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, released as the second single from their second album ''

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'' and 10th overall, as well as the first track on their third compilation album ''

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''. Appropriately, the song's bridge is

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ic, incorporating 5/8, 6/8 in the vocals,

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(4/4) and 3/2 in the drums.

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originally requested for the bridge of the song to be removed for its atypical nature; a concession was reached by including a radio edit known as the "Extra Short Edit" on the single, which removes the bridge while the vocoded backing vocal on the near-end of the song (at 3:02) is half-distorted. The song was used for the Kankyō Recycle Campaign by

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. The single has two editions: a CD only version and CD+DVD version. The only difference between the CD and CD+DVD version is that the CD+DVD version features the music video. "Polyrhythm" appears in

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's ''

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'' and '' Pop'n Music'' arcade music games (covered by Pink Lemonade), as well as

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's ''

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''. Former

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guitarist

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also released his own version of the song on his album '' Tokyo Jukebox''. The song appeared in the film and soundtrack for the

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film ''

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''. The director,

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, said "The moment I listened to Polyrhythm, I loved it, it was like falling in love."

Track listing

CD

# # "Seventh Heaven" # "Polyrhythm: Extra Short Edit" # "Polyrhythm: Original Instrumental" # "Seventh Heaven: Original Instrumental"

DVD

# "Polyrhythm"

Charts

Certification

References

External links

Polyrhythm
on the Tokuma Japan Communications Official Site * 2007 songs Perfume (Japanese band) songs Songs written by Yasutaka Nakata Song recordings produced by Yasutaka Nakata {{2000s-song-stub