is the thirty-third single of idol group

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. It was released on April 25, 2007 and was the last single for

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as well as

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. There are three different versions of the single. Limited edition A includes a bonus DVD with an alternate edit of the single music video, comments from Morning Musume, and a serial-numbered card and has catalog number EPCE-5465~6. Limited edition B features special package and 40-page booklet plus serial-numbered card and has catalog number EPCE-5467. The regular edition has catalog number EPCE-5468.

Details

*The song was used as the ending theme of "Love Change," a popular television show in

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, for the month of April. *This is the last single to join the fourth generation

(in June,

withdrew, so in fact became the last single Fujimoto). It is a single released after Junjun and

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join announcement, but did not participate in this work, and participated from the next single "Onna ni Sachi are". *The main works are

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, and

, and they are also in charge of the previous work "Egao YES Nude" (previous work is also

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). Both A and Melo are mainly Fujimoto and Takahashi, but in the big chorus there is a solo part by Yoshizawa. *During the PV shoot,

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had

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, so we didn't participate when shooting everyone, and later went to shoot with the surrounding members. *According to the Oricon chart on May 7, 2007, total sales of the singles since its debut reached 110.85 million copies, exceeding Pink Lady's 11.37 million copies, making it the number one female group in history. Moreover, the initial sales exceeded 50,000 copies since 2005's "Iroppoi jirettai".

Track listing

All lyrics are written by

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CD　

# # "Hand Made City" # "Kanashimi Twilight" (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A DVD

# "Kanashimi Twilight (Another Ver.)"

Event V

#　 #　"Kanashimi Twilight (Dance Shot Ver.)"

Members at time of single

*4th generation:

*5th generation:

*6th generation:

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*7th generation:

*8th generation:

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Performances

In television shows

*2007-04-06 – ''

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'' *2007-04-14 – ''

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'' *2007-04-20 – ''

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'' *2007-04-27 – ''Music Japan'' (

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) *2007-04-30 – '' MusiG'' *2007-05-03 – ''

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In concerts

*''Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Spring ~Sexy 8 Beat~''

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rank and sales

References

External links

Kanashimi Twilight entry
at Up-Front Works Official Website 2007 songs 2007 singles Morning Musume songs Zetima Records singles Songs written by Tsunku Song recordings produced by Tsunku Songs in Japanese {{Hello!Project-stub