Nandito Ako (song)
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| "Nandito Ako" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Ogie Alcasid | |
| from the album Ogie Alcasid | |
| Released | 1989 |
| Recorded | 1988 |
| Genre | OPM, pop |
| Label | OctoArts International Philippines |
| Songwriter | Aaron Paul del Rosario |
"Nandito Ako" (lit. 'I Am Here') is a Filipino song written by Aaron Paul del Rosario and originally sung by Ogie Alcasid in 1989.
The song has also been recorded by Lea Salonga in 1992, Mexican diva Thalía in 1997, Jeffrey Hidalgo in 2000, Sharon Cuneta along with Alcasid in 2005, David Archuleta in 2012, Noel Cabangon in 2014, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid and Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger in 2021,[1] and Rob Deniel in 2025.[2]
Commercial performance
| "Nandito Ako" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Thalía | ||||
| from the album Nandito Ako | ||||
| Released | 7 January 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Pop, OPM | |||
| Length | 4:31 | |||
| Label | EMI Latin | |||
| Songwriter | Aaron Paul del Rosario | |||
| Producer | Aaron Paul Del Rosario | |||
| Thalía singles chronology | ||||
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"Nandito Ako" was recorded by Mexican singer/actress Thalía, and released in early 1997. Thalia was very popular in the Philippines at the time after starring in the hit series Marimar, which was broadcast there in 1996. Like the original, the song is sung in Tagalog and was released as the lead single from her Philippine album, Nandito Ako.
Thalia's version subsequently became a huge hit in the Philippines, along with her previous album En éxtasis, and it sold over 40,000, after 10 months of its release.[3]