Shangri-La (Chatmonchy song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Shangri-La

| cover = Shangri-La Chatmonchy.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Chatmonchy

| album = Seimeiryoku

| released = November 15, 2006

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Indie rock, power pop

| length = 3:16

| label = Ki/oon

| writer = {{hlist|Kumiko Takahashi (Lyrics)
Eriko Hashimoto (Music)}}

| producer = Junji Ishiwatari

| prev_title = Renai Spirit

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Joshi Tachi ni Asu wa Nai

| next_year = 2007

}}

{{nihongo|"Shangri-La"|シャングリラ|}} is a song by Japanese rock band Chatmonchy. It was released on November 15, 2006 as the lead single of their second studio album Seimeiryoku. It was used as the ending for the anime Hataraki Man.{{cite web|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000026459 |title=アニメ『働きマン』に、チャットモンチー、サンボマスターも |publisher=Barks |date=2006-08-30 |access-date=2020-12-22 |language=ja}} The song charted at 6th on the Oricon chart, the highest singles chart position the band has achieved to date.

Music video

Three girls wearing yellow raincoats, large glasses, and teal shorts jump on the variously colored rings on the floor at the beginning of the "Shangri-La" music video. As the guitar kicks in the girls start dancing. It then goes into a room where the band is playing, and soon the band is on the floor playing their instruments. The rest of the video switches from different scenes of the band playing and the girls dancing.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| total_length =

| all_music = Eriko Hashimoto

| title1 = Shangri-La

| lyrics1 = Kumiko Takahashi

| note1 = {{nihongo2|シャングリラ}}

| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Chiisa na Kirakira

| lyrics2 = Kumiko Takahashi

| note2 = {{nihongo2|小さなキラキラ}} Small Sparkle

| length2 =

| title3 = Mei Mei Hitsuji

| lyrics3 = Akiko Fukuoka

| note3 = {{nihongo2|迷迷ひつじ}} A Strange Man

| length3 =

}}

Charts

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Chart

!Peak
position

rowspan="1" | 2006

| Oricon[https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/377216/products/677975/1/ シャングリラ) チャットモンチー ORICON] {{in lang|ja}}

|style="text-align:center"|6

Release history

class="wikitable"

!Region

!Date

!Label

!Format

!Catalog

rowspan="1"|Japan

|rowspan="1"|15 November 2006

|rowspan="1"|Ki/oon

|CD

|KSCL-1057

References