Ai Uta Explained

Ai Uta
Cover:Ai Uta cover.jpg
Caption:Cover of the single
Type:single
Artist:Greeeen
Album:Ā, Domo. Hajimemashite
Language:Japanese
Label:Nayutawave Records
Composer:Greeeen
Producer:Jin
Prev Title:High G.K Low (Hajikero)
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Hito
Next Year:2007

is a song by the Japanese band Greeeen (now Gre4n Boyz). It was released on May 16, 2007.

Release and reception

Ai Uta was released on May 16, 2007 as the band's third single.[1] The song was later included in the band's first album Ā, Domo. Hajimemashite. Greeeen's label, Nayutawave Records, Specifically marketed the song towards junior and senior high school students in an attempt to appeal to them, as they estimated that 85% of Greeeen fans were high schoolers.[2]

The song quickly rose to popularity, selling 250,000 copies. The chaku-uta version of the song was downloaded 2 million times in two months. The song later become the third best-selling multi-format single of 2007 in Japan with over 6.2 million combined sales.[3] [4] It ranked second on Recochoku's 2019 "Heisei Download Ranking", just behind "Kiseki" another one of the band's songs. The song surpassed 100 million streams on Billboard Japan in February 2024, making it the ninth song from the 2000s to do so. The song ranked as the ninth most played 2000s song on Spotify Japan in 2022.[5] It peaked on Oricon's weekly chart in May 2007 at second.[6]

Greeeen won the 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards on the category of New Artist of the Year award for the song.[7] The song was ranked as the third highest certified song by the Recording Industry Association of Japan with 2.5 million downloads tracked between 2007 and 2009.[8] On a survey conducted by Oricon in 2007 about "heart-throbbing love songs that are perfect for autumn and will liven up your romance", the song ranked first.[9] On a survey conducted by Oricon in 2007, they wrote that the song was "making girls' heart fluttered."

The song was used as the sixth ending theme for the 2018 anime Teasing Master Takagi-san covered by Rie Takahashi,[10] and the second ending theme for the 2023 anime The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten covered by Manaka Iwami.[11] [12] The song was also used as the ending theme of the live-action adaptation of the manga Strobe Edge covered by Whiteeeen.[13]

A live-action adaptation of the song entitled was announced by in April 2018 and premiered on January 25, 2019, in Japan on Line Live starring Ryusei Yokohama. It was directed by Taisuke Kawamura, while script was written by Greeeeen with Shimizu Tadashi. The film was distributed by Toei .[14] [15] [16] [17]

Chart

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Oricon weekly hottest topic ranking2[18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GReeeeN「愛唄」ストリーミング累計1億回再生突破 Daily News . Billboard Japan . 26 July 2024 . ja . February 21, 2024.
  2. Web site: 4 March 2015 . デジタルとパッケージでブレイク、Greeeen . 27 July 2024 . ORICON NEWS.
  3. Web site: GReeeeNキバッた初連ドラ主題歌…TBS系「ROOKIES」. https://web.archive.org/web/20090219203041/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20080331-OHT1T00048.htm. First drama series theme song ... TBS system was GReeeeN Kiba~tsu "ROOKIES". Sports Hochi. 31 March 2008. 19 February 2009. 27 July 2024.
  4. Web site: GReeeeN「愛唄」が映画化 「キセキ」に続く2作目 . Sports Hochi . 9 April 2018 . 27 July 2024 . ja.
  5. Web site: Spotify、海外で今年最も再生された日本のアーティスト/楽曲TOP10発表 . ORICON NEWS . 27 July 2024 . 7 December 2022.
  6. Web site: 2007年ヒットソングの傾向、「泣き歌」 . ORICON NEWS . 27 July 2024 . 4 March 2015.
  7. Web site: EXILEが初のゴールドディスク大賞を受賞! . ORICON NEWS . 27 July 2024 . 4 March 2015.
  8. Web site: 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 . RIAJ . 27 July 2024 . September 2008.
  9. Web site: 女のコを胸キュンさせるラブソング1位は、GReeeeNの「愛唄」 . ORICON NEWS . 27 July 2024.
  10. Web site: TVアニメ「からかい上手の高木さん」公式サイト . TVアニメ「からかい上手の高木さん」公式サイト . 27 July 2024 . ja.
  11. Web site: Cambosa . Teddy . The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Gets New Special Ending Theme Song . Anime Corner . 27 July 2024 . en-us . 19 February 2023.
  12. Web site: Loo . Egan . The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Anime Posts 2 New Videos . Anime News Network . 27 July 2024 . en . February 16, 2023.
  13. Web site: GReeeeN Contributes Live-Action Strobe Edge Film's Theme . . July 28, 2024.
  14. Web site: GReeeeNが脚本に参加、横浜流星主演で「愛唄」映画化(コメントあり) . Natalie . 28 July 2024 . ja . April 9, 2018.
  15. Web site: GReeeeN、映画「愛唄」主題歌をシングルリリース . Natalie . 28 July 2024 . ja . November 30, 2018.
  16. Web site: 愛唄 ー約束のナクヒトー あらすじ・内容・スタッフ・キャスト・作品情報 . Natalie . 28 July 2024 . ja.
  17. Web site: GReeeeN脚本参加の映画「愛唄」特番配信、横浜流星や主題歌歌うNo titleほのか登場 . Natalie . 28 July 2024 . ja.
  18. Web site: 今週の注目ランキングトピック一覧! . ORICON NEWS . 27 July 2024 . 4 March 2015.