"Tadhana" is a song from Up Dharma Down's third studio album "Capacities" released on 2012.
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In 2010, the song was used as the opening theme of GMA's fantasy-themed TV Series 'Illumina' starring Rhiann Ramos and Aljur Abrenica. Ramos and Abrenica performed the song together with Up Dharma Down on GMA's Party Pilipinas.
In 2011, a video of the band perfoming 'Tadhana' and other hit called 'Oo' was uploaded by the user Jaytv on Youtube and gained million of views.
The song became an instant hit, covered by many Youtubers including the singer-songwriter Jireh Lim and as of July 2015, the said video was viewed over 600,000 times.
Tadhana also became a wedding favorite, “A lot of people are getting married to that song. Finally, I like wedding gigs after nine years," Armi Millare, the vocalist told Yahoo Music on 2014. (Read the Yahoo! article here)
In the same year, the song was used as the theme song of Cinema One Originals Film Festival entry 'That Thing Called Tadhana' which starred Angelica Panganiban and JM de Guzman. In 2015, the film was released nationwide.
Spotify Philippines announced on April 2015 the list of most played songs on the said music streaming app, "Tadhana" topped the list, beating songs from Eraserheads, Yeng Constantino and Daniel Padilla.
On July 2015, the song was used on Maalaala Mo Kaya: Box episode, starring Maxe
ne Magalona and Edgar Allan Guzman.
