Pare Ko (English: "My Pal") is a song by the

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. It was included in their debut album, ''

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''. It was the band's third hit single. The song was later adapted into a movie of the same title starring

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and

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. It was covered by APO Hiking Society and later

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Controversy

The single and the album was nearly censored by the

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(PARI) due to the Tagalog profanity ''"‘Tang Ina"'' (Filipino slang whose rough English equivalent is ''

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'', shortened from 'Putang Ina'). Swear words were unheard of in Philippine music at the time, and as such their record label asked them to record a

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of the song; they retitled it "Walang Hiyang Pare Ko", where "Tang Ina" was changed to "'Lang Hiya". It can also be found in ''

'' but not in the remastered 25th anniversary version.

Covers

* APO Hiking Society covered the song in 2001 for their final studio album ''

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'' *

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also covered the song for the 2005 compilation album '' Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads'' *Johnoy Danao covered the song once again for the 2012 compilation album '' The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album'' *

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lead vocalist from 2007-2011 Jason Fernandez covered the song as a Wishclusive on Wish 107.5 last 2018.

In popular culture

The song was adapted into a Star Cinema movie in 1994 starring

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, Gwapings members

and

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along with

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and

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. On the June 2, 2019, episode of ''

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'', this was played as the background music.

References

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