Umi made 5-fun | |
Cover: | Chisato Moritaka - Umi made 5-fun.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Chisato Moritaka |
Album: | Sava Sava |
Language: | Japanese |
English Title: | 5 Minutes to the Sea |
B-Side: | Sleepless Night Blues |
Recorded: | 1998 |
Length: | 4:15 |
Label: | zetima |
Composer: | Toshinobu Kubota |
Lyricist: | Chisato Moritaka |
Producer: | Yukio Seto |
Prev Title: | Denwa |
Prev Year: | 1998 |
Next Title: | Tsumetai Tsuki |
Next Year: | 1998 |
is the 36th single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. Written by Moritaka and Toshinobu Kubota, the single was released by zetima on July 15, 1998. It is the theme song of the TBS drama of the same name. The song was also used in a 2010 Panasonic camcorder commercial featuring Moritaka.[1]
The music video features Moritaka rolling a toy Mini convertible around a house while another version of herself performs the song with her band by the pool.
"Umi Made 5-fun" peaked at No. 20 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 32,000 copies, becoming Moritaka's last top 20 single.[2] [3]
Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on August 5, 2012.[4] This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album Love Vol. 1.[5]