Itsu no Hi mo
| "Itsu no Hi mo" | |||||||||||||
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| Single by Mao Abe | |||||||||||||
| from the album Pop | |||||||||||||
| B-side | "Give Me Your Love," "Watashi wa Anata ga Ii no Desu" | ||||||||||||
| Released |
January 6, 2010 (digital download) January 13, 2010 (physical) | ||||||||||||
| Format | CD Single, digital download | ||||||||||||
| Genre | J-pop, pop rock | ||||||||||||
| Length | 5:15 | ||||||||||||
| Label | Pony Canyon | ||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Mao Abe | ||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Yūichi Komori | ||||||||||||
| Mao Abe singles chronology | |||||||||||||
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"Itsu no Hi mo" (いつの日も, "Everyday") is a song by Mao Abe. It was released as Abe's third single on January 13, 2010,[1] as the lead single from her second album Pop, two weeks before the album's release.
The song was certified by the RIAJ as gold for cellphone downloads.[2] As this is her only single to receive any kind of certification to date, this makes "Itsu no Hi mo" her most successful.
Writing
The song is a love ballad. The protagonist of the song, on the verge of a break-up, expresses how happy she feels right now, and wishes that every day she can look back and remember her relationship how it is today. She expresses her devotion: she feels as is she were born to be beside her lover, and will strive to find her lover in her next life.[3]
Abe wrote the song in September 2009, and is autobiographical.[4][5] She wrote it as a chance to be able to say good-bye to her boyfriend at the time. She created the theme of the song after realizing that at that point in her life, she treasures that person more than she ever will again, so she should save these memories.[5] She also considered the mortality of people, and decided she should use up her love for that person on the friends and family around her.[5][6]
Music video
The music video was shot by director Masaki Ohkita.[7] It depicts Abe standing before an apple tree. She attempts to take one of the apples, and cannot quite reach it (even on tip-toes). She then begins to cry, and snow falls on her. Abe returns to the tree later, when it is now leafless, snow-covered and all of the apples have fallen.
The song is nominated for the Best New Artist Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2010[8]
As of April 20, 2010 the music video has been viewed over 573,000 times on popular video-sharing website YouTube.[9]
Release
The single was announced three months before its release. It was originally intended to be released a week before, on the 6th of January.[10] It was chosen to be used as the ending theme song for the Fuji TV documentary variety talk show Ethica no Kagami: Kokoro ni Kiku TV (エチカの鏡～ココロにキクTV～ Ethica's Mirror: TV that Listens to Your Heart), from the 11th of October onwards.[10]
The single was released digitally on January 6, 2010. It was released physically a week later, on the 13th. The physical release had two versions: a limited edition CD+DVD version, as well as a standard CD only version. The DVD features the music video for "Itsu no Hi mo."
In December the song's lyrics were released to official Japanese online lyric databases. At one of these sites, Uta-Net, the lyrics were the most accessed on its weekly access ranking. This was her second successive song to do this, after Anata no Koibito ni Naritai no Desu.[11]
The B-side "Give Me Your Love" was used as the Ski Jam Katsuyama ski field commercial song.[12] Her song My Baby from her debut album Free had previously been used for this tie-up in the 2008-2009 ski season. In April 2010, the song was announced to be used as the NHK business show Mezase! Kaisha no Hoshi's opening theme song.[1]
Reception
After charting lowly for five weeks, "Itsu no Hi mo" reached at #2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 due to heavy rotation on radio stations.[13] This was her second best position on the chart, since "Free" in January 2009. The song stayed at #2 for another week, during its physical release, before falling out of the top 10.
The song performed well in the digital market. It debuted at #6 on the RIAJ digital tracks chart (which tracks full-length downloads to cellphones) after it was released a week earlier than the physical edition.[14] The single charted for a total of five weeks in the top 20 (mostly around the #13 position), and in the top 100 for nine weeks.
The song debuted at #9 on Oricon's daily charts, her highest position in her career to date (though Pop beat this record, reaching #3).[15] It reached #12 in the weekly charts, selling 5,000 in its first week.[15] The song eventually sold 9,000 copies, outselling her previous single "Anata no Koibito ni Naritai no Desu," but not "Tsutaetai Koto/I Wanna See You."[15]
In April 2010 the song was certified by the RIAJ for gold (100,000 copies) as a full-length cellphone download.[2]
Critically, CDJournal reviewed the song, feeling that they felt it "spoke to girls' sympathies." They praised the song's "rising refrain" section as the strong point of the single.[16]
Track listing
All songs written by Mao Abe.
| No. | Title | Arranger | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Itsu no Hi mo" | Yūichi Komori | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Give Me Your Love" | Yūichi Komori, Masakazu Andō | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Watashi wa Anata ga Ii no Desu (私は貴方がいいのです, "I Think You're Good")" | Mao Abe | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Itsu no Hi mo (Inst.)" | Yūichi Komori | 5:15 |
Total length: |
18:02 | ||
| DVD tracklist | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Itsu no Hi mo (Music Video)" | 5:26 |
Chart Rankings
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"Itsu no Hi mo"
 A sample of the chorus of "Itsu no Hi mo," and some of a preceding verse. |
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Oricon Charts (Japan)[15]
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2010 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 9 | |||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 12 | 5,368 | 9,216 | 5 weeks | |
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart |
Various charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Japan Hot 100[13] | 2 |
| Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay[17] | 1 |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart Top 100[14] | 6 |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart yearly top 100[18] | 85 |
References
- 1 2 リリース｜すけじゅーる｜阿部真央オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- 1 2 レコード協会調べ 3月度有料音楽配信認定 ＜略称：3月度認定＞. Oricon (in Japanese). 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ↑ "いつの日も 阿部真央 歌詞情報 - goo 音楽" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ↑ "阿部真央、デビューから1年を経た待望の2ndアルバム『ポっぷ』リリース特集 (2) / BARKS 特集". Barks (in Japanese). 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- 1 2 3 Morihide, Yuki (もりひでゆき) (2010-01-06). "ナタリー - [Power Push] 阿部真央". Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ↑ 阿部真央、プレミアムライブで新曲誕生秘話を語る (in Japanese). Livedoor. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ↑ 阿部真央 いつの日も (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ↑ "MTV WORLD STAGE VMAJ 2010 ノミネート作品 Nominee" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ↑ いつの日も・阿部真央 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- 1 2 阿部真央 「エチカの鏡」タイアップ曲発売決定！. Hotexpress (in Japanese). 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ↑ 阿部真央、2作連続歌詞サイト1位. Barks (in Japanese). 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ↑ "2009-2010シーズンTV-CM". Ski Jam Katsuyama (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- 1 2 "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- 1 2 "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue January 12, 2010" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- 1 2 3 4 "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-20. (subscription only)
- ↑ 阿部真央 ／ いつの日も. CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Airplay". Billboard (in Japanese). 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "レコード協会調べ 2009年12月16日～2010年12月14日「着うたフル(R)」 2010年有料音楽配信「年間チャート」（通称：レコ協チャート）" [Record Association Analysis: December 16, 2009—December 14, 2010 Full-length Cellphone Download 2010 paid digital sales "Yearly Chart" (Abbreviated: RIAJ Chart)] (PDF). RIAJ. December 20, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.