Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni explained

Kawa no Nagare no yō ni
(Japanese: 川の流れのように)
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Hibari Misora
Released:[1]
Genre:Pop
Length:4:54
Label:Nippon Columbia
Language:Japanese

is the last single recorded by Japanese enka singer Hibari Misora, as she died soon after its release in 1989. It was composed by Akira Mitake, with lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto.[2] The single charted at 8th place for more than a year and sold 225,000 copies in Japan. It was voted the greatest Japanese song of all time during a national poll in 1997 by NHK, with more than 10 million votes. It is often the song of choice for artists performing live tributes to Misora. It is also covered by various singers, including Teresa Teng, The Three Tenors and Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán.[3] [4] [5]

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The song inspired the Kawa model used in occupational therapy.[10]

References

  1. Web site: 川の流れのように - 美空ひばり . . 2023-11-23 . 川の流れのように - 美空ひばり - 最高順位 - 8位 - 登場回数 - 63週 - 発売日 - 1989年01月01日.
  2. Web site: 川の流れのようにの歌詞 - 美空ひばり . . 2023-11-23 . Japanese: 作詞 - 秋元康 - 作曲 - 見岳章.
  3. Web site: Spotlight: Hibari Misora — The Queen of Enka . https://web.archive.org/web/20231124151821/https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/music/spotlight-hibari-misora/ . 2022-02-07 . 2023-11-24 . Matthew Hernon . . ...Eight years after her death, it was voted the greatest Japanese song of all time in a national poll by NHK. In 1996, The Three Tenors delighted fans when they performed the track at their concert in Tokyo. The song has been covered by several other well-known artists, including “Asia’s eternal queen of pop” Teresa Teng. . live.
  4. Web site: スーパーセレクション - テレサ・テン . . 2023-11-23 . 12. 川の流れのように - 最高順位 - 13位 - 登場回数 - 15週 - 発売日 - 1995年06月07日.
  5. Web site: May 9 – 29: Music and Movies - Santa Clara County Library District . https://web.archive.org/web/20230402054256/https://sccld.org/movies-music-may-9-may-29/ . 2022-05-09 . . 2023-04-02 . ...Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan performed Kawa no nagare no yō ni in Japan in the song’s original language. They also recorded a version of it in Spanish and Japanese... . dead.
  6. Web site: 美空ひばりのシングル売上TOP12作品 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231123171814/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246062/rank/single/ . . ja . live . 2023-11-23 . 2023-11-23 . 川の流れのように - 発売日 - 1989年01月11日 - 最高順位 - 8位 - 登場回数 - 63週.
  7. Web site: 1989年の年間シングル売上ランキング(日本国内) . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624220314/http://the-musicbox.net/japan_singles_1989.html . 2016-06-24 . 35位 - 川の流れのように - 美空ひばり - 22.5万 . live.
  8. Web site: 1989年間シングルヒット曲 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314200938/https://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/hit_music1989.html . 2023-03-14 . 35 - 川の流れのように - 美空ひばり - 1989/01/11 . live.
  9. Web site: 1990年間シングルヒット曲 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314200938/https://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/hit_music1990.html . 2023-03-14 . 78 - 川の流れのように - 美空ひばり - 1989/01/11 . live.
  10. Dr Michael Iwama shares insights into the Kawa Model for ETOS (Osnabruck, Germany) . 2014-01-27 . Iwama . Michael . Television production . English . . 2023-05-30.

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