:Ai Uta
{{short description|2007 single by Greeeen}}
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| cover = Ai Uta cover.jpg
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| caption = Cover of the single
| type = single
| artist = Greeeen
| album = Ā, Domo. Hajimemashite
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| language = Japanese
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| released = {{Start date|2007|05|16}}
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| length = {{Duration|03:58}}
| label = Nayutawave Records
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| composer = Greeeen
| lyricist =
| producer = Jin
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| prev_title = High G.K Low (Hajikero)
| prev_year = 2007
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| next_title = Hito
| next_year = 2007
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|EvwRYGlJWfQ|"Ai Uta"}}
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{{nihongo|"Ai Uta"|愛唄||{{lit|Love Song}}}} is a song by the Japanese band Greeeen (now Gre4n Boyz). It was released on May 16, 2007.
Release and reception
"Ai Uta" was released on May 16, 2007, as the band's third single.{{cite web |title=GReeeeN「愛唄」ストリーミング累計1億回再生突破 {{!}} Daily News |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/134895/2 |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=26 July 2024 |language=ja |date=February 21, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223025936/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/134895/2 |url-status=live }} The song was later included in the band's first album Ā, Domo. Hajimemashite.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/411658/products/715414/1/ |title=あっ、ども。はじめまして。 |accessdate=September 26, 2024 |website=ORICON NEWS |publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927215507/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/411658/products/715414/1/ |url-status=live }} Greeeen's label, Nayutawave Records, specifically marketed the song towards junior and senior high school students in an attempt to appeal to them, as they estimated that 85% of Greeeen fans were high schoolers.{{cite web |date=4 March 2015 |title=デジタルとパッケージでブレイク、Greeeen |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/46440/full/ |access-date=27 July 2024 |website=ORICON NEWS |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727102219/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/46440/full/ |url-status=live }}
The song quickly rose to popularity, selling 250,000 copies. The chaku-uta version of the song was downloaded 2 million times in two months. "Ai Uta" later became the third best-selling multi-format single of 2007 in Japan with over 6.2 million combined sales.{{cite web|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20080331-OHT1T00048.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219203041/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20080331-OHT1T00048.htm|title=ＧＲｅｅｅｅＮキバッた初連ドラ主題歌…ＴＢＳ系「ＲＯＯＫＩＥＳ」|trans-title=First drama series theme song ... TBS system was GReeeeN Kiba~tsu "ROOKIES"|publisher=Sports Hochi|date=31 March 2008|archivedate=19 February 2009|accessdate=27 July 2024}}{{cite web |title= GReeeeN「愛唄」が映画化 「キセキ」に続く2作目 |website= Sports Hochi |date= 9 April 2018 |accessdate= 27 July 2024 |url= http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20180408-OHT1T50223.html |language= ja |archive-date= April 9, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180409123107/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20180408-OHT1T50223.html |url-status= live }} It ranked second on Recochoku's 2019 "Heisei Download Ranking", just behind "Kiseki", another one of the band's songs. The song surpassed 100 million streams on Billboard Japan in February 2024, making it the ninth song from the 2000s to do so. The song ranked as the ninth most played 2000s song on Spotify Japan in 2022.{{cite web |title=Spotify、海外で今年最も再生された日本のアーティスト／楽曲TOP10発表 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2259707/full/ |website=ORICON NEWS |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=7 December 2022}} It peaked on Oricon's weekly chart in May 2007 at second.{{cite web |title=2007年ヒットソングの傾向、「泣き歌」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/50591/full/ |website=ORICON NEWS |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=4 March 2015}}
At the 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards, Greeeen won the category of New Artist of the Year for the song.{{cite web |title=EXILEが初のゴールドディスク大賞を受賞！ |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/52576/full/ |website=ORICON NEWS |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=4 March 2015 |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727101233/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/52576/full/ |url-status=live }} The song was ranked as the third highest certified song by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, with 2.5 million downloads tracked between 2007 and 2009.{{cite web |title=一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/hs.html |website=RIAJ |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=September 2008 |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001004536/https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w071220_3.html |url-status=live }} In a survey conducted by Oricon in 2007 about "heart-throbbing love songs that are perfect for autumn and will liven up your romance", the song ranked first; the survey wrote that the song was "making girls' heart fluttered."{{cite web |date=July 24, 2024 |title=女のコを胸キュンさせるラブソング1位は、GReeeeNの「愛唄」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/48377/full/ |access-date=27 July 2024 |website=ORICON NEWS |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728114620/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/48377/full/ |url-status=live }}
The song was used as the sixth ending theme covered by Rie Takahashi for the 2018 anime Teasing Master Takagi-san,{{cite web |title=TVアニメ「からかい上手の高木さん」公式サイト |url=https://takagi3.me/1st/news/20180319_01.php |website=TVアニメ「からかい上手の高木さん」公式サイト |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=ja |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184343/https://takagi3.me/1st/news/20180319_01.php |url-status=live }} and the second ending theme covered by Manaka Iwami for the 2023 anime The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten.{{cite web |last1=Cambosa |first1=Teddy |title=The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Gets New Special Ending Theme Song |url=https://animecorner.me/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-gets-new-special-ending-theme-song/ |website=Anime Corner |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=en-us |date=19 February 2023 |archive-date=July 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727111826/https://animecorner.me/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-gets-new-special-ending-theme-song/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Anime Posts 2 New Videos |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-18/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-anime-posts-2-new-videos/.195058 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=en |date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614054925/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-18/the-angel-next-door-spoils-me-rotten-anime-posts-2-new-videos/.195058 |url-status=live }} The song was also covered by Whiteeeen for the ending theme of the live-action adaptation of the manga Strobe Edge.{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-10/greeeen-contributes-live-action-strobe-edge-film-theme/.79730 | title=GReeeeN Contributes Live-Action Strobe Edge Film's Theme | publisher=Anime News Network | accessdate=July 28, 2024 | archive-date=October 17, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017172902/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-10/greeeen-contributes-live-action-strobe-edge-film-theme/.79730 | url-status=live }}
A live-action adaptation of the song entitled {{nihongo||愛唄 ー約束のナクヒトー|Ai Uta - Yakusoku no Nakuhito}} was announced in April 2018 and premiered on January 25, 2019, in Japan on Line Live, starring Ryusei Yokohama. It was directed by Taisuke Kawamura and the script was written by Greeeeen with Shimizu Tadashi. The film was distributed by Toei.{{cite web |title=GReeeeNが脚本に参加、横浜流星主演で「愛唄」映画化（コメントあり） |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/277182 |website=Natalie |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=ja |date=April 9, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728022544/https://natalie.mu/music/news/277182 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=GReeeeN、映画「愛唄」主題歌をシングルリリース |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/310231 |website=Natalie |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=ja |date=November 30, 2018 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502081120/https://natalie.mu/music/news/310231 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=愛唄 ー約束のナクヒトー {{!}} あらすじ・内容・スタッフ・キャスト・作品情報 |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/film/175744 |website=Natalie |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=ja |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728023600/https://natalie.mu/eiga/film/175744 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=GReeeeN脚本参加の映画「愛唄」特番配信、横浜流星や主題歌歌うNo titleほのか登場 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/310845 |website=Natalie |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=ja |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728174333/https://natalie.mu/music/news/310845 |url-status=live }}
Chart
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| Oricon weekly hottest topic ranking |