Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah

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"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah"
Single by Dwiki Dharmawan and Novia Kolopaking
from the album Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah
LanguageIndonesian
Written1989—1990
Released1993 (1993)
Studio
  • Mixmasters, Jakarta
  • Musica, Jakarta
Genre Islamic
Length5:01
Label Independent
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ags. Arya Dipayana
  • Dwiki Dharmawan
Novia Kolopaking singles chronology
"Kembali"
(1990)
"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah"
(1993)
"Biar Ku Simpan Rinduku"
(1994)
Music video
"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" on YouTube

"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" (English: "In the Name of Allah" or "Saying the Name of Allah") is a song recorded, composed and arranged by Indonesian musician, songwriter and record producer Dwiki Dharmawan. It was released in March 1993, as the lead single of Dharmawan's special album of the same name, through Musica Studios as its distributor. The song was written and co-produced by Ags. Arya Dipayana, [lower-alpha 1] and features vocals performed by singer and actress Novia Kolopaking. It is primarily an Islamic-influenced pop song with keyboards and choir-like vocals, while the lyrics hint towards themselves do many ways to feel good.

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Considered as Kolopaking's signature song, "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" was a commercial success and boosted Dharmawan's popularity. It entered the Aneka Top 13 Hits Indonesia chart at number seven, marking Kolopaking's only Islamic song to chart. The song received positive reviews from critics, who praised the lyrics. It also covered by many artists, in their different renditions, including singer-songwriter Ita Purnamasari and the band Gigi.

In November 2000, "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" resurged in popularity after it was featured in the Rapi Films Ramadan drama television series Kabulkan Doaku . An accompanying Islamic-themed music video which later uploaded onto Musica's YouTube channel in 2013, 20 years after the album's release.

Background and composition

The song's composer, Dwiki Dharmawan, revealed that it was inspired by Ags. Arya Dipayana's poems that he read in 1989. [1] Shortly after, Dharmawan and Arya Dipayana began writing "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah", along with "Kepada Kesangsian". [2] Then twenty-year-old singer and actress Novia Kolopaking recorded the former in 1993. [3]

Musically, it is an Islamic pop song incorporates an emphasis on keyboards, "catchy" choir-like vocals during the chorus and "aesthetic" key modulation, with lyrics vividly unravel themselves to do better things in many ways. [4] In terms of musical notation, the song is recorded in the key of A-flat major, with a tempo of 76 beats per minute in a 4
4
common time. [5] [6]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah. [7]

Studio
Personnel

Critical reception

"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" was met with generally positive reviews. [lower-alpha 2] Hera Diani of The Jakarta Post describing it the "most famous" song written by Dharmawan. [11] Susi Ivvaty, writing for Kompas , states that "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" has still received airplays and subsequently been covered extensively by many artists in a variety of styles on most occasions. [12] Asti Prativi of IDN Times described this song has "meaningfully simplified" lyrics. [13] Joanna Purba of Rappler describes "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" as "a song that always played at many shopping malls every Ramadan". [14]

Commercial performance

"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" first appeared on Top 13 Hits Indonesia chart on the 18 May 1993 issue of Aneka at number seven, [15] boosting Dharmawan and Arya Dipayana's popularity. [16]

Live performances

Kolopaking sang the song on several occasions. [17] She and Dewi Gita both performed "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" for performances in Semarak Takbir and TPI's Idul Fitri Concert on 8 and 10 February 1997, respectively. [18] [19] Gita's performance included Addie MS' Twilite Orchestra as the accompaniment. The song was also part of Kolopaking's solo concert Hati Matahari in 2011, accompanied by Matarantai orchestra. [20] Indonesian band Ecoutez and singer Iwan Abdie both performed "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" at the 13th Ramadan Jazz Festival, on 29 and 30 March 2024 respectively. [21] [22]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performances for "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah"
Charts (1993)Peak
position
Indonesia ( Aneka ) [15] 7

Ita Purnamasari versions

"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah"
Song by Ita Purnamasari
Released1997
Length6:12
Label HP
Composer(s) Dwiki Dharmawan
Lyricist(s) Ags. Arya Dipayana
Producer(s) Dwiki Dharmawan
Music video
"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" on YouTube

"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" was covered in 1997 by Indonesian singer-songwriter Ita Purnamasari, [23] whose husband Dwiki Dharmawan wrote and arranged the original version in 1992. Before marrying to Dharmawan in 1995, Purnamasari liked and covered it when she performed previously on Ramadan events. [24]

She released it again, in a modern pop sensibility done by Dharmawan, on her second special album Spiritual Journey, released on 18 June 2015. [25]

Live performances

On 6 January 1997, Purnamasari performed "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" during Harmoko's awarding ceremony, held by Republika. [26] She performed again during the eighty-eighth episode of Pentas Sejuta Aksi, on 18 January 1998. [27]

Gigi version

"Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah"
Song by Gigi
from the album Raihlah Kemenangan
Released19 October 2004 (2004-10-19)
Recorded2004
Studio Temple Island
Genre Acoustic rock
Length4:46
Label Sony BMG
Songwriter(s) Dwiki Dharmawan
Producer(s) Gigi

In 2004, Indonesian band Gigi covered the song in an acoustic rock version, taken from the album Raihlah Kemenangan . While the original version recorded in the key of A-flat major with a tempo of 76 beats per minute, their version set in a time signature of 3
4
and recorded in the key of E major, [28] with a tempo of 174 beats per minute.

Live performances and promotion

Gigi promoted the album with a series of live performances on Indonesian concert tours. It became the set list of the band's Ngabuburit Tour. [29] In August 2008, the band sang the song at Pintu Surgamu, a collaborative concert of Gigi and Ungu. [30]

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album's liner notes. [31]

Studio
Personnel
Production

Other versions

This song was covered extensively by other artists, including Nagita Slavina. Nagita Slavina The Best of Ini Talkshow Netmediatama.jpg
This song was covered extensively by other artists, including Nagita Slavina.

Since its original release, "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" has spawned numerous other versions and been performed by numerous other singers. In 1996, a duet version recorded by Elfa's Singers members Rita Effendy and Agus Wisman, taken from Effendy's special album Semesta Tuhan. [32] That same year, Dharmawan and his orchestra performed an orchestral version of the song, which was included on Ita Purnamasari's special album KepadaMu Ya Allah. [33] Lana Nitibaskara covered the song with arrangements by Tito P. Soenardi, taken from Dharmawan's thirtieth anniversary tribute album Collaborating Harmony: Dwiki Dharmawan and the compilation album 12 Lagu Islami Terbaik, both released in 2014. [34] [35] In 2017, Andini covered the song live with Dharmawan, and became a commercial success. [36] Nagita Slavina covered this song with arrangements by Tohpati, released on 3 May 2019. Her own version received generally positive reviews by critics, including her vocals. A music video for her own rendition was directed by Wanda Hara and uploaded on Rans Entertainment's YouTube channel eleven days after. [37]

Following the release of "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah", the song has been used in many Indonesian films and television series, such as the 1995 film Regret . [27] This was also used in a 2000 Indonesian drama television series Kabulkan Doaku , produced by Rapi Films and included in the soundtrack album of the series. [38] [39] On 13 June 2017, Indonesian singer-songwriter Vicky Prasetyo covered "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" in a version with presenter Vega Darwanti, which posted on his Instagram account. Prasetyo stated that his voice was "sounded like Doraemon, rather than Armand Maulana". [40]

See also

Notes

  1. Credited until 2017.
  2. Attributed to multiple references: [4] [8] [9] [10]

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