Cappuccino (song)

"Cappuccino"
A woman with a red shirt holds her arms together to her left, with her mouth open.
Single by Rie Tomosaka
from the album Murasaki.
B-side "Mokuren no Cream"
Released January 27, 1999
(see release history)
Format 8cm single
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop music, Pop-rock
Length 3:54
Label Toshiba EMI
Writer(s) Ringo Sheena
Producer(s) Seiji Kameda
Rie Tomosaka singles chronology
"Itoshii Toki"
(1998)		 "Cappuccino"
(1999)		 "Shōjo Robot"
(2000)

"Cappuccino" (カプチーノ Kapuchīno) is a single by Japanese entertainer Rie Tomosaka, released on January 27, 1999.[1] "Cappuccino" and its B-side "Mokuren no Cream" were both written by musician Ringo Sheena. In 2014, Sheena released a cover of the song on her album Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku, which reached number 98 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Chart.[2]

Background and development

"Cappuccino" was the lead single from her album Murasaki., released one month beforehand. Her previous album, Un, was produced by Yasushi Akimoto.[3] Tomosaka had released two singles in 1998, "Koishiteru" and "Itoshii Toki." "Koishiteru" was produced by Seiji Kameda, who also worked on "Cappuccino."[4]

"Cappuccino" and "Mokuren no Cream" were the second and third songs Ringo Sheena had produced for another musician, after the Ryoko Hirosue song "Private." Sheena worked extensively with Tomosaka, also writing the song "Shampoo" for Murasaki. and Tomosaka's next single "Shōjo Robot" (including its B-sides "Ikenai Ko" and "Nippon ni Umarete"). She worked together with Sheena again in 2009 on her post-hiatus album Toridori., with the songs "Tokai no Manner" and "Kodomo no Jōkei."

Sheena first performed "Cappuccino" live at her Jisaku Jien Nama Jitsuenkai concert on June 14, 1999.[5] In 2014, Sheena released a cover of the song on her album Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku.[6]

Promotion and release

The song was used as an ending theme song for the NTV variety show TV Ojamanbō in 1999,[7] a tie-up that had previously gone to the Ryoko Hirosue song "Private."

A music video was produced to promote the song. It features scenes of Tomosaka swinging on a neon pole in a black room, as well as scenes of her in a white room holding a lily.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ringo Sheena. 

No. Title Length
1. "Cappuccino"   3:54
2. "Mokuren no Cream" (木蓮のクリーム, "Magnolia Cream") 3:43
3. "Cappuccino (Original Karaoke)"   3:54
Total length:
 13:22

Chart rankings

Charts (1999) Peak
position
Japan Oricon weekly singles[1] 67

Sales and certifications

Chart Amount
Oricon physical sales[8] 7,000

Release history

Region Date Format Distributing Label Catalogue codes
Japan January 27, 1999[1] 8cm CD Toshiba EMI TODT-5247
Taiwan April 1, 1999[9] EMI Music Taiwan

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 「カプチーノ」 ともさかりえ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Airplay 2014/06/09". Billboard (in Japanese). June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ "un" (in Japanese). JBook. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ むらさき。 (in Japanese). JBook. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ Toshiba EMI (June 14, 1999). "自作自演生実演会" [Own work own performance live concert]. Universal. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ "椎名林檎、初のセルフカバー集『逆輸入 ～港湾局～』リリース＆レコ発ライブ開催発表" [Ringo Sheena, first self-cover album collection Gyakuyunyū: Kōwankyoku release and release party live]. Barks. March 25, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ カプチーノ (in Japanese). JBook. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  8. ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved March 31, 2014. (subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Cappuccino (Overseas Ver.)". YesAsia. Retrieved March 31, 2014.