Nagareboshi (Misia song)

"Nagareboshi" (流（なが）れ星（ぼし）, lit. "Shooting Star") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Misia. It was released by Ariola Japan as the third single from her twelfth studio album,[1] Love Bebop (2016) on 8 July 2015, one day after Misia's 37th birthday. The song was written by Japanese singer-songwriter Rica and arranged and produced by Takayuki Hattori.[2] "Nagareboshi" is the theme song to the 2015 film S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future,[3] a continuing film adaptation based on the television series of the same name,[4] for which Misia's "Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" served as theme song.[4] The digital single artwork was painted by author, screenwriter, director and painter Ellie Omiya.[5]

"Nagareboshi"
Single by Misia
from the album Love Bebop
Released	8 July 2015 (2015-07-08)
Studio	Rhythmedia Studio
Genre	Soul pop
Length	5:37
Label	Ariola Japan
Songwriter(s)	Rica
Producer(s)	Takayuki Hattori
Misia singles chronology
"Shiroi Kisetsu" / "Sakura Hitohira" (2015) "Nagareboshi" / "Anata ni Smile :)" (2015) "Orphans no Namida" (2015)
Audio sample
"Nagareboshi" file help

Background and release

"Nagareboshi" was performed in concert, throughout Misia's Hoshizora no Live VIII Moon Journey concert tour,[6] well before its official release and for the first time on 11 April 2015.[7] On 29 June 2015, an exclusive minute-long trailer for the film S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future featuring "Nagareboshi" was uploaded onto Misia's official YouTube channel. "Nagareboshi" was released alongside the song "Anata ni Smile :)" as a double A-side single for download only on 8 July 2015. A CD single was released on 29 August 2015 for limited rental in Tsutaya stores exclusively.[8] This release included two bonus live recordings from Misia's 2 April 2014 concert at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall of the songs "Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" and "One Day, One Life" from the album New Morning (2014).[8]

Composition

"Nagareboshi" is a piano and strings-driven ballad with lyrics comparing human individuals and their potential to the motion and light of shooting stars. The song was initially written and recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Rica for her album Grain (2015). The song was eventually re-recorded by Misia whose version was produced by Takayuki Hattori. The piano was played by Sae Konno and the strings, an ensemble of ten musicians on first violin, eight on second violin, six violists, and six cellists, were conducted by Hattori. The instrumentation and vocals were recorded in Tokyo, Japan, at Rhythmedia Studio and Sound Inn. "Nagareboshi" is written in the key of B major. Misia's vocals span from G♯₃ to B₄.

Chart performance

"Nagareboshi" debuted at number 27 on the weekly RecoChoku Singles chart and at number 4 on the weekly RecoChoku Albums chart.[9][10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Nagareboshi"	Rica	Takayuki Hattori	5:37
2.	"Anata ni Smile :)" (あなたにスマイル:), Anata ni Sumairu :), "Smile at You :)")	Misia Ki-Yo	Hiroshi Matsui	4:16
3.	"Ashita wa Motto Suki ni Naru" (明日はもっと好きになる, "Love You More Tomorrow")	Misia Her0ism	Her0ism	3:42
4.	"Nagareboshi" (Hoshizora Version)	Rica		5:01
Total length:				18:36

Tsutaya rental CD single[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Anata ni Smile :)"	Misia Ki-Yo	Matsui	4:16
2.	"Nagareboshi"	Rica	Hattori	5:37
4.	"Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" (Hoshizora Live 7 @ Bunkamura Orchard Hall)	Misia Hiroaki Yokoyama	Yokoyama
5.	"One Day, One Life" (Hoshizora Live 7 @ Bunkamura Orchard Hall)	Ellie Omiya Jun Sasaki	Sasaki

Credits and personnel

Recording

• Recorded at: Rhythmedia Studio, Tokyo, Japan; Sound Inn, Tokyo, Japan.
• Mixed at: Rhythmedia Studio in Tokyo, Japan.

Personnel[11]

• Vocals – Misia
• Songwriting – Rica
• Arrangement, conducting, production – Takayuki Hattori
• Piano, celesta – Sae Konno
• Contrabass – Koji Akaike, Shigeki Ippon, Atsushi Kuramochi, Yoshinobu Takeshita
• Cello – Shin'ichi Eguchi, Masami Horisawa, Tomoki Iwanaga, Jun Nakamura, Takayoshi Okuizumi, Takahiro Yuki
• First violin – Kyoko Ishigame, Aya Ito, Koichiro Muroya, Aya Notomi, Machi Okabe, Shoko Oki, Natsumi Okimasu, Rina Tanaka, Tomomi Tokunaga, Yuya Yanagihara
• Second violin – Akane Irie, Naoko Ishibashi, Shizuka Kawaguchi, Toshiro Takai, Shiori Takeda, Risa Yamamoto, Hanako Uesato, Emiko Ujikawa
• Viola – Mikiyo Kikuchi, Yuya Minorikawa, Saori Oka, Gentaro Sakaguchi, Tomoko Shimaoka, Masaki Shono
• English horn – Akiko Mori
• Suspended cymbal – Marie Oishi
• Musician coordinator – Noriko Sekiya
• Engineering, mixing – Masahiro Kawaguchi
• Mastering – Herb Powers, Jr.

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Japan Weekly Singles (RecoChoku)[10]	27
Japan Weekly Albums (RecoChoku)[9]	4

References

1. "「いつだって愛が全て変えていけばいい」MISIA新作は愛に満ちたアルバム". Natalie. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
2. "MISIA、新曲が映画『S-最後の警官-』の主題歌に。向井理も大絶賛「素晴らしい曲です」". Barks. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
3. "向井理も感激！MISIAが「S-最後の警官-」に新曲提供". Natalie. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
4. "MISIA新曲が向井理映画主題歌、「S-最後の警官-」連ドラ版に続き。". Excite. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
5. "MISIA、劇場版「S-最後の警官-」に書き下ろした新曲配信". Natalie. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
6. "MISIA -星空のライヴVIII MOON JOURNEY". Retrieved 22 February 2018.
7. "MISIA ＠ 愛知県芸術劇場 大ホール (愛知県) (2015.04.11)". Retrieved 22 February 2018.
8. "MISIA 　TSUTAYAレンタル限定盤「あなたにスマイル：）/流れ星」のリリースが決定！". T-Site. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
9. "アルバムランキング 週間【レコチョク】音楽ダウンロード". RecoChoku. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
10. "シングルランキング 週間【レコチョク】音楽ダウンロード". RecoChoku. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
11. Misia (2016). Love Bebop (Booklet). Misia. Tokyo, Japan: Ariola Japan. pp. 14–17. 4988017695609.

External links

• Official website