Yesterday Love
{{Infobox song
| name = Yesterday Love
| cover = YesterdayLove.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Standard edition cover
| type = single
| artist = Mai Kuraki
| album = Smile
| released = {{Start date|2017|1|11}}
| recorded = 2017
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = J-pop
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=55}}
| label = Northern Music
| writer = {{hlist|Mai Kuraki|Daiko Nagato|Keiya Kubota|Yumeto Tsurusawa}}
| producer = {{hlist|Mai Kuraki|KANNONJI}}
| prev_title = Muteki na Heart
| prev_title2 = Stand by You
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|dbBY5y_Ji1I|"Yesterday Love"}}}}
}}
"Yesterday Love" (stylized as "YESTERDAY LOVE") is a song by Japanese singer songwriter Mai Kuraki, taken from her eleventh studio album Smile (2017). It was released on January 11, 2017 digitally and as a video single by Northern Music. The song was used as the ending fifty-third theme to the animation TV program Case Closed.
Commercial performance
"Yesterday Love" debuted at number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Blu-ray Chart and has sold over 6,000 copies.
Live performance
On January 14, 2017, Kuraki performed "Yesterday Love" and "Love, Day After Tomorrow" on Music Fair. In the performance of "Love, Day After Tomorrow", she collaborated with Ami, Reina Washio and Shizuka, the members of the Japanese girl group, E-girls.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/216313 |title=次回「MUSIC FAIR」に倉木麻衣、E-girls、Flower、A.B.C-Z|publisher=Natalie|access-date=2018-03-10}}
On January 27, 2017, Kuraki performed the song on Music Station.{{cite web|url=https://www.m-on-music.jp/0000184416/ |title=菅田将暉、坂口健太郎らが出演！1月のミュージックステーションを定点観測すると今のJ-POPシーンが見えてくる！|publisher=M-ON! MUSIC|access-date=2018-03-10}}
Music video
A short version of the official music video was first released on Kuraki's official YouTube account on 29 December 2016. The video adopts the technique of Virtual reality. As of August 2022, it has received over 380,000 views on YouTube. The video was directed by Atsunori Toshi.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = DVD, Blu-ray
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| title1 = Yesterday Love
| note1 = Music video
| writer1 = {{hlist|Mai Kuraki|Daiko Nagato|Keiya Kubota}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Yumeto Tsurusawa}}
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download, CD single
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length = {{duration|m=4|s=55}}
| title1 = Yesterday Love
| note1 =
| writer1 = {{hlist|Kuraki|Nagato|Kubota}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Tsurusawa}}
| length1 = {{duration|m=4|s=55}}
}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Chart (2017)
! scope="col" | Peak |
|---|
| Japan (Oricon)
|style="text-align:center;"|6 |
Certification and sales
Release history
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |
|---|
| rowspan="6"|Japan
| rowspan="6"|January 11, 2017 | rowspan="6"| Northern Music |
| DVD (Standard edition) |
| Blu-ray (Standard edition) |
| DVD+Blu-ray (Limited edition) |
| DVD+Blu-ray (Musing & FC edition) |
| CD single (Exclusive release for rental CD stores) |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Mai Kuraki singles}}
{{Case Closed}}
Category:Songs written by Mai Kuraki