is a song recorded by Japanese singer

Misia Misaki Itō, commonly known as and stylized as MISIA, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Born in Nagasaki, Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career. There, she continued her secondary education and briefly attended ...

. It was released by

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as the third single from her twelfth studio album, ''

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'' (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

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. "Nagareboshi" is the theme song to the 2015 film ''

S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future is a 2015 Japanese suspense action drama film directed by and based on the Japanese television drama series ' (S: The Last Policeman). Cast *Osamu Mukai *Gō Ayano *Yui Aragaki *Kazue Fukiishi *Munetaka Aoki *Hiroyuki Ikeuchi *Hiroyuki Hirayama ...

'', a continuing film adaptation based on the television series of the same name, for which Misia's " Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" served as theme song. The digital single artwork was painted by author, screenwriter, director and painter Ellie Omiya.

Background and release

"Nagareboshi" was performed in concert, throughout Misia's Hoshizora no Live VIII Moon Journey concert tour, well before its official release and for the first time on 11 April 2015. 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

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single for download only on 8 July 2015. A CD single was released on 29 August 2015 for limited rental in Tsutaya stores exclusively. This release included two bonus live recordings from Misia's 2 April 2014 concert at the

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Orchard Hall of the songs "Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris" and "One Day, One Life" from the album ''

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'' (2014).

Composition

"Nagareboshi" is a piano and

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-driven

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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

. 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

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. Misia's vocals span from G₃ to B₄.

Chart performance

"Nagareboshi" debuted at number 27 on the weekly

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Singles chart and at number 4 on the weekly RecoChoku Albums chart.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

;Recording *Recorded at: Rhythmedia Studio, Tokyo, Japan; Sound Inn, Tokyo, Japan. *Mixed at: Rhythmedia Studio in Tokyo, Japan. ;Personnel * Vocals –

* Songwriting – Rica *

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, conducting, production –

* Piano,

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– Sae Konno *

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– Koji Akaike, Shigeki Ippon, Atsushi Kuramochi, Yoshinobu Takeshita * Cello – Shin'ichi Eguchi, Masami Horisawa, Tomoki Iwanaga, Jun Nakamura, Takayoshi Okuizumi, Takahiro Yuki *

First violin The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

– 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 *

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– Akiko Mori *

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– Marie Oishi * Musician coordinator – Noriko Sekiya *

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, mixing – Masahiro Kawaguchi * Mastering – Herb Powers, Jr.

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2010s ballads 2015 songs 2015 singles Misia songs Pop ballads Songs written by Misia Songs written for Japanese films Ariola Japan singles