is Japanese singer

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's 3rd single and it was released on January 20, 1999, by

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, East World. It was certified gold twice by the

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: Once in 1999 for 200,000 physical copies shipped, and once in 2011 for 100,000 paid downloads to cellphones.

Background

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's Shin-D series of dramas from March 2 to April 27, 1999. The song was also used as a theme song for the variety show ''

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DX''. The song was covered as a part of a medley by

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on the television show ''The Yoru mo Hippare'' on September 9, 2000. It was covered again by

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on their

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variety show ''Shin-Domoto Kyodai'' on July 3, 2005, and by D.H.Y (Dogs Holiday of Yawn) on their cover album ''Loves'' (2006).

Track listing

Charts and sales

Sales and certifications

Credits and personnel

Koko de Kiss Shite. * **

Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

: Ringo Sheena **

Guitars The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

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Bass guitars The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

Seiji Kameda is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist. He has worked extensively with Ringo Shiina, serving as her producer and touring bassist for many years, including his tenure with their band Tokyo Jihen. Biography He was born in ...

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

: Noriyasu "Kāsuke" Kawamura *

Synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

Operator: Hiroshi Kitashiro * Guest Player **

Electronic Organ An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the pump organ, harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally designed to imitate their sound, or orchestral sounds, it has si ...

: Tsunehiko Yashiro Memai * Vocals,

Piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

: Ringo Sheena * Guitars: Susumu Nishikawa * Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda * Synthesizer Operator: Hiroshi Kitashiro Remote Controller * Vocals, Harpsichord: Ringo Sheena * Guitars: Susumu Nishikawa * Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda * Drums: Noriyasu "Kāsuke" Kawamura * Synthesizer Operator: Hiroshi Kitashiro

Music video cast

Koko de Kiss Shite. * Vocal & Rhythm guitar: Ringo Sheena * Lead guitar: Akihito Suzuki (from Heart Bazaar) * Bass guitar: Masatoshi Asauchi (from Farmstay, Kera & The Synthesizers) * Drums: Hisashi Nishikawa (he is Shiina's friend and is an amateur)

References

{{authority control Ringo Sheena songs 1999 songs 1999 singles Song recordings produced by Seiji Kameda Songs written by Ringo Sheena