is the nineteenth single of
J-pop girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
Morning Musume. It was released July 30, 2003 and sold a total of 151,104 copies. It peaked at number two on the
Oricon Charts.
Overview
This single marks the debut of the "sixth generation" members
Miki Fujimoto (who came from a
Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has s ...
solo career),
Sayumi Michishige,
Eri Kamei and
Reina Tanaka. Once the sixth generation joined, it made it the group's biggest formation yet, with 15 members. Like "
Do It! Now" and "
As for One Day", "Shabondama" was used as an image song for
Quidam, a
Cirque du Soleil show.
It was released in two editions, a regular and a limited edition coming with fifteen photocards and comes in special packaging.
Track listing
All lyrics are composed by
Tsunku.
CD
# – 4:06
# – 4:03
# "Shabondama" (instrumental) – 4:06
Single V DVD
# "Shabondama"
# "Shabondama (Utae! Shabondama Version)"
#
Personnel
* Yuichi Takahashi -
arrangement
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...
on "Shabondama"
* Shunsuke Suzuki - arrangement on "Namida ni wa Shitakunai"
Members at time of the release
*1st generation:
Kaori Iida,
Natsumi Abe
*2nd generation:
Mari Yaguchi
*4th generation:
Rika Ishikawa,
Hitomi Yoshizawa,
Nozomi Tsuji,
Ai Kago
*5th generation:
Ai Takahashi,
Asami Konno,
Makoto Ogawa,
Risa Niigaki
*6th generation :
Miki Fujimoto,
Eri Kamei,
Sayumi Michishige,
Reina Tanaka
SHABONdama Vocalists
Main Vocal:
Rika Ishikawa,
Ai Kago,
Ai Takahashi,
Reina Tanaka
Center Vocal:
Kaori Iida,
Mari Yaguchi,
Hitomi Yoshizawa,
Risa Niigaki,
Nozomi Tsuji,
Miki Fujimoto
Minor Vocal:
Abe Natsumi,
Asami Konno,
Makoto Ogawa,
Eri Kamei,
Sayumi Michishige
References
External links
Shabondamaat Up-Front Works
2003 singles
Morning Musume songs
Zetima Records singles
Song recordings produced by Tsunku
Songs written by Tsunku
Torch songs
2003 songs
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