Mikazuki (song)
{{Short description|2006 single by Ayaka}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Mikazuki
| cover = Mikazuki.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Ayaka
| album = First Message
| B-side = {{ubl|"Kimi no Kiss de..."|"Yume no Kakera"}}
| released = {{start date|2006|09|27}}
| recorded = 2006
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = J-pop
| length = 4:40
| label = Warner Music Japan
| writer = Ayaka, Yoshihiko Nishio
| producer = Ayaka, Yoshihiko Nishio
| prev_title = Real Voice
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Jewelry Day
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Nihongo|"Mikazuki"|三日月|"Crescent Moon"}} is the fourth single from Ayaka, released on September 27, 2006.
Information
"Mikazuki" was originally supposed to be Ayaka's first single but was pushed back.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} A music video was produced before Ayaka's first single, "I Believe", was even released. The song was used as a commercial song for a chain of Japanese record stores and later used for a drama known as @Human. When the single was released, it became Ayaka's first number-one single.
Chart performance
In April 2009, when the Recording Industry Association of Japan created the RIAJ Digital Track Chart "Mikazuki" debuted at No. 40.{{cite web|url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090407&rankKbn=50 |title=RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue April 7, 2009 |work=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=Japanese |accessdate=2010-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821112959/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090407&rankKbn=50 |archivedate=August 21, 2014 }} The song charted below the Top 40s until the release of her compilation album Ayaka's History 2006–2009 on September 23, 2009, when it peaked at No. 18.{{cite web|url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009s&weeklyCd=20090929&rankKbn=50 |title=RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue September 29, 2009 |work=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=Japanese |accessdate=2010-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118192704/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009s&weeklyCd=20090929&rankKbn=50 |archivedate=January 18, 2015 }} On the Billboard Japan Hot 100, the song debuted at No. 60.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/51-100/page:43 |title=Japan Hot 100: Issue Date October 5, 2009 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Hanshin Content |language=Japanese |accessdate=2010-07-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308102916/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/51-100/page:43 |archivedate=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }} It was certified "platinum"{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200610.html|title=一般社団法人 日本レコード協会{{!}}各種統計|work=Recording Industry Association of Japan|language=Japanese|accessdate=2010-07-28}} and a million seller{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w071020_3.html|script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 9月度有料音楽配信認定|language=Japanese|accessdate=2010-07-28}} by the RIAJ.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length =
| all_lyrics = Ayaka
| all_music = Ayaka and Yoshihiko Nishio except for "Yume no Kakera" which was composed solely by Yoshihiko Nishio
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| title1 = Mikazuki
| extra1 = L.O.E
| length1 = 4:40
| title2 = Kimi no Kiss de...
| note2 = {{Nihongo2|君のキスで...}} Kimi no Kisu de... "With Your Kiss..."
| extra2 = L.O.E
| length2 =
| title3 = Yume no Kakera -Live Version-
| note3 = {{Nihongo2|夢のカケラ}} "Pieces of Dreams"
| extra3 =
| length3 =
| title4 = Mikazuki
| note4 = Instrumental
| extra4 = L.O.E
| length4 =
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (2006)
!Peak |
|---|
| Oricon Weekly Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/36490/|title=絢香、初のNo.1獲得！06年デビュー・アーティスト3組目の首位！|date=2006-10-03|work=Oricon Style|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|accessdate=2010-07-28}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| Chart (2009)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|18 |
| Japan Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|60 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Crescent Moon"}}
{{Certification Table Separator|title=Streaming}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|title=三日月 (Crescent Moon)|artist=Ayaka|award=Gold|streamsonly=true|relyear=2006|certyear=2022|certmonth=11|access-date=December 27, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streamsonly=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
Charice version
{{Infobox song
| name = Crescent Moon
| cover = Charice.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Charice
| album = Charice
| released = {{start date|2010|06|23}}
| recorded = 2010
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 4:37
| label = 143/Reprise/Beluga Heights
| writer = Ayaka, Yoshihiko Nishio
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
In 2010, Filipino pop singer Charice, now known as Jake Zyrus, recorded an English version of the song entitled "Crescent Moon" as part of the Japanese edition of his self-titled international debut album, Charice.{{cite web|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000061365|title=Charice : シャリース、全米を震撼、次は日本で大ブレイクか|date=2010-05-26|work=Barks News|publisher=It Media|language=Japanese|accessdate=2010-07-02}} It was released as a promotional single in Japan on June 23, 2010 via iTunes,{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/crescent-moon-single/377809921 |title=Charice「Crescent Moon - Single」 - iTunes で「Crescent Moon - Single」をダウンロード |publisher=iTunes |date=2010-06-23 |access-date=2010-12-25}} and is the third overall single from Charice.
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length =
| title1 = Crescent Moon
| length1 = 4:37
}}
References
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{{Jake Zyrus}}
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Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles