"Natsu No Daisankakkei" is the tenth single by the Japanese rock band
Nico Touches the Walls
Nico Touches the Walls (stylized as NICO Touches the Walls) was a Japanese rock band formed in 2004. The band members were: Mitsumura Tatsuya, Sakakura Shingo, Furumura Daisuke & Tsushima Shotaro. In the same year, they won the Lotte Prize at the ...
, released on May 16, 2012.
"Natsu no Daisankakkei" is a summer love song featured on the 2012
Calpis Water commercial.
For its coupling track, the single includes a new song written and composed by Furumura Daisuke called "Yudachi March". It also contains a cover of
Shizuko Kasagi
was a popular Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she was known as the .
Early life and career
Shizuko Kasagi was born on 25 August 1914 in Ōkawa District, Kagawa, Japan. She originally too ...
's "Rappa to Musume", the band's first cover song to be featured on a single.
The single comes in three versions: CD only, CD+DVD and a special pack.
The limited edition contains a DVD with a live footage of "Natsu no Daisankakkei" performed live at the
Makuhari Messe
is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuhari'' is the name of ...
concert in Chiba, and also includes documentary footage of the
Calpis Water commercial shoot.
The limited special pack is called "Nico Nico Pack", which contains the music video compilation "Library 2", was released on the same day.
Promotion
The song was presented live for the first time in the "Humania Tour" in
Chiba
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* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
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* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
, on March 20, 2012,
and was featured as theme song for the 2012
Calpis Water commercial, which was nationwide broadcast also on March 20. On March 21, the song was released as a digital download through
Chaku Uta
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References
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. On May 16, 2012, the band performed an outdoor concert at Yoyoga Park, in Tokyo, to celebrate the new song. The single was re-released in new cover, on July 25, with the live DVD "
Ground of Humania 2012.3.20 in Makuhari".
Chart Position
"Natsu no Daisankakkei" reached 16 in its first week on the oricon chart in Japan.
Track listing
CD
# "Natsu no Daisankakkei"
# "Yūdachi March"
# "Rappa to Musume"
# "Natsu no Daisankakkei" (instrumental)
# "Yūdachi March" (instrumental)
Limited Edition DVD
# "Natsu no Daisankakkei" (Live version, March 20 Makuhari Concert)
# "CM documentary"
References
External links
Nico Touches the Walls official website
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2012 singles
Nico Touches the Walls songs
2012 songs
Ki/oon Music singles