Before “Sayang Kinabalu” became popular in 2001, I think probably the nation’s most well known song about Mount Kinabalu was “Gunung Kinabalu”, composed by Johar Bahar, arranged by J.W. Zaris and originally sung by Hanafiah Yunus which I remember hearing for the first time many years ago.

The song:

Lyrics:

Memuncak tinggi mencapai awan
Megah berdiri Gunung Kinabalu
Keagungan dinegara jaya
Gunung yang tertinggi di Malaysia

Dalam sinaran sang suria
Bentukmu sangatlah indah
Kinabalu engkau ternama
Menjadi lambang Malaysia Jaya

Someone said it reminds him of Tony Henry’s mountainous Croatian anthem.

BTW, from afar, doesn’t the mountain look like one of those loose diamonds?

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