:Nirai Kanai (Cocco song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Nirai Kanai
| cover = Cocco_Nirai.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Cocco
| album = Emerald
| B-side = Yagi no Sanpo
| released = {{start date|2010|6|9}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 5:09
| label = Speedstar Records
| writer = Cocco
| producer = Takamune Negishi, Cocco
| prev_title = Cocco-san no Daidokoro CD
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{nihongo|"Nirai Kanai"|ニライカナイ}} is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Cocco, that was released as the lead single for her seventh original album, Emerald on June 9, 2010.{{cite web | title=Cocco 『ニライカナイ』 |publisher=Victor Entertainment |url=http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/speedstar/-/Discography/A009433/VICL-36587.html |language=Japanese | accessdate=September 12, 2010}}
Writing
The song is a mid-tempo rock song, backed with Okinawan festival taiko drums. Nirai Kanai is a reference to the mythical utopia/origin of life in Ryukyuan religion. The song's lyrics reference this place, in the context of an Okinawan festival. The Dragon God of the sea is referenced, and the song also talks about how if good people exist in the world, bad people must also exist (in the lines "If there are praying people, there are also burning people" and "the rain also falls on criminals"). Other than "Nirai Kanai," several Okinawan phrases are in the lyrics: {{nihongo|kana|愛||"love"}}, {{nihongo|nuchi dou takara|命どう 宝||"treasure this life"}}, {{nihongo|tiichi taachi|てぃーち たーち||"one, two"}} and a sentence in Okinawan: {{nihongo|ayami wa tunganin nu uin fuyun|雨は罪人の上にも降る||"the rain also falls on criminals"}}.{{cite web | title= "ニライカナイ Cocco 歌詞情報 - goo 音楽"| url=http://music.goo.ne.jp/lyric/LYRUTND95068/index.html| publisher=Goo Ongaku |language=Japanese | accessdate=September 12, 2010}}
Cocco wrote the B-side, "Yagi no Sanpo," as a Christmas present to film director Ryūgo Nakamura, after he wrote her a letter expressing how much he enjoyed her music.
Promotion
"Nirai Kanai" was used as the ending theme song for the TV Tokyo music show Japan Countdown.{{cite web | title= JBOOK：ニライカナイ：Ｃｏｃｃｏ：CD | url=http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3955378/s/| publisher=JBook |language=Japanese | accessdate=September 12, 2010}} "Yagi no Sanpo" was used as the theme song of then 14-year-old director Ryūgo Nakamura's debut feature-length film Yagi no Bōken.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Arranger
| all_writing = Cocco
| total_length = 9:09
| title1 = Nirai Kanai
| note1 = {{nihongo2|ニライカナイ}}
| extra1 = Takamune Negishi, Cocco
| length1 = 5:09
| title2 = Yagi no Sanpo
| note2 = {{nihongo2|やぎの散歩}} "Goat Walk"
| extra2 = Takamune Negishi, Cocco
| length2 = 4:00
}}
Chart rankings
=Reported sales=
| class="wikitable"
!Chart !Amount |
| Oricon physical sales{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp | work=Oricon | accessdate=September 12, 2010}} (subscription only)
|align="center"|12,000 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/speedstar/-/Discography/A009433/VICL-36587.html Victor "Nirai Kanai" product profile] {{in lang|ja}}
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