is Hitomi Takahashi's 5th single under the Sony Records (gr8! records) label. The single was released in one format on November 1, 2006.

Overview

"Ko·mo·re·bi" is Hitomi Takahashi's fifth single. It was used as the theme song for ''Tegami'', a film starring

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, and

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. This single also found Hitomi once again working with ex-

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member

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. The title song is described by CDJapan as "a ballad perfect for the love story in the film", and came with a special, limited letter from Hitomi. The coupling track on the single, "DRIVE", was labeled as "special", because of the many different other artists who worked on the song. Such people include SHOGO (

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) arranging the music, TAKUYA producing the music, TEPPEI (from 3.6MILK) on the guitars, SATOSHI (from 3.6MILK) on the bass guitar, and MOBY (from SCOOBIE DOO) on the drums. The song is described as being about life-size music. Also, though Hitomi has co-written the lyrics of most of her other songs, "Drive" is the first song where the lyrics are completely written by her. Musically, "Ko·mo·re·bi" has a different tone than Hitomi's past singles. The title song is a mid-tempo ballad, unlike any song that Hitomi has ever done; even the previous ballad song "evergreen" had a heavy rock influence to it, while this song leans towards a more 'traditional' ballad. The b-side, however, is heavily rock-influenced song, reminiscent of such songs such as "Bōkensha" and "Subarashiki Kono Sekai". Sample of the translated lyrics: :I'll hold your hand like this forever :I don't care if a cold wind sometimes blows :You taught me :That tears aren't for sorrow

Music video

The music video for "Ko·mo·re·bi" aired for the public on MTV "M-SIZE" on October 23, 2006. The PV was filmed around the

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area, and was directed by AT. The video starts off with Hitomi walking into a recording studio. She then proceeds to place headphones on, and begins singing into a microphone with a stand holding the lyrics of the song in front of her. The camera rotates 360° around her, and soon the recording studio fades in and out of a misty forest area. Other scenes show Hitomi singing in the forested area without the studio equipment, along with scenes of the scenery, as well (particularly the sunlight shining through the trees - komorebi means in Japanese the light filtering through the trees). The fading in and out of the studio occurs numerous times, until the song is finally over - Hitomi walks out of the studio, and a single green leaf falls on the chair she had been standing in front of. Another version of the PV was filmed with clips from the movie "Tegami" in it.

Track listing

# "コ・モ・レ・ビ" - 4:50 #: Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Akiko Watanabe # "Drive" – 3:22 #: Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi # "コ・モ・レ・ビ (Instrumental)" – 4:49 # "Drive (Instrumental)" – 3:22

Personnel

* Hitomi Takahashi -

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 without ...

on all tracks * TAKUYA -

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 stri ...

s on tracks 1 and 2 * -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

on track 1 * TEPPEI (3.6MILK) -

s on track 2 * SATOSHI (3.6MILK) -

on track 2 * Okamoto "MOBY" Takuya () -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

on track 2 * (

) -

music arrangement Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

on track 2

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

References

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