Haru Ichiban

"Haru Ichiban"
Single by Candies
from the album Haru Ichiban
LanguageJapanese
English titleSpring's First Breeze
B-side"Futari Dake no Yoake"
ReleasedMarch 1, 1976 (1976-03-01)
Recorded1975
Genre
Length3:19
LabelCBS Sony
SongwriterYūsuke Hoguchi
Producers
Candies singles chronology
"Heart no Ace ga Detekonai"
(1975) 		"Haru Ichiban"
(1976) 		"Natsu ga Kita!"
(1976)
Music video
"Haru Ichiban" on YouTube

"Haru Ichiban" (春一番; "Spring's First Breeze") is the ninth single by Japanese music trio Candies. Written by Yūsuke Hoguchi, the single was released on March 1, 1976. The single is a rearranged version of the song originally from the 1975 album Toshishita no Otokonoko. Since its release, "Haru Ichiban" has become the trio's signature song.[1]

The song peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's singles chart and spent 16 weeks in that chart.[2] It sold over 360,000 copies, becoming their first top-five hit.[3] The trio performed this song on the 27th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Haru Ichiban" ((春一番; "Spring's First Breeze"))Yūsuke HoguchiHoguchiHoguchi3:19
2."Futari Dake no Yoake" ((二人だけの夜明け; "Meeting at Dawn"))Machiko RyūMitsuo MiyamotoKōji Ryūzaki3:06

Chart positions

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 3

Cover versions

  • Jiang Xiao-Qing covered the song in Chinese for a Suntory oolong tea commercial in 1994.
  • Ulfuls covered the song as the B-side of their 1996 single "Banzai ~ Suki de Yokatte ~".
  • Yuzu covered the song in their 2001 live album Kajiki ~ Futari no Big (Egg) Joe-hen.
  • Ikimono-gakari covered the song as the B-side of their 2007 single "Uruwashiki Hito/Seishun no Tobira".
  • Chiaki Takahashi and Asami Imai covered the song in the album The Idolm@ster Radio Uta Dojo.
  • Saori Hayami, Iori Nomizu, and Mina covered the song as the ending theme of the 2009 anime series Heaven's Lost Property.
  • Wakadanna covered the song in his 2012 single "Ore ga Ore ga ~ Sekaijū ga Teki ni Natte mo ~/Haru Ichiban".

References

  1. ^ "Candies Discography". Idol.ne.jp. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. ^ シングル売上TOP18作品. Oricon News.
  3. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Candies" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-05-16. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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