is Japanese singer-songwriter Mao Abe

Mao Abe

is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2009 with the album Free.- Biography :Abe started learning the piano from age three, and from junior high school she had begun to want to be a singer. She stopped learning the piano in favour of the guitar, wanting to be an acoustic pop...

's fourth physical single, released on June 9, 2010. Unlike her previous singles and albums, this release is only released in one version.

Promotion

The song was used in a commercial for Calpis Water, starring Umika Kawashima and Hannya member Satoshi Kaneda. The commercial began broadcasting on April 2, 2010. In mid-May 2010, the lyrics of the song were posted to Uta-Net. The song quickly reached #1 on the daily lyrics access ranking, Abe's third song to do this (after "Anata no Koibito ni Naritai no Desu

Anata no Koibito ni Naritai no Desu

is a song by Mao Abe. It was originally released as her unofficial debut, in the form of an acoustic demo released to iTunes on . It was later released as Abe's second physical single on ....

" and "Itsu no Hi mo

Itsu no Hi mo

is a song by Mao Abe. It was released as Abe's third single on , as the lead single from her second album Pop, two weeks before the album's release....

") On June 13, Abe performed the song on NHK music show Music Japan.

Music video

The music video was shot by director Hideaki Fukui. It switches between two views of Abe: one where she stands in front of a light brown background as staff members fuss over her appearance. The second is when the background falls away and she performs the song with a band. The type of band switches between two types: a standard four piece band, with guitars and a drum set, and a marching band-style line of men in gaucho hats and marching drums, with two men swinging flags behind them. After the marching band performance, the scene changes to that of Abe sitting on a chair playing her acoustic guitar. As she sits up and performs into the microphone, the room is filled with the members of both types of band.

The music video consists of only three shots: from the start until Abe is fussed over a second time, a short clip filmed from a hand-held camera during this, and from this point until the finale.

Reception

The song began by charting lowly on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

's Japan Hot 100

Japan Hot 100

The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....

 and Adult Contemporary Airplay charts for several weeks. Eventually it would peak at #5 and #4 on these charts respectively. On Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

's physical singles chart, it debuted at #22 in its first week, selling 6,700 copies. it deauted at #19 a week before its wide release on RIAJ's Digital Track Chart

RIAJ Digital Track Chart

The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads ....

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Track listing

All songs written by Mao Abe.

Chart rankings

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....	5
Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay	4
Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... daily singles chart	15
Oricon weekly singles chart	22
RIAJ Digital Track Chart RIAJ Digital Track Chart The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads ....  Top 100	19

Reported sales

Chart	Amount
Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... physical sales	9,500

External links

• Pony Canyon profile