Ai no Uta (Koda Kumi song)

""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
Kumi Koda singles chronology
"Freaky"
(2007)
"Ai no Uta
(2007)
"Last Angel feat. Tohoshinki"
(2007)
Alternative cover
CD + DVD Cover

"Ai no Uta" (愛のうた Love Song?) is the 37th single released by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Kumi Koda.

Ai no Uta was released on September 12, 2007 in Japan. It follows 2006's Yume no Uta as an autumn/wintertime love ballad. It was released in two versions: a CD+DVD version and a CD only version. The first press comes with an extra track. The B-side "Come Over" is the Sekai Judo 2007 theme song, and is upbeat. "Ai no Uta" is described as a song about the fleeting sadness of love, and how fragile and precious love is.

"Ai no Uta" was been 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.[1]

Contents

Track listing

CD version

Japanese CD

  1. Ai no Uta (愛のうた?, Love Song)
  2. Come Over
  3. Ai no Uta (Urban Kiss Version) (愛のうた?, Love Song) (First Press Bonus Track)
  4. Ai no Uta (instrumental) (愛のうた?, Love Song)
  5. Come Over (instrumental)

DVD Track listing

Japanese DVD

  1. Ai no Uta PV (愛のうた?, Love Song)
  2. Ai no Uta (Making Of) (愛のうた?, Love Song)

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
"Lifetime Respect (Onna Hen)" by RSP
RIAJ Reco-kyō Chart number-one song
August, 2007
Succeeded by
"Aoku Yasashiku" by Kobukuro

References