Eien no Uta

"永遠の詩" "Eien no Uta" lit. "Eternal Poem""
Single by Mika Nakashima
from the album Voice
Released	October 3, 2007
Label	Sony Music Associated Records
Writer(s)	Sin, Kazufumi Miyazawa
Mika Nakashima singles chronology
Life (2007) Eien no Uta (2007) Sakura: Hanagasumi (2008)

"Eien no Uta" (永遠の詩 lit. Eternal Poem) is a single by Japanese singer Mika Nakashima. The title track of the single, a reggae-inflected ballad with producer Stephen McGregor, was used as the theme song of the movie Southbound, released in October 2007.^[1] The single's other song, a cover of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To," was made with jazz band Katteni-Shiyagare and previously included on the Katteni-Shiyagare tribute album, 'Let's Get Lost.'^[2]

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Eien no Uta (永遠の詩 lit. Eternal Poem)"	Kazufumi Miyazawa	Sin	Toshiya Mori, Stephen McGregor
2.	"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"	Cole Porter	Cole Porter	Katteni-Shiyagare
3.	"Eien no Uta (永遠の詩 lit. Eternal Poem)" (Instrumental)	Kazufumi Miyazawa	Sin	Toshiya Mori, Stephen McGregor

Charts

Oricon sales chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
October 03, 2007	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	4
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	5	24,146	7 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart

References

1. "中島美嘉、ニューシングル「永遠の詩」映画主題歌決定 (Nakashima Mika's new single "Eien no Uta" to be used as movie theme song)" (in Japanese). Barks. 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
2. "中島美嘉 : インフォメーション (Nakashima Mika: Information)" (in Japanese). Sony Music Online Japan. Retrieved 2007-09-10.

External links

• http://www.mikanakashima.com/