"Badai Pasti Berlalu" (; en, "The Storm Will Surely Pass") is an Indonesian song written by

Eros Djarot Erros Djarot (born 22 July 1950) is an Indonesian songwriter, director and politician. Beginning his music career with the soundtrack of ''Kawin Lari'' in 1976, Djarot became famous with the success of '' Badai Pasti Berlalu'' and its soundtrack ...

and released in 1977 as part of the soundtrack of '' Badai Pasti Berlalu''. It was originally sung by Berlian Hutauruk but has also been covered by

Chrisye Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi (; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), born Christian Rahadi (), better known by his stage name Chrisye (), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011 ''Rolling Stone Indonesia'' declared hi ...

and

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. '' Rolling Stone Indonesia'' ranked it as the third-best Indonesian song of all time.

Conception

"Badai Pasti Berlalu" was written by

and arranged by Yockie Surjoprajogo. It was used in the soundtrack for '' Badai Pasti Berlalu''.Sakrie, Denny. "150 Lagu Indonesia Terbaik Sepanjang Masa: 3. Badai Pasti Berlalu." '' Rolling Stone Indonesia''. December 2009. p. 37. (Indonesian)

Teguh Karya Teguh Karya (born Steve Liem Tjoan Hok; ; 22 September 1937 – 11 December 2001) was an Indonesian film director. Starting his entertainment career in theatre, he made his directorial debut with '' Wadjah Seorang Laki-Laki'', released thr ...

, the director of '' Badai Pasti Berlalu'', disagreed with the choice of Berlian Hutauruk. He considered her voice screechy, saying "What is this voice...sounds like

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." and insisted that Anna Mathovani, with her smoother vocals, should be the singer. However, when Eros Djarot threatened to cancel the entire soundtrack, Teguh Karya gave in.

Themes

"Badai Pasti Berlalu" is seen as a dark and gloomy song about being optimistic when suffering, as shown by the refrain:

Noah version

In 2021, Indonesian

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band

Noah Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...

covered the song for the soundtrack to the 2021 TV series adaptation of the film. Noah's keyboardist David said they carefully studied the old "Badai Pasti Berlalu" (1977) album before working on their version. In the process, Noah said they had made three versions of the song before choosing the "cinematic one". Noah first performed their version at the launch of the soap opera ''Badai Pasti Pass'' on May 24, 2021.

Release and promotion

Noah's version of the song was released as a single on digital music services on June 11, 2021. The cover art for the single was created by Garis Edelweiss.

Accolades

For this song, Noah won the Best Pop Duo/Group at Anugerah Musik Indonesia 2021. At the same award ceremony, this song as the soundtrack of the soap opera ''Badai Pasti Berlalu'' was nominated for the category Best ''Original Soundtrack'' Production Work.

Covers

"Badai Pasti Berlalu" was covered by

in 1999 as part of a

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of the original album and by

as part of the soundtrack to the 2007 remake of the original film.

Legacy

'' Rolling Stone Indonesia'' selected the original "Badai Pasti Berlalu", as sung by Berlian Hutauruk, as the third-best Indonesian song in their 2009 list "The 150 Best Indonesian Songs of All Time." They called it Eros Djarot's masterpiece and noted that it had become Berlian Hutauruk's

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. The subsequent cover versions were considered inferior because

"lyrically adai Pasti Berlaluis about a woman who is constantly suffering. It feels awkward and weird when it was sung by a man, even though Chrisye and Ari Lasso tried to sing it as expressively as possible."

"Badai Pasti Berlalu" has also become part of popular culture. During the

1997 Asian financial crisis The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and Southeast Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to financial contagion. However, the recovery in 1998–1 ...

, then-president

Suharto Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto ...

quoted the title of the song to reassure the people.Abdullah, Taufik.
Indonesia: Towards Democracy
' Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2009. p. 529.

Notes

References

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