Ai no Uta (Kumi Koda song)

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""Ai no Uta"
"愛のうた"
Single by Kumi Koda
from the album Kingdom
B-side Come Over
Released September 12, 2007 (Japanese single)
Format CD, CD+DVD
Recorded 2007
Genre J-pop
Label Rhythm Zone
Writer(s) Kumi Koda • Kosuke Morimoto
Kumi Koda singles chronology
"Freaky"
(2007)		 "Ai no Uta
(2007)		 "Last Angel"
(2007)

Ai no Uta (愛のうた / Song of Love) is the 37th single released by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Kumi Koda. The single was released in CD and CD+DVD, with limited editions carrying the "Urban Kiss Version" of Ai no Uta.[1] The single was released on September 12, 2007 and followed the theme of Yume no Uta/Futari de... as an autumn/winter-time love ballad. It charted at #2 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for twenty-two weeks.[2] Ai no Uta is described as a song about the sadness of fleeting love and how fragile and precious it is.[3]

The b-side, Come Over was the theme song used for the Sekai Judo 2007 (世界柔道2007 / World Judo 2007).[4]

Ai no Uta was certified by the RIAJ as being downloaded as a ringtone more than 1,000,000 times, and as a full-length download to cellphones more than 750,000 times.[5]

An alternate version of the music video was placed on the corresponding album Kingdom.

Track listing

CD
No. Title Lyrics Music Arranger(s) Length
1. "愛のうた (Ai no Uta / Song of Love)"   Kumi Koda • Kosuke Morimoto Kosuke Morimoto Tomoji Sogawa 4:51
2. "Come Over"   Kumi Koda Miki Watanabe Miki Watanabe 3:38
3. "愛のうた" (URBAN KISS Version) Kumi Koda • Kosuke Morimoto Kosuke Morimoto Tomoji Sogawa  
4. "愛のうた" (Instrumental)   Kosuke Morimoto Tomoji Sogawa 4:51
5. "Come Over" (Instrumental)   Miki Watanabe Miki Watanabe 3:38
DVD
No. Title Director(s) Length
1. "愛のうた" (Music Video)    
2. "愛のうた" (Making Video)    

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
September 12, 2007 Oricon Daily Charts 2
Oricon Weekly Charts 2 65,276 134,831 20 weeks
Oricon Monthly Charts 9
Oricon Yearly Charts 62

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by RIAJ Reco-kyō Chart number-one song
August, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Aoku Yasashiku" by Kobukuro

Alternate Versions

愛のうた

  1. 愛のうた: Found on the single (2007) and corresponding album Kingdom (2008)
  2. 愛のうた [URBAN KISS Version]: Found on the single (2007)
  3. 愛のうた [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2007)
  4. 愛のうた [The Standard Club PIANO DANCE Remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's (2009)

Come Over

  1. Come Over: Found on the single (2007)
  2. Come Over [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2007)
  3. Come Over [Caramel Pod Club Mix]: Found on Koda Kumi Driving Hit's (2009)

References

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