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Ai no Uta (Koda Kumi song)

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""Ai no Uta"
"愛のうた"
Single by Kumi Koda
from the album Kingdom
B-side "Come Over"
Released September 12, 2007 (Japanese single)
Recorded 2007
Genre J-pop
Label Rhythm Zone
Songwriter(s) Kumi Koda ? Kosuke Morimoto
Kumi Koda singles chronology
" Fever Live in Hall "
(2007) 		" "Ai no Uta"
"愛のうた "
(2007) 		" Last Angel feat. TVXQ "
(2007)
Music video
"Ai no Uta" on YouTube

Ai no Uta (愛のうた / Song of Love) is the 37th single released by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Kumi Koda . The single was released in CD and CD+DVD, with limited editions carrying the "Urban Kiss Version" of Ai no Uta. [1] The single was released on September 12, 2007, and followed the theme of Yume no Uta/Futari de... as an autumn/winter-time love ballad. It charted at No. 2 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for twenty-two weeks. [2]

Information [ edit ]

Ai no Uta is Japanese pop singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's thirty-seventh single released under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone . It charted at No. 2 on the Oricon Singles Charts and remained on the charts for twenty-two weeks. It was released in September 2007 and continued the theme of an autumn/winter-time love song, such as she did with Yume no Uta/Futari de... the year prior during her Black Cherry era.

The single was released in both CD and CD+DVD editions, with limited editions of each. Limited editions contained one bonus track: a remix of "Ai no Uta." [3]

The title track has been described as a song about the sadness of fleeting love and how fragile and precious it is. [4] The b-side , "Come Over," was the theme song used for the World Judo 2007 (世界柔道2007 / Sekai Judo 2007) . [5]

"Ai no Uta" was certified by the RIAJ as being downloaded as a ringtone more than one million times, and as a full-length download to cellphones more than 750,000 times. [6]

Music video [ edit ]

The music video of "Ai no Uta" carried a theme of a woman in love, but left broken hearted by her lover. A ring is used to symbolize the fragility of love, showing her saddened when he lover ignores her adoration of a ring in the window to a jewellery shop .

The video has been described as her "most stunning," with Kumi in a room surrounded by teardrop crystals.

An alternate version of the music video was placed on her corresponding album, Kingdom .

Track listing [ edit ]

CD
No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger(s) Length
1. "Ai no Uta" ( 愛のうた / Song of Love) Kumi Koda ? Kosuke Morimoto Kosuke Morimoto Tomoji Sogawa 4:51
2. "Come Over" Kumi Koda Miki Watanabe Miki Watanabe 3:38
3. "Ai no Uta" (URBAN KISS version) (bonus track) Kumi Koda ? Kosuke Morimoto Kosuke Morimoto Tomoji Sogawa  
4. "Ai no Uta" (Instrumental)   Kosuke Morimoto Tomoji Sogawa 4:51
5. "Come Over" (Instrumental)   Miki Watanabe Miki Watanabe 3:38
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Ai no Uta" (Music video)  
2. "Ai no Uta" (Making video)  

Charts [ edit ]

Weekly charts [ edit ]

Weekly chart performance for "Ai no Uta"
Chart Peak
position
Japan ( Oricon ) [7] 2

Monthly charts [ edit ]

Monthly chart performance for "Ai no Uta"
Chart Peak
position
Japan (Oricon) [8] 9

Year-end charts [ edit ]

Year-end chart performance for "Ai no Uta"
Chart Position
Japan (Oricon) [9] 62

Certifications [ edit ]

Certifications for "Ai no Uta"
Region Certification Certified units /sales
Japan ( RIAJ ) [10] Gold 100,000 ^
Streaming
Japan ( RIAJ ) [11] Gold 50,000,000 †

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Alternate versions [ edit ]

"Ai no Uta"

  1. "Ai no Uta" (The Standard Club PIANO DANCE Remix): included on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's (2009)
  2. "Ai no Uta" (JAXX DA FISHWORKS Remix): included on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 7 (2017)

"Come Over"

  1. "Come Over" (Caramel Pod Club Mix): included on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's (2009)

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Koda Kumi: Ai no Uta?Limited" . Amazon Japan . Retrieved January 24, 2016 .
  2. ^ "AI NO UTA / KODA KUMI / ORICON STYLE" . Oricon . Retrieved January 24, 2016 .
  3. ^ "KODA KUMI OFFICIAL WEBSITE discography ? Ai no Uta" . Rhythm Zone . Retrieved August 30, 2016 .
  4. ^ "the online asian media source: Ai no Uta lyrics" . JPop Asia . Retrieved January 24, 2016 .
  5. ^ "Koda Kumi's new song "Song of Love" feature! "Come Over" is the "World Judo 2007" cheer song!" . Neowing . Retrieved January 24, 2016 .
  6. ^ レコ?ド協?調べ 2月度有料音?配信認定 ＜略?：2月度認定＞ . RIAJ (in Japanese). February 20, 2011 . Retrieved February 21, 2011 .
  7. ^ 週間ランキング 2007 年 09月 24日付 [Single: Weekly Ranking as of September 24, 2007]. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 22, 2007 . Retrieved October 25, 2023 .
  8. ^ シングル 週間ランキング 2007 年 09月度 [Single: Monthly Ranking ? September 2007]. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 1, 2007 . Retrieved October 26, 2023 .
  9. ^ シングル 年間ランキング 2007 年度 [Single: Annual Ranking ? 2007]. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 24, 2007 . Retrieved October 26, 2023 .
  10. ^ "Japanese single certifications ? Kumi Koda ? Ai no Uta" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved October 26, 2023 . Select 2007年9月 on the drop-down menu
  11. ^ "Japanese single streaming certifications ? Kumi Koda ? Ai no Uta" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved October 25, 2023 . Select 2023年9月 on the drop-down menu
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