语种：

英语、国语

唱片公司：

Music & Movement / Warner Music

发行时间：

2015年07月31日

专辑类别：

合集、杂锦

2015年8月9日是新加坡建国50周年纪念日，新加坡本地歌手齐聚欢唱爱国歌曲并发行合辑，合辑收录孙燕姿、林俊杰、许美静、陈洁仪、蔡健雅、蔡淳佳、Olivia Ong、Dick Lee等新加坡歌手及音音乐人的作品，可在各大数字音乐平台收听。实体CD由新加坡Popular大众书局独家销售。 

If all the National Day songs were compiled in the right order on a CD, would you play it in the car on the way to work? 

Mr Lim Sek, 56, chief executive of events and management company Music and Movement, believes it would be. 

"If I just arranged the songs according to the year they debuted, it would be a boring playlist. That's why I put the more upbeat songs together and the ballads together, and it suddenly becomes the kind of CD you would listen to on your morning drive to work," he says. 

He spearheaded the production of My August 9th - 50 Wonderful Years, a two-disc collection of all the original versions of the 27 National Day songs to date, from Stand Up For Singapore (1984) to JJ Lin's Our Singapore (2015). 

It is the first complete compilation of National Day theme songs that were written for and performed at National Day parades since 1984. It is available at all Popular bookstores for $22.90 and from Apple's iTunes store for $9.98. 

Given that this year is Singapore's Golden Jubilee and such a compilation of National Day songs had never been produced, it is surprising that the idea to do it came about only two months ago. 

Mr Lim says: "The idea came about in late June when I was talking to singer and composer Dick Lee. We realised that it hadn't been done yet and we were shocked. Especially as it's our 50th National Day, all the more reason we should have a definitive collection." 

My August 9th was compiled by Music and Movement, with marketing from Warner Music. 

The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass) also assisted in the production of the album by granting Lim the rights to use the songs and providing useful contacts to obtain the original copies of the songs. 

The production was surprisingly difficult. As the songs were not stored in a central system, he had to approach the individual National Day Parade committees and the original singers and composers to get copies of the songs. 

"Previously, the only place you could get all the songs was on YouTube. However, the quality wasn't that good, so we had to source it from committee members' personal collections," he says. 

Forty per cent of the sales of the CDs will go to the Sing50 Fund, which originates from the Sing50 mega concert held last night and which aims to promote Singaporean music and musical talents in schools. 

The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth required a part of the profit to be given to charity and Mr Lim chose Sing50 as the beneficiary. 

The ministry will also be giving copies to schools under the Sing50 fund. Mr Lim says: "It's just appropriate to be using the money earned from a CD featuring local artists to support a fund that aims to nurture future singing talents." 

Although the album contains song lyrics, as well as personal messages from most of the artists, 

Mr Lim is disappointed that the compilation does not contain other extras, such as a sing-along version of each of the songs and an in-depth booklet containing more information about them. 

"We were pressed for time this year. We can do an even better compilation next year and include things such as music videos and sheet music and make it an even more definitive collector's edition of NDP songs," he says. 

Above all, he is convinced the double-CD will not be something people will play only in August every year. 

"After listening to it a few more times, I realised that the songs aren't just NDP songs. They're pop songs in their own right. 

"I think as a nation, we should be proud that we've managed to produce so many musical talents and that all the songs are so good."

Disc 1

01. Our Singapore - 林俊杰

02. Home - 陈洁仪

03. One United People (2003 Singapore National Song) - 孙燕姿

04. 星月 - 许美静

05. Song For Singapore - CORRINNE MAY YING FOO

06. Where I Belong - 蔡健雅

07. What Do You See - Electrico

08. In a Heartbeat - Sylvia Ratonel

09. Together - 陈毓芸 & 梦·飞船

10. Shine For Singapore - Hady Mirza

11. Will You - Stage and Theare Artists

12. 一起走过 - 孙燕姿

13. Count On Me Singapore - Clement Chow

14. Stand Up For Singapore - JEREMY MONTEIRO, Hugh Harrison, Anne Weerapass, Robert Fernando, Roslinda Baharudin & Jonathan Tan Teck Meng

Disc 2

15. Our Singapore - 李迪文

16. We Will Get There - 孙燕姿

17. There's No Place I'd Rather Be - 陈洁仪

18. Love At First Light - 王俪婷 & Natanya Tan

19. Reach Out For the Skies - Taufik Batisah & Rui En

20. 晴空万里 - 蔡淳佳

21. One Singapore - Sing A Nation Choir

22. Shine On Me - Jai

23. My Island Home - 龚诗嘉

24. 就在这里 - 陈伟联

25. One People, One Nation, One Singapore - JEREMY MONTEIRO, Hugh Harrison, Anne Weerapass, Robert Fernando, Roslinda Baharudin & Jonathan Tan Teck Meng

26. We Are Singapore - Jonathan Tan Teck Meng, Roslinda Baharudin, Robert Fernando & Anne Weerapass