"Biarlah Rahsia" (Let It Be A Secret) is a song written and performed by Malaysian pop singer-songwriter

Siti Nurhaliza Dato' Sri Hajah Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin ( Jawi: سيتي نورهاليزا بنت تارودين ; IPA: ; born 11 January 1979) is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman with more than 300 local and international awards. ...

and composed by

Melly Goeslaw Melliana Cessy Goeslaw (born 7 January 1974) is an Indonesian singer, songwriter, composer, producer, writer and actress. She began singing while in the fifth grade, then began writing songs and took work as a backing vocalist for Elfa Secioria ...

. The song was released as the first single from her twelfth album, '' Transkripsi''. It earned the Best Song award at the

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in 2007. "Biarlah Rahsia" is, to date, Siti's most successful single from her '' Transkripsi'' album.

Background and writing

The song was originally composed and written by

. Siti changed the lyrics after she heard the song for the first time, and she was credited for re-writing the lyrics.. Siti's vocal range in this song is G3-E5. Rumours had it that this song was produced as a response to the heavy media pressure in 2006 whether she will marry Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa (commonly referred to by Datuk K) or not. The title of the song "Biarlah Rahsia" (''Let It Be A Secret'') speaks for itself.

Release

Siti premiered "Biarlah Rahsia" at the

(a regional award show) in 2006 which was aired live from Singapore. The song was soon released to radio airplay in

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Music video

The music video for "Biarlah Rahsia" was shot in

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. It was directed by Rizal Mantovani (also the director of Siti's "Percayalah", "Bukan Cinta Biasa" & "Seindah Biasa" music videos). According to Siti, the music video features only beauty shots. The video was first shown on

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's Muzik@RIA on 4 July 2006. The video received mostly positive comments from viewers. In the video, Siti appears in a black gown while walking in a beautiful wooden house. We can see Siti in her white cloth writing lyrics in the second chorus of the song. In some parts of the video, the lyrics appear according to the song. Floral motives can also be seen from the beginning and until the end of the video.

Personnel

* Composer: Melly Goeslow * Lyrics: Siti Nurhaliza * Producer & Musical Arrangement: Aubrey Suwito * Bass: Andy Peterson * Mixing: Peter Chong

Charts

References

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