Nagareboshi (Misia song)

"Nagareboshi"
Single by Misia
from the album Love Bebop
Released	8 July 2015
Format	CD single digital download
Recorded	Rhythmedia Studio (Tokyo)
Genre	Pop soul
Length	5:37
Label	Ariola
Writer(s)	Rica
Producer(s)	Takayuki Hattori
Misia singles chronology
"Sakura Hitohira" (2015) "Nagareboshi" (2015) "Anata ni Smile :)" (2015)

"Nagareboshi" (流れ星, "Shooting Star") is a song by Japanese singer Misia. It was released by Ariola Japan as the third single from Misia's twelfth studio album, Love Bebop (2016) on 8 July 2015, one day after Misia's 37th birthday. The song was written by singer-songwriter Rica and produced by Takayuki Hattori. "Nagareboshi" was chosen to be the ending theme of the 2015 film S: The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future, a continuing film adaptation based on the television series of the same name, for which Misia's "Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" (2014) served as theme song. The song is a piano and strings ballad with lyrics comparing human individuals and their potential to the motion and light of shooting stars.

The single cover was painted by author, screenwriter, director and painter Ellie Omiya.^[1]

Writing and composition

	"Nagareboshi" A 25-second sample of "Nagareboshi"'s chorus.
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"Nagareboshi" was written and initially recorded by singer-songwriter Rica for her album Grain (2015). The song was eventually re-recorded by Misia whose version was produced by Takayuki Hattori. The piano was played by Sae Konno and the strings, an ensemble of 10 musicians on 1st violin, 8 on 2nd violin, 6 violists, and 6 cellist, were conducted by Hattori. The instrumentation and vocals were recorded in Tokyo, at Rhythmedia Studio and Sound Inn.

"Nagareboshi" is written in the key of B major. Misia's vocals span from G♯₃ to B₄.

Release

"Nagareboshi" was performed in concert, throughout Misia's Hoshizora no Live VIII: Moon Journey tour, well before its official release and for the first time on 11 April 2015. On 29 June 2015, an exclusive 1-minute trailer for the film S: The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future featuring "Nagareboshi" was uploaded onto Misia's official YouTube account.

"Nagareboshi" was released alongside the song "Anata ni Smile :)" as a double A-side extended play for download only on 8 July 2015. The single was also released in high-resolution (24bit) on Mora and HD-Music.info on the same date. The extended play included the song "Ashita wa Motto Suki ni naru", which was used in Kirin Sekai no Kitchen commercials. A CD single was released on 29 August 2015 for limited rental in Tsutaya stores exclusively. This release included two bonus live recordings from Misia's 2 April 2014 concert at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall of the songs "Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" "One Day, One Life" (2014).

Commercial performance

"Nagareboshi" debuted at number 27 on the Recochoku Weekly Singles chart and at number 4 on the Recochoku Weekly Albums chart.^[2][3]

Credits and personnel

Recording

• Recorded at: Rhythmedia Studio, Tokyo, Japan; Sound Inn, Tokyo, Japan.
• Mixed at: Rhythmedia Studio in Tokyo, Japan.

Personnel^[4]

Misia – lead vocals Koji Akaike - contrabass Shinichi Eguchi – cello Takayuki Hattori – conductor, producer Masami Horisawa – cello Shigeki Ippon – contrabass Akane Irie – 2nd violin Naoko Ishibashi – 2nd violin Kyoko Ishigame – 1st violin Aya Ito – 1st violin Tomoki Iwanaga – cello Shizuka Kawaguchi – 2nd violin Masahiro Kawaguchi - engineering, mixing Mikiyo Kikuchi – viola Sae Konno – celesta, piano Atsushi Kuramochi – contrabass Yuya Minorikawa – viola Akiko Mori – English horn Koichiro Muroya – 1st violin Jun Nakamura – cello Aya Notomi – 1st violin

Saori Oka – viola Machi Okabe – 1st violin Shoko Oki – 1st violin Natsumi Okimasu – 1st violin Takayoshi Okuizumi – cello Marie Oishi – suspended cymbal Rica - songwriting Gentaro Sakaguchi – viola Noriko Sekiya – musician coordinator Tomoko Shimaoka – viola Masaki Shono – viola Toshihiro Takai – 2nd violin Shiori Takeda – 2nd violin Yoshinobu Takeshita – contrabass Rina Tanaka – 1st violin Tomomi Tokunaga – 1st violin Risa Yamamoto – 2nd violin Yuya Yanagihara – 1st violin Takahiro Yuki – cello Hanako Uesato – 2nd violin Emiko Ujikawa – 2nd violin

Track listing

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Nagareboshi" (流れ星, "Shooting Star")	Rica	Takayuki Hattori	5:37
2.	"Anata ni Smile :)"	Misia Ki-Yo	Hiroshi Matsui	4:16
3.	"Ashita wa Motto Suki ni Naru" (明日はもっと好きになる, "Love You More Tomorrow")	Misia Her0ism	Her0ism	3:42
4.	"Nagareboshi" (Hoshizora Version)	Rica		5:01
Total length:				18:36

Tsutaya edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Anata ni Smile :)"	Misia Ki-Yo	Matsui	4:16
2.	"Nagareboshi"	Rica	Hattori	5:37
4.	"Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" (Hoshizora Live 7 @ Bunkamura Orchard Hall)	Misia Hiroaki Yokoyama	Yokoyama
5.	"One Day, One Life" (Hoshizora Live 7 @ Bunkamura Orchard Hall)	Ellie Omiya Jun Sasaki	Sasaki

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Japan Weekly Albums (Recochoku)[3]	4
Japan Weekly Singles (Recochoku)[2]	27

References

1. "MISIA、劇場版「S-最後の警官-」に書き下ろした新曲配信". Natalie. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
2. "アルバムランキング｜週間【レコチョク】音楽ダウンロード". Recochoku. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
3. "シングルランキング｜週間【レコチョク】音楽ダウンロード". Recochoku. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
4. Misia (2016). Love Bebop (Booklet). Misia. Tokyo, Japan: Ariola Japan. pp. 14–17. 4988017695609.

External links

• Official website