Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana

"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana"
Single by SMAP
from the album SMAP 015/Drink! Smap!
B-side	"Boku wa Kimi o Tsurete Yuku"
Released	5 March 2003
Format	CD single
Genre	J-pop
Label	Victor Entertainment
Writer(s)	Noriyuki Makihara
Producer(s)	Noriyuki Makihara
SMAP singles chronology
"Freebird" (2002) "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" (2003) "Tomodachi e (Say What You Will)" (2005)

"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" (世界に一つだけの花, "The One and Only Flower in the World") is a song recorded by Japanese boy band SMAP. The Noriyuki Makihara composed song was released as a single in 2003 and sold more than 2.57 million copies, becoming the ninth best-selling single in Japan in Oricon history.^[1] Along with Hikaru Utada's "Colors", it was one of the only two singles to sell over a million copies in 2003, a year that saw CD sales declining due to the Japanese economic slump.^[2] The single made it to the top of the Oricon 2003 Yearly singles chart. This song became popular in karaoke.

In 2003, Nakai was identified as the highest tax payer of any entertainer in Japan by the Japanese National Tax Bureau.^[3] That same year, he was involved in at least four television shows simultaneously, in addition to commercials.

Tracklist

12cm single[4]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger	Length
1.	"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana"	Noriyuki Makihara	N. Makihara	N. Makihara	4:40
2.	"Boku wa Kimi o Tsurete Yuku" (僕は君を連れてゆく)	Tetsuo Kudō	Takashi Tsushimi	T. Tsushimi	4:39
3.	"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (Music Track)"	N. Makihara	N. Makihara	N. Makihara	4:40
4.	"Boku wa Kimi o Tsurete Yuku (Music Track)"	T. Kudō	T. Tsushimi	T. Tsushimi	4:39
Total length:					17:58

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2003) Peak position Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[5] 1 Chart (2011) Peak position Billboard Japan Hot 100[6] 90 Chart (2016) Peak position Billboard Japan Hot 100[7] 2

Certifications Country Provider Certifications Japan[8] RIAJ 2× Million

References

1. 「およげ！たいやきくん」がギネス認定、再評価の気運高まる (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
2. 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 2003年. RIAJ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
3. The boy bachelor | The Japan Times Online
4. Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (CD single back cover). SMAP. Victor Entertainment. VICL-35477.
5. "世界に一つだけの花 | SMAP" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
6. "Billboard Japan Hot 100: September 26, 2011". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hankyu Hanshin Holdings. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
7. "Billboard Japan Hot 100: January 25, 2016". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hankyu Hanshin Holdings. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
8. ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2003年7月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (July 2003)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 15 September 2015.