Filipino Song: Nandito Ako

Nandito Ako, Tagalog song written by Aaron Paul del Rosario. Made famous by Filipino singer Ogie Alcasid in the late 1980s. Version of Lea Salonga came out in 1993. Rendition by Mexican diva Thalía in 1997.

Click here for the Tagalog lyrics & English translation!

Hahabul-Habol (O, Ang Babae)

Hahabul-Habol by Freddie Aguilar is one of the funniest pop songs about Filipino women — it’s about how you can’t really tell what they want.

You visit them too often, they get bored. You don’t visit them enough, they get pissed off… If you don’t woo them, they grumble… They play coy and hard to get… but when you leave them, they’ll come running after you.

Women will drive you crazy, this song says. 

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