Utakata Saturday Night! / The Vision / Tokyo to Iu Katasumi
"Utakata Saturday Night! / The Vision / Tokyo to Iu Katasumi" [1] (泡沫サタデーナイト!/The Vision/Tokyoという片隅) is the 61st single of the Japanese Pop Idol group Morning Musume '16. It is the last single to feature 9th Generation member, Kanon Suzuki. It was released on May 11, 2016.
Background
This triple A-Side single was announced on March 12 during the first night of "Morning Musume '16 Concert Tour Haru ~EMOTION IN MOTION~. Although no titles were announced, "Tokyo to Iu Katasumi" was performed on the same night of the announcement. Two days later, the titles were announced via their Official website citing the temporary title as "Tokyo to Iu Katasumi / The Vision / Utakata Saturday Night! (Temporary) (Order undecided)".
On April 6, the official order of songs was announced. The first and last title was switched, with no changes on all three titles. Their producer, Tsunku, also posted his comments regarding the latter two songs.[2] He revealed that he wrote "The Vision" about people having a vision of a beautiful future. Subsequently, "The Vision" was performed for the first time on that same weekend.
Release Details and Chart Performance
The single was released in six versions: 3 CD-only regular editions and 3 CD+DVD limited editions. The first press regular editions comes with a random trading card of 13 kinds depending on the jacket, which is 39 in total. The limited editions also includes an event lottery serial number card.
Members at time of single
Track list
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"Utakata Saturday Night!" (泡沫サタデーナイト! (lit. Ephemeral Saturday Night!)) | Maisa Tsuno | |
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"The Vision" | Tsunku | |
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"Tokyo to Iu Katasumi" (Tokyoという片隅 (lit. In a Corner of a City called Tokyo)) | Tsunku | |
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"Utakata Saturday Night (Instrumental)" | | |
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"The Vision (Instrumental)" | | |
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"Tokyo to Iu Katasumi (Instrumental)" | | |
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"Utakata Saturday Night! (Music Video)" |
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"The Vision (Music Video)" |
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"Tokyo to Iu Katasumi (Music Video)" |
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