Upuan
| "Upuan" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Gloc-9 featuring Jeazel Grutas of Zelle | ||||
| from the album Matrikula | ||||
| Released | June 22, 2009[1] | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | Sonic State | |||
| Genre | Pinoy hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:13 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Philippines (through their Musiko label) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Aristotle Pollisco | |||
| Producer(s) | Rudy Tee | |||
| Gloc-9 singles chronology | ||||
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"Upuan" (lit. Chair) is the first single of Filipino rapper Gloc-9, from his fourth album Matrikula. The song features Jeazel Grutas, vocalist of the band Zelle.
Chart performance
"Upuan" is one of Gloc-9's most successful songs in terms of chart performance, especially in local radio countdowns. The song reached number 17 in the Myx Hit Chart, number 3 in Pinoy Myx Countdown, and both number 1 in The i10 Countdown and Saturday Top 20.
Music video
The music video was premiered on Myx music channel on June 29, 2009 and directed by J. Pacena II (who also directed Gloc-9's "Lando", "Balita", "Pangarap" and "Torpedo"). The video was also produced under Sony Music Philippines. It stars (aside from Gloc-9 and Jeazel) Agnes and Paul De Vera, Tom Sembrano and Armand Bentigan.
Awards
The song received numerous awards, most of them from the 23rd Awit Awards. The song won in the Best Collaboration, Song of the Year, Best Rap and Best Engineered Recording categories in the 23rd Awit Awards.[2] The song was also nominated in the Best Musical Arrangement category from the same award-giving body and also won as Best Urban Video at the Myx Music Awards 2010.
References
- ↑ Gloc 9 - Matrikula [2009] - Pinoy Underground [All Pinoy Community]
- ↑ "The 25th Philippine Awit Awards". Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2012-02-02.