Mixed Nuts (song) explained

Mixed Nuts
Cover:Mixed Nuts Higedan cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Official Hige Dandism
Album:Rejoice
Studio:Bunkamura Studio
Length:3:33
Label:Irori
Lyricist:Satoshi Fujihara
Composer:Satoshi Fujihara
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is a song recorded by Japanese band Official Hige Dandism, released digitally on April 15, 2022, through Irori Records label. The song was featured as the opening theme song for the anime Spy × Family.[1] It peaked at number one on the Japan Hot 100 and number 61 on the Billboard Global 200. The Mixed Nuts EP was released on June 22, 2022.

Composition and lyrics

"Mixed Nuts" is a jazz and pop rock song,[2] composed in the key of G-flat major and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 150 BPM, runs for three minutes and 33 seconds.[3] It was composed and written by vocalist Satoshi Fujihara for the anime Spy × Family, with the family theme in mind, as well as main character Anya’s love for peanuts.[4] "I once heard Anya say that she liked peanuts. I suddenly thought of peanuts in the mixed nuts that I often eat myself and looked them up, and found that although they look similar, nuts that grow from trees and peanuts that grow under the ground are classified as two different kinds, and that peanuts are really a different kind, despite their appearance." He later stated, "I felt that this was the theme of this work, that there is something interesting about playing a fake family while hiding one's true identity and confronting something like a real family, and that the happiness and joy that comes to you is all that matters, rather than whether it is genuine or not. I created this work with the original in mind."[5]

Music video

The music video for "Mixed Nuts" was released on April 15, 2022, the same day as the single released, and directed by Takuto Shimpo.[6]

Track listing

  1. – 3:33
  1. "Mixed Nuts" – 3:33
  2. "Anarchy" – 4:29
  3. "Choral A" – 3:59
  4. – 4:41

Personnel

Official Hige Dandism

Additional musicians

Production

Accolades

Ceremony! scope="col"
YearAwardResult
MTV Video Music Awards Japan2022Best Group Video (Japan)[7]
Newtype Anime Awards2022Best Theme Song[8]
2022Best Work Award[9]
Composition Award
Artist Song Award
Crunchyroll Anime Awards2023Best Opening Sequence[10]
Japan Gold Disc Awards2023Song of the Year by Download (Japanese)[11]
Best 3 Songs by Download
Song of the Year by Streaming (Japanese)
Best 5 Songs by Streaming
Anime Grand Prix2023Best Theme Song[12]
AnimaniA Awards2024Best Anime Song[13]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Global 200 (Billboard)[14] 61
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[15] 1
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[16] 1
Japan Combined Singles (Oricon)[17] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Global Excl. US (Billboard)[18] 113
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[19] 4
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[20] 2
Japan (Oricon)[21] 87
Japan Combined Singles (Oricon)[22] 3
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[23] 11
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[24] 6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spy×Family Anime's Video Reveals, Previews Theme Songs. Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Anime News Network. March 17, 2022. June 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: The Global Popularity of Official Hige Dandism's 'Mixed Nuts' Explained. Billboard. August 17, 2022. August 3, 2022.
  3. Web site: Key & BPM for "Mixed Nuts" by Official Hige Dandism. Tunebat. June 5, 2022.
  4. Web site: Spy x Family Opening Theme by Official Hige Dandism Now Streaming. Carreon. Carla. Anime Corner. April 15, 2022. June 5, 2022.
  5. Web site: Spy x Family Music. ja. Spy x Family Official Website. June 5, 2022.
  6. Web site: Official Hige Dandism's Spy x Family Opening Theme Releases Full Music Video. Harding. Daryl. Crunchyroll. April 14, 2022. June 5, 2022.
  7. Web site: 「MTV VMAJ 2022」各部門の受賞作品発表！ . . October 14, 2022 . March 14, 2024 . ja . September 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230923105619/https://www.vmaj.jp/articles/lqgyuq/20221014-1 . live.
  8. Web site: October 15, 2022 . Japanese . ja:ニュータイプアニメアワード2021-2022結果発表、作品賞は「劇場版ソードアート・オンライン」＆「鬼滅の刃 遊郭編」. Newtype Anime Awards 2021–2022 Results Announced: Best Picture Award Goes to Sword Art Online: The Movie & Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba . https://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/23029384/ . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016114551/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/23029384/ . October 16, 2022 . August 8, 2023 . Livedoor News.
  9. Web site: ja:令和4年アニソン大賞 . https://www.anisong-taisho.jp/reiwa04/ . Anisong Awards . January 11, 2024 . ja.
  10. Web site: All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Anime News Network. Eisenbeis. Richard. March 4, 2023. March 4, 2023.
  11. Web site: ja:第37回 日本ゴールドディスク大賞. http://www.golddisc.jp/award/37/Prize_2.html. Japan Gold Disc Awards. August 8, 2023. ja. July 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230727084228/http://www.golddisc.jp/award/37/Prize_2.html. live.
  12. Web site: 45th Anime Grand Prix . September 13, 2023 . www.chikimato.net.
  13. AnimaniA Award: Die Nominierungen . de . AnimaniA . 48-51 . 2024 . 2/2024.
  14. Billboard Global 200. Billboard. April 30, 2022. June 5, 2022.
  15. Billboard Japan Hot 100. Billboard. May 21, 2022. June 5, 2022.
  16. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Animation – Week of April 27, 2022. Billboard Japan. ja. December 9, 2022.
  17. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Combined Singles: 2022-05-02 . . December 1, 2022 . ja.
  18. Year-End Charts Billboard Global Excl. U.S. 2022 . . December 3, 2022.
  19. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year-End 2022 . . December 9, 2022.
  20. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Animation Year-End 2022 . . December 9, 2022.
  21. Web site: Oricon Top 100 Singles: 2022 . . December 22, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221222030929/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/y/2022/p/9/ . December 22, 2022.
  22. News: 【オリコン年間ランキング2022】King & Prince、今年度唯一のミリオン達成で自身初の「シングル」首位 Snow Man初の「アルバム」1位 / 合算シングルランキング 1位~10位 . December 22, 2022 . . December 22, 2022 . ja.
  23. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot 100 – 2023 Year-End. Billboard Japan. ja. December 8, 2023.
  24. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Animation – 2023 Year-End. Billboard Japan. ja. December 8, 2023.

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