The song was written by George Canseco as the theme song for the 1981 film High School Scandal starring Gina Alajar and Sandy Andolong.
[1] It was released in 1981 during Cuneta's high school years when she was 15, and serves also as the lead single from Cuneta’s greatest hits album, High School (1981).
Sharon Cuneta states that "high school life" is ganda (beautiful) in every memory and exciting and saya (nice).
[3] The song has been covered by Loisa Andalio with a video released in 2017.
[4] Other artists who covered the song include Bea Binene and Half Life Half Death (1995, from the compilation album Mga Himig Natin Vol.