | "Home 家 (Chinese version)" | |||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Label | Ocean Butterflies | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dick Lee | |||
| Producer(s) | Kit Chan | |||
| Official National Day (Singapore) song singles chronology | ||||
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Home (家), sung by Kit Chan, was composed by Dick Lee in 1998 as the first in a series of yearly songs commissioned for Singapore's National Day Parade, together with the other NDP song that year titled as City For The World. It has English and Chinese versions, both sung by Kit.
The song was originally written for the Sing Singapore festival.[1]
In 2010, Kit performed the song at the 2010 National Day Parade.[2]
In 2011, the music video of a new arrangement of the song was launched on Total Defence Day. Kit is the executive producer of the music video. The new arrangement was performed by 39 local singers (including Kit), accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.[3]
On 25 April 2020 at 7:55 pm (SGT), all Mediacorp, SPH Radio and So Drama! Entertainment stations aired a rendition of Home by celebrities and musicians to commemorate the efforts of frontline and migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Another video featuring ordinary Singaporeans was aired at 10:30 pm the same day.[4]
In 2023, the original singer Kit Chan remade "Home" for its 25th anniversary.[5] The song was also covered by American rock band Weezer during their 2023 concert in Singapore.[6]