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WATCH: Lea Salonga debuts version of 'Kailangan Kita' in virtual concert

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/05/29/20200529-lea-salonga.jpg"/><figcaption>Lea Salonga debuts her version of &#x27;Kailangan Kita&#x27; in the opening minutes of her 2-hour virtual concert on May 29. <em>Facebook: Lea Salonga</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Here&#x27;s a little known fact: &quot;Kailangan Kita&quot; was originally written by Ogie Alcasid with Lea Salonga in mind as its singer.</p><p>&quot;Ows, talaga?&quot; was Salonga&#x27;s reaction when Alcasid first told her about it, as she recalled in a two-hour virtual concert on Friday.</p><p>Over the years since its original 2002 release, &quot;Kailangan Kita&quot; has been recorded by Gary Valenciano, Piolo Pascual, and Angeline Quinto, with Alcasid&#x27;s wife Regine Velasquez including it in her concert repertoire.</p><p>But Salonga never got around to recording her own version — until recently, when Alcasid mentioned he had always intended for her to perform &quot;Kailangan Kita.&quot;</p><p>Salonga debuted her rendition on Friday, as she streamed a second concert from home as part of the fundraising program &quot;Bayanihan, Musikahan.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/153394836994/videos/1578639992301331" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;I guess after how many years of this song just existing, I have a version of it!&quot; she said, crediting music director Ria Osorio as the arranger and producer.</p><p>&quot;Kailangan Kita&quot; was one of the highlights of Salonga&#x27;s concert, which included performances of Broadway hits, such as &quot;Bring Him Home&quot; from &quot;Les Miserables,&quot; and OPM favorites, including her originals &quot;Sana Maulit Muli&quot; and &quot;Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal.&quot;</p><p>Admittedly grappling still with the emotional and mental toll of the pandemic, Salonga opted for hopetul tunes to open and close her concert, with her renditions of &quot;Somewhere Over the Rainbow&quot; and &quot;Happy Days Are Here Again.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/MsLeaSalonga/videos/1149293055427193" data-width="auto"> </div>

<p>Here's a little known fact: "Kailangan Kita" was originally written by Ogie Alcasid with Lea Salonga in mind as its singer.</p>

Here's a little known fact: "Kailangan Kita" was originally written by Ogie Alcasid with Lea Salonga in mind as its singer.