Amagi-goe
| "Amagi-goe" | ||||
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| Single by Sayuri Ishikawa | ||||
| from the album Amagi-goe | ||||
| B-side | "Kakurenbo" | |||
| Released | July 21, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Kayōkyoku, Enka | |||
| Length | 4:56 [1] | |||
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| Writer(s) | Osamu Yoshioka, Tetsuya Gen | |||
| Sayuri Ishikawa singles chronology | ||||
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Description
“Amagi-goe” (天城越え Walk Over Amagi Pass) is the title of the 45th single by Japanese singer Sayuri Ishikawa (石川さゆり).[2] The song is written by Osamu Yoshioka (吉岡治) as lyricist, Tetsuya Gen (弦哲也) as composer and Nobuyuki Sakuraba (桜庭伸幸) as arranger. The single was released on July 21, 1986 by Nippon Columbia. The sleeve does not have the time of the song.
Together with "Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyu-geshiki (津軽海峡・冬景色)”, the song is Ishikawa’s most popular from her career. By the song, Ishikawa was nominated for the 28th Nippon Record Taisho Award (Japan Record Award 日本レコード大賞) in 1986 but she did not win the award.[3] As of 2013, Ishikawa has sung Amagi-goe eight times at the annual NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
There is a monument commemorating the hit of Amagi-goe in front of the Joren no Taki (浄蓮の滝 Jōren Falls) in Amagi, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The song is not directly linked to the novella of the same title by Seichō Matsumoto (松本清張) nor to the movie of the same title based on the novella, which was released in 1983.[4]
Other versions
Ishikawa has re-recorded Amagi-goe for her remix album Shunka (春夏) released in 1999 by Pony Canyon. This version is also included in the 40th anniversary box set released by Teichiku in 2012.[5] Time of this version is 4:56.
B-side
The B-side song “Kakurenbo” (隠れんぼ Hide and Seek) is written by Osamu Yoshioka as lyricist, Tetsuya Gen as composer and Nobuyuki Sakuraba as arranger. The sleeve does not have the time of the song. Ishikawa’s debut song bears the same title “Kakurenbo (かくれんぼ)”, but is a different song.
Album appearance
Amagi-goe is included in Ishikawa’s studio album of the same title. The B-side song Kakurenbo is not included in any of her studio albums.
Credits and personnel
Tatsuo Watanabe (渡辺達生) is credited as photographer for the cover. The sleeve credits the disk as produced by Hori Music (ホリ・ミュージック).
Notes
- ↑ Time of the re-recording of the song for a remix album. Sleeve of the original single does not have time of the song.
- ↑ Nippon Columbia AH-755.
- ↑ Arranger of the song Sakuraba won the Arranger Award of the Japan Record Award by Amagi-goe (Official web page for the 28th Japan Record Award, viewed March 26, 2014).
- ↑ Amagi-goe by Seichō Matsumoto
- ↑ Teichiku TECS-10511-15.