Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw is the soundtrack to the 2000 Viva Films comedy and romance film of the same name starring Regine Velasquez and Robin Padilla. The soundtrack was released by Viva Records on 2000 in CD and cassette format. With the film's immense success, the single "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw" shot to the top of the charts and the soundtrack sold more than 240,000+ copies in the Philippines.
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The carrier single is the song "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw" composed by Ogie Alcasid which was requested by Regine Velasquez to be the main love theme of the film. The song was created for only a day by Alcasid during his then wife Michelle Van Eimeren's second child pregnancy. The album went gold certified by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) after a week upon release and turned platinum award after a month and considered one of the best selling soundtracks by a Filipino movie in the Philippines.
Accolades
The song Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw received numerous awards and citation from different Philippine awards program including Awit Awards, Filipino Academy of Movie Arts & Sciences (FAMAS) Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
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Notes
^afeatures uncredited vocals from Raul Mitra.
^bthe "Main Theme" is the film version which features the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra.
Cover credits
"Star on a TV Show" is a cover originally from The Stylistics, from their 1974 album Heavy.
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a cover originally from Roberta Flack, from her 1969 album First Take.
"Suntok Sa Buwan" is a cover originally from APO Hiking Society, from their 1993 album Barangay Apo.
"Tuwing Umuulan" is a Ryan Cayabyab original, first popularized by Basil Valdez from his 1978 album, Basil.
"The Best That I Can Be (She Loves Me)" is a Jim Photoglo original, first popularized by James Ingram from his 1983 album, It's Your Night.
Personnel
The album was produced by Regine Velasquez and Raul Mitra.
Regine Velasquez – vocals, background vocals
Trina Belamide – background vocals
Sonny Azurin – bass
Roger Herrera – bass
Marc Lopez – arranger
Raul Mitra – arranger, vocals
Eric Apuyan – engineer, mixing
Eric Payumo – engineer
Percival Fontanilla – A&R
Ewan MacColl – composer
Van Sean Deato – cover design