Innocent World

"Innocent World"
Single by Mr. Children
from the album Atomic Heart, 1/42, Mr. Children 1992–1995, and B-Side
Released June 1, 1994
Format CD single
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 13:31
Label Toy's Factory
Producer Takeshi Kobayashi
Mr. Children singles chronology
"Cross Road"
(1993)		 "Innocent World"
(1994)		 "Tomorrow Never Knows"
(1994)

"Innocent World" is the fifth single released by Mr. Children on June 1, 1994.

Contents

Overview

"Innocent World" was Mr. Children's first No. 1 single on the Oricon Japanese charts, managing to sell 1,935,830 copies during its run on the chart[1] and was the No. 1 selling single for Oricon's 1994 yearly chart.[2] The title track was used as the promotional song for the soft drink Aquaerius Ioshisu (アクエリアス イオシス?)[3] and was also included in the Mr. Children live album 1/42 released on September 8, 1999, and also Mr. Children 1992–1995, released on July 11, 2001. The b-side "My confidence song" was included in Mr. Children's compilation album, B-Side, released on May 10, 2007.

Awards

"Innocent World" has won many awards including the 'Grand Prize' at the 36th Annual Japan Record Awards,[4] the 'Best 5 Single Award' at the 9th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards,[5] and the 'Silver Award' at the 13th Annual JASRAC Awards.[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kazutoshi Sakurai. 

No. Title Length
1. "Innocent World"   5:48
2. "My confidence song"   1:55
3. "Innocent World (Instrumental Version)"   5:48

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ "Mr.Children、待望のニューシングル「箒星」リリース決定！(Mr.Children, and long-awaited new single "Houkiboshi" release decision!)" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/21151/. Retrieved 2008-07-12. 
  2. ^ "篠原涼子、“リレハンメル”でブレイク！(Ryoko Shinohara, "Lilly Hammer" breaks away!)" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. http://contents.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/11477/. Retrieved 2008-08-09. 
  3. ^ (in Japanese) The distance to "HOME". 別冊カドカワ総力特集 Mr.Children (Separate volume Kadokawa special issue Mr.Children). Kadokawa television. 2007. pp. 167–170. ISBN 978-4-04-894488-5. 
  4. ^ "第36回日本レコード大賞 (The 36th annual Japanese record prize)" (in Japanese). jacompa.or.jp. http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1994.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-12. 
  5. ^ "Japan Gold Disc Award Official Website" (in Japanese). golddisc.jp. http://www.golddisc.jp/. Retrieved 2008-07-12. 
  6. ^ "1993年~1997年 JASRAC賞－第11回～第15回 (1993~~1997 The JASRAC prize - 11th time - 15th time)" (in Japanese). jasrac.or.jp. http://www.jasrac.or.jp/profile/prize/1993.html. Retrieved 2008-07-12. 
  7. ^ a b "Innocent World" single, Toy's Factory (1994)
Mr. Children
Kazutoshi Sakurai  • Kenichi Tahara  • Keisuke Nakagawa  • Hideya Suzuki
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"Kimi ga Ita Natsu" · "Dakishimetai" · "Replay" · "Cross Road" · "Innocent World" · "Tomorrow Never Knows" · "Everybody Goes (Chitsujo no Nai Gendai ni Drop Kick)" · "Kiseki no Hoshi" (with Keisuke Kuwata) · "Es (Theme of Es)" · "See-Saw Game (Yūkan na Koi no Uta)" · "Namonaki Uta" · "Hana (Mémento Mori)" · "Machine Gun o Buppanase (Mr. Children Bootleg)" · "Everything (It's You)" · "Nishi e Higashi e" · "Owarinaki Tabi" · "Hikari no Sasu Hō e" · "I'll Be" · "Not Found" · "Yasashii Uta" · "Youthful Days" · "Kimi ga Suki" · "Any" · "Hero" · "Tenohira"/"Kurumi" · "Sign" · "Yojigen: Four Dimensions" · "Hōkiboshi" · "Shirushi" · "Fake" · "Tabidachi no Uta" · "Hanabi" · "Gift" · "Hana no Nioi"(Download only) · "Fanfare"(Download only)
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