National Day is coming, once again the whole country will come together and feel the spirit of patriotism soar. I'm not 100% patriotic (you could tell from my declarations of love for the Philippines and the Filipinos), National Day is nothing but a holiday to stay home and rest, and watch the National Day Parade on TV.
The military parade, the aircraft flypast, the show segments, and of course, the fireworks, are a staple of the NDP. But the theme songs are the ones that connect the people to the parade, to the entire National Day celebration.
The theme songs started with the familiar tunes of "Count On Me Singapore", "Stand Up For Singapore", "One People, One Nation, One Singapore", and a few more. It was then in 1998 when a different theme song was composed for every NDP, featuring our very own talents. I find that most of the Chinese lyrics are much more meaningful, and some songs, forgettable. Ha. Of all the singers, Kit Chan is still the best. :)
Listing out the various theme songs here, and my favourites. If you want to feel patriotic, you can click on all the links. Haha.
1998: Home
家
1999: Together
心连心
2000: Shine On Me, 星月
2001: Where I Belong
属于
2002: We Will Get There
一起走到
2003: One United People, 全心全意
2004: Home
2005: Reach Out For the Skies, 勇敢向前飞
2006: My Island Home, 辛福的图形
2007: There's No Place I'd Rather Be, Will You
2008: Shine For Singapore, 晴空万里
2009: What Do You See, 就在这里
2010: Song For Singapore
Happy 45th birthday, Singapore!
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