Marigold (Aimyon song)

"Marigold" (マリーゴールド) is the 5th single of Aimyon, and published in August 8, 2018. It was used in a Japanese commercial for Google App[1]. This song was performed in 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. After that, it occupied No.1 in Oricon Streaming Chart for 20 successive weeks.[2] It reached 200 million plays on streaming services in February 2020 as reported by Billboard Japan.[3]

"Marigold"
Single by Aimyon
from the album Momentary Sixth Sense
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Anata no tameni"
ReleasedAugust 8, 2018 (2018-08-08)
Recorded2018
GenreJ-pop
LabelWarner Music Japan
Songwriter(s)Aimyon
Aimyon singles chronology
"Only Under the Full Moon"
(2018)		 "Marigold"
(2018)		 "Let the Night"
(2018)
Music video
"Marigold" on YouTube

Music video

The music video was filmed in Shanghai and directed by Tomokazu Yamada.[4] Yamada comments it that "Our inner feelings change by the colours and lights of the townscape. We filmed the video to showcase wanting to advance those unchanging feelings toward someone. They become the light, the shadows and the atmosphere.”[4]

It has more than 168 million views on YouTube.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aimyon.

No.TitleLength
1."Marigold"5：08
2."Anata no tameni"4：20
3."Marigold (instrumental)"5：06

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)[5] 1
Japan Top Streaming Songs (Billboard)[6] 1
Japan Top Download Songs (Billboard)[7] 4
Japan Top Singles Sales (Billboard)[8] 24
Japan Singles Chart (Oricon)[9] 25
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References
  1. "グーグルのCMでマツコ・デラックスがググったあいにょんて誰だ!? | heavy peatのブログ". heavypeat.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. "あいみょん「マリーゴールド」が２０週連続でストリーミング１位の快挙（スポーツ報知）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  3. "あいみょん「マリーゴールド」がストリーミング再生累計2億回突破".
  4. "Aimyon Releases New Music Video 'Marigold' Filmed in Shanghai". MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON | もしもしにっぽん. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  5. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2019年5月13日" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  6. "Billboard Japan Top Streaming Songs 2019年1月14日" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  7. "Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 2019年1月14日" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  8. "Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales 2019年1月14日" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  9. "マリーゴールド" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
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