is the 12th single by Japanese singer/songwriter
Chisato Moritaka
(born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group. . The lyrics were written by Moritaka and the music was composed by
Hideo Saitō, the single was released alongside "
Kono Machi (Home Mix)" by
Warner Pioneer
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on February 10, 1991. The song was used as the opening theme of the 1991 anime TV series ''
Mischievous Twins: The Tales of St. Clare's''.
Music video
The music video features Moritaka as a school teacher in a class of masked children.
Chart performance
"Benkyō no Uta"/"Kono Machi" peaked at No. 4 on
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
's singles chart and sold 184,000 copies.
It was also certified Gold by the
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include p ...
in December 1992.
Other versions
A remix of the song, titled "The Benkyō no Uta", is included in the 1991 remix album ''
The Moritaka
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''.
Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her
YouTube
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channel on December 17, 2012. This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album ''Love Vol. 3''.
The song was remixed by
tofubeats
, known professionally as Tofubeats, is a Japanese singer, record producer, and DJ.
Kawai began producing music at the age of 14, under the name "DJ Newtown". He initially distributed his music online through websites such as 2channel and YouTub ...
in the 2014 collaboration album ''
Chisato Moritaka with tofubeats: Moritaka Tofu''.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by
Chisato Moritaka
(born 11 April 1969) is a Japanese pop singer who also is notable as a songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group. ; all music is composed and arranged by
Hideo Saitō.
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka – vocals
* Hideo Saitō – all instruments, programming
* Yuichi Takahashi – backing vocals
* Seiji Matsuura – backing vocals
Chart positions
Certification
References
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1991 singles
1991 songs
Songs in Japanese
Anime songs
Chisato Moritaka songs
Songs with lyrics by Chisato Moritaka
Songs with music by Hideo Saitō (musician, born 1958)
Warner Music Japan singles