Biarlah Rahsia

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"Biarlah Rahsia"
Single by Siti Nurhaliza
from the album Transkripsi
Released22 January 2006
Genre Pop
Length4:09
Label Siti Nurhaliza Productions, Suria Records
Songwriter(s) Melly Goeslaw, Siti Nurhaliza
Producer(s) Aubrey Suwito
Siti Nurhaliza singles chronology
"Pendirianku"
(2005)
"Biarlah Rahsia"
(2006)
"Bisakah"
(2006)
Audio sample

"Biarlah Rahsia" (Let It Be A Secret) is a song written and performed by Malaysian pop singer-songwriter Siti Nurhaliza and composed by Melly Goeslaw. The song was released as the first single from her twelfth album, Transkripsi . It earned the Best Song award at the Anugerah Planet Muzik in 2007. "Biarlah Rahsia" is, to date, Siti's most successful single from her Transkripsi album.

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Background and writing

The song was originally composed and written by Melly Goeslaw. Siti changed the lyrics after she heard the song for the first time, and she was credited for re-writing the lyrics.[ citation needed ]. 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 Anugerah Planet Muzik (a regional award show) in 2006 which was aired live from Singapore. The song was soon released to radio airplay in Malaysia.

Music video

The music video for "Biarlah Rahsia" was shot in Indonesia. 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 Astro Ria'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

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Malaysian Carta ERA [1] 1
Malaysian Hot FM Tiga Puluh [2] 1
Malaysian KL FM1
Malaysian RED FM1
Brunei Carta Pelangi1
Brunei Kristal FM1

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  2. "Hot FM Tiga Puluh". Hot FM :: Lebih Hangat Daripada Biasa. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2006.