# Pare Ko > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pare_Ko > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pare_Ko.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Ko > Source revision: 1307321752 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the 1995 film| Pare Ko (film)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Pare Ko | cover = 7_vinyl_pareko.JPG | alt = | type = single | artist = [Eraserheads](/source/Eraserheads) | album = [Ultraelectromagneticpop!](/source/Ultraelectromagneticpop!) | B-side = "Tindahan ni Aling Nena" | released = 1993 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [Pinoy rock](/source/Pinoy_rock) | length = 5:26 | label = * [Musiko Records](/source/Bertelsmann_Music_Group) *[BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.](/source/Bertelsmann_Music_Group) | writer = [Ely Buendia](/source/Ely_Buendia) | producer = Ed Formoso | prev_title = [Ligaya](/source/Ligaya) | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [Toyang](/source/Toyang) | next_year = 1993 }} '''Pare Ko''' (English: "My Pal") is a song by the Philippine alternative rock band [Eraserheads](/source/Eraserheads). A censored version of the song titled '''Walang Hiyang Pare Ko''' (“My Shameless Pal”) was released as the second promotional single from their debut album, ''[Ultraelectromagneticpop!](/source/Ultraelectromagneticpop!)'' (1993). ==Music and lyrics== About the song, writer [Ely Buendia](/source/Ely_Buendia) said: "I just want to come up with a love song that's different. It was an honest love song I suppose. And whenever you feel bad or happy about something, I think it's natural for someone to utter these words. Also I want to know if I could get away with it."{{cite web |last1=Requintina |first1=Robert R. |title=There's no stopping the Eraserheads (The Manila Bulletin, October 17, 1993) |url=http://www.schizo-archives.com/eraserheads/press/press_1993-10-17_ManilaBulletin.jpg |website=Schizo Archives |access-date=3 April 2024}} The song was inspired by a friend of Buendia's. "He was heartbroken so I wrote the song about him," he said in his acceptance speech when the band received the Gawad Oblation award from [University of the Philippines](/source/University_of_the_Philippines) in August 2024.{{cite news |last1=Mallorca |first1=Hannah |title=How Eraserheads' 'Pare Ko' helped Ely Buendia survive his Spanish class |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/572669/how-eraserheads-pare-ko-helped-ely-buendia-survive-his-spanish-class |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=August 22, 2024 |access-date=22 August 2024}} He also revealed that he sent a demo cassette of the song to his professor to pass his Spanish class. The song features expletives, such as "tangina" (local slang roughly translated as "[son of a bitch](/source/son_of_a_bitch)"), "leche" (local slang conveying frustration, similar to "damn"), and "nabuburat" (local slang expressing annoyance, although the root word "burat" has sexual connotations). This was unheard of in Philippine mainstream music at the time.{{cite episode | title = Eraserheads Banda Ng Masa | series = I-Witness The GMA Documentaries | network = GMA| airdate = March 9, 2009}} The [Philippine Association of the Record Industry](/source/Philippine_Association_of_the_Record_Industry) (PARI) unsuccessfully attempted to censor the song and the album. As a result, the band recorded a censored version titled "Walang Hiyang Pare Ko", which was also included with the original version in the album release (it was later excised from the 25th anniversary reissue). ==Legacy== ===Covers=== *[APO Hiking Society](/source/APO_Hiking_Society) covered the song in 2001 for their final studio album ''[Banda Rito](/source/Banda_Rito)''. *[Sponge Cola](/source/Sponge_Cola) covered the song for the first Eraserheads tribute album ''[Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads](/source/Ultraelectromagneticjam!%3A_The_Music_of_the_Eraserheads)'', released in 2005. *Johnoy Danao covered the song for the second Eraserheads tribute album ''[The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album](/source/The_Reunion%3A_An_Eraserheads_Tribute_Album)'', released in 2012. *Former [Rivermaya](/source/Rivermaya) frontman Jason Fernandez covered the song as a Wishclusive on [Wish 107.5](/source/Wish_107.5) in 2018. ===In popular culture=== The song became the basis for the [1995 movie of the same name](/source/Pare_Ko_(film)) starring [Claudine Barretto](/source/Claudine_Barretto), [Mark Anthony Fernandez](/source/Mark_Anthony_Fernandez) and [Jomari Yllana](/source/Jomari_Yllana).{{cite web| url=https://starcinema.abs-cbn.com/movies/pare-ko| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209085510/http://starcinema.abs-cbn.com/movies/pare-ko| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 9, 2013|title=Pare Ko|website=[Star Cinema](/source/Star_Cinema)|accessdate=January 3, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://8list.ph/pare-ko-moments-we-can-relate-to/2/#read-more|title=8 "Pare Ko" Moments We Can All Relate To|website=8list.ph|date=November 2, 2016|accessdate=January 3, 2020|first=Jon Carlos|last=Rodriguez}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Eraserheads}} {{Authority control}} Category:Eraserheads songs Category:1993 songs Category:1993 singles Category:Obscenity controversies in music Category:Songs written by Ely Buendia Category:Songs in Tagalog --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pare Ko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Ko) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Ko?action=history)). 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