is Hitomi Takahashi's 5th single under the Sony Records (gr8! records) label. The single was released in one format on November 1, 2006.

Overview

"Ko·mo·re·bi" is Hitomi Takahashi's fifth single. It was used as the theme song for ''Tegami'', a film starring

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, and

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. This single also found Hitomi once again working with ex-

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member

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. The title song is described by CDJapan as "a ballad perfect for the love story in the film", and came with a special, limited letter from Hitomi. The coupling track on the single, "DRIVE", was labeled as "special", because of the many different other artists who worked on the song. Such people include SHOGO ( 175R) arranging the music, TAKUYA producing the music, TEPPEI (from 3.6MILK) on the guitars, SATOSHI (from 3.6MILK) on the bass guitar, and MOBY (from SCOOBIE DOO) on the drums. The song is described as being about life-size music. Also, though Hitomi has co-written the lyrics of most of her other songs, "Drive" is the first song where the lyrics are completely written by her. Musically, "Ko·mo·re·bi" has a different tone than Hitomi's past singles. The title song is a mid-tempo ballad, unlike any song that Hitomi has ever done; even the previous ballad song "evergreen" had a heavy rock influence to it, while this song leans towards a more 'traditional' ballad. The b-side, however, is heavily rock-influenced song, reminiscent of such songs such as "Bōkensha" and "Subarashiki Kono Sekai". Sample of the translated lyrics: :I'll hold your hand like this forever :I don't care if a cold wind sometimes blows :You taught me :That tears aren't for sorrow

Music video

The music video for aired for the public on MTV "M-SIZE" on October 23, 2006. The PV was filmed around the

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area, and was directed by AT. The video starts off with Hitomi walking into a recording studio. She then proceeds to place headphones on, and begins singing into a microphone with a stand holding the lyrics of the song in front of her. The camera rotates 360° around her, and soon the recording studio fades in and out of a misty forest area. Other scenes show Hitomi singing in the forested area without the studio equipment, along with scenes of the scenery, as well (particularly the sunlight shining through the trees - () means in Japanese the light filtering through the trees). The fading in and out of the studio occurs numerous times, until the song is finally over - Hitomi walks out of the studio, and a single green leaf falls on the chair she had been standing in front of. Another version of the PV was filmed with clips from the movie "Tegami" in it.

Track listing

# "コ・モ・レ・ビ" - 4:50 #: Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Akiko Watanabe # "Drive" – 3:22 #: Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi # "コ・モ・レ・ビ (Instrumental)" – 4:49 # "Drive (Instrumental)" – 3:22

Personnel

* Hitomi Takahashi -

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 ...

on all tracks * TAKUYA -

guitar 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 ...

s on tracks 1 and 2 * -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

on track 1 * TEPPEI (3.6MILK) -

s on track 2 * SATOSHI (3.6MILK) -

on track 2 * Okamoto "MOBY" Takuya () -

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 ...

on track 2 * ( 175R) -

music arrangement Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. Definitions of musi ...

on track 2

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

{{Hitomi Takahashi 2006 singles Hitomi Takahashi (singer) songs Songs written by Hitomi Takahashi (singer) Songs written for Japanese films Gr8! Records singles