Wakareuta Explained

The Parting Song (Wakareuta)
Cover:Wakareuta.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Miyuki Nakajima
Album:Aishiteiru to Ittekure
B-Side:On the Platform
Released:September 10, 1977
Genre:Folk/Kayokyoku
Length:3:57
Label:Canyon Records/AARD-VARK
Prev Title:Yokaze no Naka kara
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Omoide Gawa
Next Year:1978

(translated into English as "The Parting Song" in the liner notes of Miyuki Nakajima's Ima no Kimochi album, released in 2004) is a song composed and performed by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released as her fifth single in September 1977.

"The Parting Song" topped the Oricon chart three months after its release.

The song also appeared on her fourth studio album Aishiteiru to Ittekure released in 1978. Nakajima recorded the song on her 2004 album Ima no Kimochi which comprises remake versions of her early efforts.A live performance from her 1991 experimental jukebox musical Yakai Vol.3 Kantan appeared on DVD.

"The Parting Song" has been covered by recording artists including Naoko Ken, Yoshie Kashiwabara, Natsuko Godai, Hideaki Tokunaga, and Ken Hirai with Masamune Kusano.

Track listing (7" vinyl)

All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Shun Fukui ("The Parting Song" co-arranged by Kinji Yoshino)

  1. "" (the parting song) - 3:57
  2. "" (on the platform) - 4:50

Notes and References

  1. http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~hbr/JP1_e.htm number one single List of number-ones on the Japan's Oricon Weekly Singles Charts (1968-)
  2. Web site: Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima. Original Confidence. Japanese. 2008-08-24.