Tala (song)

"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.

"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

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]

Live performances

Sarah Geronimo premiered Tala on her From the Top concert in December 2015. She also performed the song on various album mall tour for The Great Unknown in the Philippines. On ASAP stage, the popstar performed the hit four times. She also made an acoustic version of the song for her The Great Unknown Unplugged concert. It also became one of the highlights of her This 15 Me concert in Smart Araneta Coliseum. In 2018, Geronimo performed the song along with her other hit Kilometro at the ASEAN-Japan Music Festival. In 2023, the Popstar Royalty performed it and Dati-Dati at the FIBA World Cup Draw held in Manila. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Music video

The music video shows Sarah Geronimo's sexier side as she shows off her Georcelle Dapat-Sy Choreographed dance moves along with the G-force while performing the song. It was directed by Paul Basinilio. The music video was premiered on Myx, and posted on Viva Records official YouTube Channel on June 11, 2016. As of November 2019, the video has garnered over 15 million views. The video reached the 25 million mark on the first day of 2020.[15] The music video throned the most viewed OPM music video by a female solo act in March 2020 with over 100 million views, beating Yeng Constantino's Ikaw which had over 104 million views. It is also the most liked and most viewed OPM music video of all time with 158 million views, surpassing Buwan by Juan Karlos and Kung 'Di Rin Lang Ikaw by December Avenue and Moira Dela Torre.

Notable covers

Glaiza de Castro

Media usage

  • A version of the song with modified lyrics was used in a Jollibee advertisement featuring Anne Curtis.[30]
  • Award-winning Filipino magazine show Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho used the song as the theme for its "Selos Sa Peryahan" feature.[31]
  • The song was used for the first lip-sync battle on Season 1 of the Philippines’ version of Rupaul’s Drag Race.

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak Position
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[32]
12
Global Top 100 Music Videos (YouTube)[33]
18
Global Viral 50 (Spotify)[34]
40

Awards

YearAwards ceremonyAwardResults
2016Parangal PaulinianAwit (Song of the Year)Won
PMPC Star Awards for MusicSong of the YearNominated
LionheartTV RAWR AwardsSong of the YearNominated
Awit AwardsSong of the YearNominated
2017Myx Music AwardsFavorite SongWon
Favorite Music VideoWon
2020Popnable WorldVision Music ContestBest SongWon

References