Birthday Eve

"Birthday Eve"
Single by Koda Kumi
from the album Best: Second Session
Released 14 December 2005 (JP)
Format CD
Recorded Japan
Genre J-pop
Length 9:02
Label Rhythm Zone
RZCD-45302 (Japan, CD)
SM Entertainment
SMJTCD-090 (Korea, CD)
Producer(s) Kumi Koda
Koda Kumi singles chronology
"You"
(2005)
"Birthday Eve"
(2005)
"D.D.D."
(2005)

"Birthday Eve" is a limited edition single by Koda Kumi, 50,000 copies available. "Birthday Eve" was used in a television advertisement for NTT DoCoMo Tokai (エヌ・ティ・ティ・ドコモ東海 enu ti ti dokomo tōkai).[1]

Cover

Each of the twelve singles' covers represent a traditional dress from a culture. Though the previous single, you, represented Alaska, this single's cover represents the lower 48 states of the United States of America, notably California.

Track listing[2]

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Birthday Eve"  Koda KumiToru WatanabeMorimoto Kosuke  
2. "Birthday Eve" (Instrumental) Toru WatanabeMorimoto Kosuke  

Chart history

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
December 14, 2005 Oricon Daily Singles Chart 2
Oricon Weekly Charts 6 44,294 47,661 3 weeks
Oricon Monthly Charts
Oricon Yearly Charts 191

Alternate Versions

Currently, there are three renditions of Birthday Eve:

  1. Birthday Eve: Found on the single (2005) and corresponding album BEST ~second session~ (2006)
  2. Birthday Eve [Instrumental]: Found on the single (2005)
  3. Birthday Eve [Cup of Cappuccino Bossanova Remix]: Found on Koda Kumi Remix Album (2006)

References

  1. "Birthday Eve no Gakufu Ichiran". Gafuku. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. "Birthday Eve". Rhythm Zone. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  1. Avex Network (2005), Koda Kumi Official Web Site
  2. Oricon Style (2005), Single Daily Ranking – Oricon Style Ranking
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