Balisong Written by Rico Blanco and Kakoy Legaspi, the song was re-released when Rivermaya came out with their International EP ''You'll Be Safe Here''. Two music videos have been made for "Balisong". The first came out in 2004. It begins with a piano intro by vocalist
Rico Blanco, then the band starts to play the song inside a room that is lit by sunlight. As the song progresses, pictures and letters are shown all over the room, revealing the "past relationship" that the song is portraying was being reminisced. The second video came out on February 13, 2007, directed by Rizal Mantovani. when Rivermaya had just released their international debut "
You'll Be Safe Here". The video was set in a carnival where Rivermaya is one of the acts. This video also shows
Rico Blanco playing the piano, but to a lesser extent. As the video plays,
Rico Blanco is attracted to a certain woman (Mariana Renata), dressed in a red gown. He then comes up to the woman and sings to her the chorus of the song. The song ends when all the carnival acts leave and the band is left alone. This video was renamed "Bali Song," possibly to differentiate it from the first video. "Balisong" is one of very few OPM songs which have two different videos made for them. Other songs performed by OPM bands which have two music videos are "You'll Be Safe Here" also by
Rivermaya, "Narda" and "Ambisyoso" by
Kamikazee, "Stars" by
Callalily, "Yugto" by
Rico Blanco, and "With A Smile" by
Eraserheads. In Philippine culture, balisong is a knife with a retractable blade. Strangely, the song does not reference the knife or even mentioned in the song lyrics. This song served as the official theme song of the 2017 movie
100 Tula Para Kay Stella, which stars
Bela Padilla and
JC Santos. Aside from the said movie in connection to the song, Balisong, the song is also used in CreamSilk's Modern Filipinas Transformed campaign with the appearances of
Nadine Lustre,
Yassi Pressman,
Julie Anne San Jose,
Coleen Garcia,
Rachelle Ann Go,
Heart Evangelista,
Pia Wurtzbach,
Lea Salonga,
Anne Curtis &
Sam Pinto in coincidence with the celebration of
International Women's Day which is celebrated annually by all women worldwide. ==Accolades==