"Innocent World" is the fifth single released by

Mr. Children , commonly referred to by their contracted nickname , are a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki, they made their major label debut in 1992. They are one of t ...

on June 1, 1994.

Overview

"Innocent World" was Mr. Children's first No. 1 single on the

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Japanese charts, managing to sell 1,935,830 copies during its run on the chart and was the No. 1 selling single for

's 1994 yearly chart. The title track was used as the promotional song for the soft drink and was also included in the Mr. Children live album ''

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'' released on September 8, 1999, and also ''

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'', released on July 11, 2001. The b-side "My confidence song" was included in Mr. Children's compilation album, '' B-Side'', released on May 10, 2007.

Awards

"Innocent World" has won many awards including the 'Grand Prize (Song of the year)' at the ''36th Annual Japan Record Awards'', the 'Best 5 Single Award' at the ''9th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards'', and the 'Silver Award' at the ''13th Annual JASRAC Awards''.

Track listing

Personnel

Kazutoshi Sakurai is a Japanese musician. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked No. 8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Sing ...

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

Kenichi Tahara is a Japanese musician. He plays lead guitar in the band Mr. Children. Early life He was born in Fukuoka, and moved to Nakano, Tokyo. He attended Komae Daini Junior High School in Tokyo, where he met the other future band members Keisuke Nakag ...

– guitar *

Keisuke Nakagawa is a Japanese musician. He plays bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or a ...

– bass *

Hideya Suzuki , commonly referred to by their contracted nickname , are a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki, they made their major label debut in 1992. They are one of ...

– drums

Production

* Producer – Kobayashi Takeshi"Innocent World" single, Toy's Factory (1994) * Arrangement -

and Takeshi Kobayashi

References

{{authority control 1994 singles Oricon Weekly number-one singles Mr. Children songs Songs written by Kazutoshi Sakurai 1994 songs Toy's Factory singles