Toyang
| "Toyang" | ||||||||||||
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| Single by Eraserheads | ||||||||||||
| from the album UltraElectroMagneticPop! | ||||||||||||
| Released | 1993 | |||||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||||
| Genre | Pinoy rock, Alternative Rock, reggae fusion | |||||||||||
| Length | 3:48 | |||||||||||
| Label | Musiko | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Ely Buendia, Marcus Adoro | |||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Dem | |||||||||||
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Toyang is a Pinoy rock song by the Eraserheads from their debut album, UltraElectroMagneticPop!. It was the band's second hit single. The song was slightly inspired by "Too Young", a composition written by Sylvia Dee and Sidney Lippman which was well known for Nat King Cole's rendition. The song also makes reference to several Filipino folk songs and as well as the Paul McCartney-penned "Silly Love Songs". No music video was made for the song.
One humorous point of interest in the song is in the opening, spoken line (played like a skipping disc track):
"This - this - this next song is all about love... and I wrote it all by myself."
Background
Ely Buendia, speaking in a quirky tone, claims sole authorship of the song, even though official composition credits list him and band lead guitarist, Marcus Adoro, as writers.
On the band's Final Set concert, the group did an impromptu performance of the song after their encore. At this point of the show, Ely Buendia left the stage and into the crowd in order to get closer to the fans in front. Just as he was about to ask the audience what their final song for the night should be, drummer Raimund Marasigan chimed in with the "skipping" opening lines, followed by Marcus Adoro and Buddy Zabala, before being finished by Ely as he jokingly declared to the people in attendance:
"... and I wrote it all by my bloody self."
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