Kanshō/Mermaid

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"Kanshō"
double A-side)
ReleasedAugust 27, 2003 (2003-08-27)
Genre
Length4:47
LabelFlight Master
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Pipeline Project
Aya Ueto singles chronology
"
Personal
"
(2003) 		"Kanshō" / "Mermaid"
(2003) 		"Binetsu"
(2003)
Audio sample
"Kanshō"

"Kanshō" (感傷（かんしょう）, lit. "Sentimentality") / "Mermaid" is a

Lotte ice cream Soh, starring Ueto herself.[2]

Background

"Kanshō" and "Mermaid" were written, composed, arranged and produced by Tube members Nobuteru Maeda and Michiya Haruhata, credited under the group name Pipeline Project.[2] The single was released one day short of the one-year anniversary of Ueto's solo debut. The first pressing of the single featured an alternate cover art and included passes for a release event, held at VenusFort in Kōtō, Tokyo.[3]

Chart performance

"Kanshō" / "Mermaid" entered the daily

SoundScan singles chart, at number 9.[7] "Kanshō" / "Mermaid" charted on the Oricon Singles Chart for seven weeks, selling a reported total of 40,000 copies during its run.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by

Mermaid
"
  • Pipeline Project
3:573."Kanshō" (Instrumental)
  • Pipeline Project
4:474."Mermaid" (Instrumental)
  • Pipeline Project
3:54Total length:17:25

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection album liner notes.[9]

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)[4] 7
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)[10] 9
Japan Monthly Singles (Oricon)[8] 24
Japan Weekly Singles (
SoundScan)[7]
 9

Sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan — 40,000[8]

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27)
Flight Master [11]
Taiwan September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03) Skyhigh Entertainment [12]

References

  1. ^ "【夏の新番組～『ひと夏のパパへ』編】". CDJournal (in Japanese). July 2, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ a b 2ヶ月連続シングルリリース記念「上戸彩年鑑 2002～2004」. Barks (in Japanese). June 14, 2004. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  3. ^ "上戸彩１０００人と握手－歌手デビュー１周年記念". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). August 28, 2003. Archived from the original on August 29, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "【音楽･新譜】CDチャート速報/売上予想8/27～" (in Japanese). August 27, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "【音楽･新譜】CDチャート速報/売上予想8/27～" (in Japanese). August 28, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "オリコン 2003.9.8". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  7. ^
    Nielsen SoundScan
    (in Japanese). Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  8. ^ a b c "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Ueto, Aya (2006). Best of Uetoaya: Single Collection (Booklet). Aya Ueto. Minato, Tokyo, Japan: Pony Canyon. 4988013186644.
  10. ^ "感傷/Mermaid 上戸彩". Oricon. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  11. ^ "上戸彩 / 感傷 / MERMAID [CCCD] [廃盤]". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  12. ^ "G-Music 藝人介紹". G-Music (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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