Honnō (Ringo Sheena song)

"Honnō" or "Honnou" (本能, Instinct^?) is Japanese singer Shiina Ringo's 4th single and it was released on October 27, 1999. The distributor is Toshiba EMI / EAST WORLD.

1 Outline
2 Track listing
- 2.1 Personnel
3 Music video
- 3.1 Cast
4 Noes

Outline

"Honnō" is taken from Shiina's second album Shōso Strip.　This song is the best selling single of Shiina for the present. The music video and the jacket that Shiina dressed in the nurse smashed glass caused a great sensation.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ringo Shiina, all music composed by Ringo Shiina, arranged by Seiji Kameda & Ringo Shiina.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Honnou (本能, Instinct^?)"
2.	"Aozora (あおぞら, Blue Sky^?)"
3.	"Rin-ne Highlight (輪廻ハイライト, Transmigration Highlights^?)^[1]"
Total length:		12:12

Personnel

Honnou

Vocals: 椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo
Guitars: 名越由貴夫 Yukio Nagoshi
Bass guitars: 亀田誠治 Seiji Kameda
Piano: 斉藤有太 Yuta Saito
Drums: 村石雅行 Masayuki Muraishi
Synthesizer Programming: 中山信彦 Nobuhiko Nakayama

Aozora

Vocals, Whistle: 椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo
Guitars: 西川進 Susumu Nishikawa
Bass guitars: 亀田誠治 Seiji Kameda
Organ:斉藤有太 Yuta Saito
Synthesizer: 皆川真人 Makoto Minagawa
Fluegelhorn: 水江洋館 Yokan Mizue
Drums, percussion, Toys: 朝倉弘一 Koichi Asakura "Asa-Chang" (from Asa-Chang & Junray, ex-Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra)
Synthesizer Operator: 中山信彦 Nobuhiko Nakayama

Rin-ne Highlight

Piano: 島健 Ken Shima
Contrabass: 高水健司 Kenji Takamizu
Drums: 渡嘉敷祐一 Yuichi Tokashiki

Music video

Cast

Vocal & Nurse: 椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo
Electric bass guitar & Doctor: 鳥井泰伸 Yasunobu Torii (from PANICSMILE, Gaji)
Others: 須田邦裕 Kunihiro Suda (Actor. Shiina and he was the same class in high school.)

Noes

^ This song is written in a Japanese lyrics sounding like an English lyrics by force. Actually, it is English lyrics.