Dekinai Explained

"Dekinai"
Cover:Dekinai single cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Olivia
Album:Synchronicity
Released:July 26, 2000
Genre:Pop rock
Label:Avex Trax
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"Dekinai" ("Japanese: できない"; "English: I Can't") is Japanese singer-songwriter Olivia Lufkin's 5th solo single released on July 26, 2000. There were two promotional versions of this single released: a cd version and a vinyl version. The vinyl record version contains one extra remix of "Pass me the sugar" in place of "Escape the Flames". The song features Kochi Korenaga and Luna Sea drummer Shinya Yamada.[1]

The music video and single cover were shot together in mid-June 2000 in Tokyo, by the same director.[1]

Track listing

Compact Disc

  1. "Dekinai"
  2. "Escape the Flames"
  3. "Slow-mo"
  4. "Dekinai" (Down to the Floor Mix)
  5. "Pass me the sugar" (Heat in the Beat Mix)
  6. "Dekinai"(instrumental version)

12"

A-side
  1. "Dekinai" (Down to Floor Mix)
  2. "Dekinai"
B-side
  1. "Pass me the sugar" (afterours mix)
  2. "Pass me the sugar" (Heat in Beat Mix)
  3. "Slow-mo"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PV Report できない . Avex Trax . Japanese . 2000 . February 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20001018231023/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/olivia/repo/pv_5/index.htm . October 18, 2000.