Namonaki Uta Explained

Namonaki Uta
Type:single
Artist:Mr. Children
Album:Shinkai
Released:February 5, 1996
Genre:Pop rock, progressive rock
Label:Toy's Factory
Producer:Takeshi Kobayashi
Prev Title:See-Saw Game (Yūkan na Koi no Uta)
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Hana (Mémento Mori)
Next Year:1996

"" is the tenth single by Mr. Children, released by Toy's Factory on February 5, 1996. The cover of the single is Kazutoshi Sakurai's face whose tongue was written "no name". "Namonaki Uta" was used as the theme song of Japanese television drama Pure.

On the Japanese Oricon weekly chart, the single "Namonaki Uta" opened at number-one with the first week sales of over 1.208 million copies, establishing the Japanese highest first-week single sales record. It topped the 1996 Oricon yearly single charts and sold over 2.308 million copies in total. It is the second best-selling song for the band behind their 1994 single "Tomorrow Never Knows."

The song was covered by Kohmi Hirose on her 2010 album Drama Songs.[1]

References

  1. Web site: http://natalie.mu/music/news/26404. ja:90年代の冬ドラマ黄金主題歌を広瀬香美が堂々カバー. Japanese. Natalie. 2010-01-15. 2010-10-08.