is a song by Japanese rock band

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. It was used as one of the four theme songs to the animated film '' Your Name'', and was one of 26 songs the band composed for the film's soundtrack. It reached number-one on the ''

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. It also received a digital download song certification of Million from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 1,000,000.

Background

In late 2014, Makoto Shinkai sent the band's frontman, Yojiro Noda a first draft of the film's band. Within a few months, Radwimps submitted a demo of the track alongside "Sparkle". In the context of the film, the song is played during a quick montage in which main characters Taki and Mitsuha swap bodies.

Release

The song was originally released as a promotional single for the ''Your Name'' soundtrack on July 25, 2016, ahead of the ''Your Name'' soundtrack's late August release. The original version of the song, which has slight structural changes, was included on the band's eighth studio album '' Ningen Kaika'' (along with another of the four vocal compositions from the ''Your Name'' soundtrack, "Sparkle"). The song was also used in multiple trailers for ''Your Name'' prior to the film's release. On August 19, 2016, the song's official video premiered on TV Asahi's '' Music Station''. Shortly afterwards, the video was uploaded onto YouTube. Ahead of the film's April 2017 release in North America, Radwimps re-recorded the four vocal theme songs from the film in English, including "Zenzenzense". The English version was unveiled on Tokyo FM's School of Lock! radio program on January 23, 2017, and was released digitally on January 27.

Credits and personnel

Adapted from '' Your Name'' liner notes. *Yojiro Noda – composer, lyricist, arranger, producer, vocals, guitar, piano *Akira Kuwahara – producer, guitar *Yusuke Takeda – producer, bass *Mizuki Mori – drums support *Masayoshi Sugai – recording engineer, mixing engineer * Tom Lord-Alge – mixing engineer *

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– mastering engineer *Tetsuro Sawamoto – assistant engineer *Jamil Kazmi – mix coordination

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

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Certifications and Sales

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Release history

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* Radwimps songs Songs written by Yojiro Noda 2016 songs Anime songs Japanese-language songs Songs written for Japanese films Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Songs written for animated films Your Name {{Japan-music-stub