Summary
"Green a.Live" is the twentieth single by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Yui. It was released on October 5, 2011, and is featured in Yui's fifth studio album, How Crazy Your Love.
| "Green a.Live" | ||||
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 Normal Edition Cover | ||||
| Single by Yui | ||||
| from the album How Crazy Your Love | ||||
| A-side | "Green a.Live" | |||
| B-side |
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| Released | October 5, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 16 minutes | |||
| Label | Gr8! Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Yui | |||
| Yui singles chronology | ||||
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The single debuted atop the Oricon Weekly Rankings,[1] becoming her first number one single since "To Mother" and eighth overall.
Background and writing edit
"Green a.Live" was arranged and produced by Hisashi Kondo, with the lyrics written by Yui.
In Yui's Rocking in Japan interview, she indicated that Green a.Live was not about aspiring for an easy solution for dilemmas but about going through those hardships.[2] She also recalled her visit to various schools in the Miyagi prefecture affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, and how the smiles of the schoolchildren despite the disaster gave her inspiration.[3] In her diary entry on October 5, 2011, she also added that the song was also meant to show the anger and doubt from loved ones missing after the earthquake.[3]
Music video edit
The music video was directed by Shigeaki Kubo and was taken in Hokkaido, Japan.[4] While filming, Kubo reflected that the song was an achingly honest song, as well as thinking that the song was about the eventual change which people undergo and the different paths they take.[4]
The song begins with shots of Yui at a train track or of her playing guitar in a rice paddy. The music video then proceeds between cuts of her playing guitar at a grassy field or at a beach, and juxtaposing the shots of nature with various perspectives of a city in motion. The video ends with Yui smiling as she sings the final lyrics of the song.
Track list edit
All tracks are written by Yui
| No. | Title | Arranger | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Green a.Live" | Hisashi Kondo | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Let's Face it" | Cozzi | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Hello (Paradise Kiss) ~Yui Acoustic Version~" | Kondo | 3:39 |
| 4. | "Green a.Live ~Instrumental~" | Kondo | 4:39 |
| No. | Title | Director | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello (Paradise Kiss)" (music video) | Shigeaki Kubo | 3:38 |
Sales charts (Japan) edit
Oricon Sales chart edit
| Release | Chart | Peak position | Debut Sales | Sales total | Chart run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 5, 2011 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart[5] | 1 | 24,370 | ||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[6] | 1 | 55,978 | 69,912 | 4 weeks | |
| Oricon Monthly Singles Chart | 8 | 69,912 | |||
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart |
References edit
- ^ "【オリコン】YUI、20thシングルが4作ぶり首位" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "YUI、「音楽の力」と「悲しみ」について語る" (in Japanese). ROCK'IN JAPAN. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ a b "YUI diary" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^ a b "YUI『Green a.live』MV" (in Japanese).
- ^ "2011年10月04日のCDシングルデイリーランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ "2011年10月03日～2011年10月09日のCDシングル週間ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.