Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara

Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara is Maaya Sakamoto's nineteenth single. "Down Town" is used as an opening theme for the anime series And Yet The Town Moves (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru) while "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is the opening theme for the OVA Tamayura.[1] The original version of this song was released in 1974 by Yumi Arai, who was also its composer and lyricist, and was used as the ending song for Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin).[2] It is Sakamoto's first single to come in CD+DVD and CD only editions.

"Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara"
Single by Maaya Sakamoto
from the album You Can't Catch Me
ReleasedOctober 20, 2010
Recorded2010
GenreJ-pop
LabelVictor Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Taro Yamashita
Ginji Ito
Takayuki Hattori
Yumi Arai
DEPAPEPE
Hachiro Sato
Kazuhiko Katō
J.A.M
Maaya Sakamoto singles chronology
"Magic Number"
(2009)
"Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara"
(2010)

All three tracks from this single are covers of 1970s' hit songs. "Down Town" is originally sung by Japanese musical group Sugar Babe, "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is a Yumi Arai cover while "Kanashikute Yarikirenai" was first performed by The Folk Crusaders.

Track listing

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CD (VTCL-35092)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Down Town" (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru opening theme song)Ginji ItoTatsuro Yamashita
Takayuki Hattori (arranger)
 
2."Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara (やさしさに包まれたなら, Embraced by the Tenderness)" (Tamayura opening theme song)Yumi AraiYumi Arai
DEPAPEPE(arrange)
 
3."Kanashikute Yarikirenai (悲しくてやりきれない, It's So Sad)"Hachiro SatoKazuhiko Katō
J.A.M(arrange)
 
4."Down Town" (Instrumental) Tatsuro Yamashita
Takayuki Hattori (arranger)
 
5."Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" (Instrumental) Yumi Arai
DEPAPEPE(arrange)
 
6."Kanashikute Yarikirenai" (Instrumental) Kazuhiko Katō
J.A.M(arrange)
 
CD + DVD (VTZL-16)
No.TitleLength
1."Down Town" (PV) 

Charts

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Chart Peak
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Sales Weeks on
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Oricon Weekly Singles 5[4] 25,429 13[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tamayura Ad Streamed for New Anime by Aria Helmer Sato". Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  2. ^ http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Kiki%27s_Delivery_Service_%28scripts_and_lyrics%29
  3. ^ "Oricon profile". Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  4. ^ "One Piece, SoreMachi, Oreimo, Zakuro Singles in Top 10". 31 July 2023.
  5. ^ "DOWN TOWN/やさしさに包まれたなら(初回限定盤) | 坂本真綾 | ORICON NEWS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
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