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Kaleidoscope World (song)

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Released
  
1995

Recorded
  
1994

Format
  
CD, cassette

Length
  
4:57

Genre
  
Alternative rock, grunge

Label
  
Musiko Records & BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.

"Kaleidoscope World" is a 1995 song performed by the Filipino rapper Francis Magalona. It was first included in his 1995 studio album FreeMan. The song is also included in a later album, Best of FrancisM.

The song went on to win the 1996 Awit Award for Best Produced Record of the Year, and the 1996 NU 107 Rock Award for Song of the Year. Its music video was directed by the celebrated director/cinematographer Raymond Red, and showed Magalona, his band Hardware Syndrome, his backup singers the Evil Stepsisters, and the respective children of Magalona and Red at that time.

In 2004 Parokya Ni Edgar also duet with Francis Magalona was a song of "Kaleidoscope World" was a Live performance at "Inuman Sessions Vol.1"

In year 2006 the final 12 of the Philippine Idol was a cover of Pop version on Kaleidoscope World was the music video from the Originally and composed by Francis Magalona was the compilation album of Philippine Idol: The Final 12.

After Magalona's death the song was the one used in many of the pay tributes to the artist, including an audio-visual has been paid presentation from Eat Bulaga!, the noontime variety program of which Magalona was a co-host, and a short rendering of the song first at the Eraserheads' "Final Set" reunion concert 2009, which the band dedicated to Magalona.

In May 2013, Francis' son Elmo Magalona released a remake of the song as a duet between him and his dad entitled "Kaleidoscope World Forever More". An accompanying music video was created featuring Elmo digitally inserted into the original Music Video.

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Kaleidoscope World (song) Wikipedia