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| "Chiisana Koi no Uta" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by MONGOL800 | ||||
| from the album Message | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| English title | A Small Song of Love | |||
| Released | September 16, 2001 | |||
| Label | HIGH WAVE TISSUE FREAK RECORDS | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kiyosaku Uezu | |||
| Producer(s) | MONGOL800 | |||
| Message's track listing chronology | ||||
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Chiisana Koi no Uta (Japanese: 小さな恋のうた, transl. A Small Song of Love) is a song by MONGOL800 and is the third track of the band's 2001 album "Message". The song was covered by various artists, the most popular being the cover by Amatsuki on 2016 and is popular song for Karaoke in Japan. A cover of the song was the ending theme for the 2018 anime Teasing Master Takagi-san performed by Rie Takahashi and the 2023 anime The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten performed by Manaka Iwami. The song inspired the 2019 Japanese movie of the same name.[1][2]
Production
editKiyosaku Uezu, the band's bass guitarist and vocalist was in charge of the song's lyrics and music. On an interview by Natalie, Kiyosaku says he did not know what is the key was when he wrote the song commenting that the song starts with a lower key but with a higher chorus. He also said on the same interview that he did not use the words "Boku" (僕, lit. I) and Kimi (君, lit. You) while writing the lyrics of the song because Okinawans have a tendency to not use the first person when speaking.[3][4]
The song is the 3rd track of the MONGOL800's 2001 album "Message".[1]
Reception
editIn December 2021, The song surpassed 100 million streams on the Billboard Japan chart making it the second song to pass 100 million streams on the chart after "HANABI" by Mr. Children.[1] In 2022, the song ranked 3rd in the most played 2000's songs in Japan on Spotify.[5]
The song is a popular song for Karaoke in Japan, In 2018, it ranks second in DAM Heisei Karaoke Ranking.[1][6][7] It ranked third in 2013, 7th in 2014, 10th in 2016, 8th in 2017, 4th in 2018, and 9th in 2019 in the Oricon Karaoke Chart.[8][9]
Covers
editThe song was covered by various artists. Amatsuki's cover of the song released in May 2016 became a popular hit on YouTube accumulating over 100 million views on YouTube making it the first ever cover song to reach 100 million views in Japan. Minami Hamabe's cover for a LINE music commercial ranked 32 on Billboard Japan's chart in June 2019.[1]
The song was also covered by Rie Takahashi as the ending theme for the 2018 anime "Teasing Master Takagi-san" and by Manaka Iwami as the ending theme for the 2023 anime "The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten".[10][11]
Live-action movie
editA live-action base on the song started production in 2018 with the same name and release in May 2019 starring Sano Hayato, Morinaga Yuki, Anna Yamada, Maeda Gordon and Suzuki Jin and directed by Kojiro Hashimoto.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "MONGOL800「小さな恋のうた」ストリーミング累計1億回再生突破 2000年代リリース曲としては史上2曲目 | Daily News". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b "佐野勇斗、鈴木仁らがバンド 『小さな恋のうた』キャストが想いを語ったメイキング映像解禁". ORICON NEWS. March 22, 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Sako, Rina (July 12, 2019). "アマダシンスケ（FOMARE）×キヨサク（MONGOL800）「FORCE」特集｜憧れ続けたフロントマンとの初対談 - 音楽ナタリー 特集・インタビュー". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Chiisana Koi NO Uta by Mongol800 on Apple Music". Apple Music. 16 September 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Spotify、海外で今年最も再生された日本のアーティスト／楽曲TOP10発表". ORICON NEWS. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "「ハナミズキ」「小さな恋のうた」「残酷な天使のテーゼ」――令和も歌い継がれるカラオケロングヒットのわけは #昭和98年（Yahoo!ニュース オリジナル 特集）". Yahoo! News (in Japanese). p. 2. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Ronald (28 November 2018). "DAM Releases Its Karaoke Rankings for the End of the Heisei Era". ARAMA! JAPAN. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "日本人がバレたくないことが明らかに 社内恋愛＆マッチングアプリに次ぐ1位とは". Oricon. November 3, 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^
- For 2013: "oricon karaoke 2013". Archived from the original on 2014-11-10.
- For 2014: "oricon karaoke 2014". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14.
- For 2016: "oricon karaoke 2016". Archived from the original on 2017-10-21.
- For 2017: "oricon karaoke 2017". Archived from the original on 2018-06-20.
- For 2018: "oricon karaoke 2018". Archived from the original on 2019-09-24.
- For 2019: "oricon karaoke 2019". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 15, 2023). "Manaka Iwami Performs The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Anime's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Dennison, Kara (January 14, 2023). "The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten TV Anime Covers Popular Song as Ending Theme". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 15 July 2024.