Aku Cinta Dia
In 1984, Chrisye had recorded the successful album Sendiri in collaboration with Addie MS. After the album won a BASF Award, sponsored by the BASF cassette production company in Germany, he decided to record a new album as soon as possible. As music with light beats was then popular, Chrisye decided to replace Sendiri's romantic pop sound with a more upbeat one.
Recording began in early 1985. Soetomo brought in several musicians, including Candra Darusman, and Herman Gelly, while Noor (guitar) and Addie (keyboard) provided further music. During a jam session, Soetomo played a string of upbeat tones, to which he wrote lyrics immediately. The group played some music for it, but disliked it; Chrisye said that it "sounded like a monkey singing."[a] Aciu Widjaja, the head of Musica Records, who had caught some of the music, insisted that they play it again. When Widjaja heard the entire song, he insisted that it would be the main single for the album. When the group recorded the song, now entitled "Aku Cinta Dia", the following day, they agreed.
Aku Cinta Dia" was chosen to become the title of the new album. For the cover, Widjaja insisted that Chrisye evoke a fun atmosphere, to reflect the album's light sound. As such, Chrisye was posed with a model, wearing a white jacket, red pants, and a red bow tie.
Aku Cinta Dia sold a million copies, receiving both a BASF Award and being certified gold. It was his best selling solo album to that point. Chrisye would go on to record two more albums with Soetama: Hip Hip Hura and Nona Lisa (Misa Lisa; 1986).
Aku Cinta Dia has been reissued twice, once as a CD in 2004 and once as part of the Chrisye Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition in 2007. Gita Gutawa, daughter of Chrisye's later collaborator Erwin, covered "Aku Cinta Dia" for her 2009 album Harmoni Cinta.
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