Is “Negaraku” Pirated?

I thought this was old news but apparently there are still many people who are unaware about this embarrassing truth behind our national anthem, Negaraku. The scenario of how our national anthem came to be felt like something you would normally see in a comedy.

A member of the Perak royal family was invited to a reception in Europe, and there he was asked about his state anthem. Not to be embarrassed, he simply hummed a tune he was familiar to, a song popular to the island of Mahé in Seychelles. The state anthem for Perak was born, and it eventually became the national anthem for Malaysia.

In short, our national anthem is nothing more than a plagiarized work to “save face” of a Perak royalty. We have always been taught to be proud of our national anthem in school, so does that mean we should take pride in plagiarism?

The similarities are very obvious, and you can listen to the original song here:

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6 Comments »

Comment by Kay Kastum

2008-08-12 04:49:48

Yes it is. Too obvious. At least change lah the melody a bit…

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Comment by EzRich Project

2008-08-12 13:43:14

Wow this is serious finding lar

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Comment by adrian

2008-08-16 04:19:56

When I was studying in Singapore in the 70’s, I was told that the Malaysia nation anthem sounded a lot like an Indonesian song. No idea what that song was.

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Comment by FaridSulaiman

2008-08-16 16:02:41

MMMmmm, no I ideas about this.

Just come back from your bootcamp, it realy awesome. Keep up the great job Gobala.

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Comment by adreen BDN

2008-08-17 17:53:53

I think yes,

but dont forget Negaraku.net also pirated..

You can check http://digg.com/world_news/Negaraku_net_Admin_malaysian_Digg_clone_claim_Pligg_codes

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Comment by SB

2008-09-24 08:33:51

So, what the government said? Better keep mouth shup, otherwise - ISA is coming

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