Mayonaka wa Junketsu
- Artist
- Shiina Ringo
- Single
- Mayonaka wa Junketsu (真夜中は純潔)
- Released
- 2001.03.13 (Vinyl)
- 2001.03.28 (Single)
- Tracklist
- Mayonaka wa Junketsu (真夜中は純潔; Midnight is Pure)
- Sid to Hakuchuumu (シドと白昼夢; Daydreaming with Sid)
- Aisaika no Choshoku (愛妻家の朝食; My Devoted Husband's Breakfast)
- Information
Mayonaka wa Junketsu is Shiina Ringo's seventh single. Featured on this single is the well-known band Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. The single also has a remade version of Sid to Hakuchuumu from Shiina's Muzai Moratorium album featuring a new jazz arrangement. This single does not appear on any album of Shiina's, and was released after a long period of inactivity. However, the PV for Mayonaka wa Junketsu appears on Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana's PV collection, Seiteki Healing ~Vol. III~. It is rumored that the PV for Mayonaka wa Junketsu was animated due to the fact that Shiina was a few months into her pregnancy.
Strangely, this single was also released as a vinyl 15 days earlier that was 100 yen more expensive than the single. No special features were included in it. The single reached #2 in Oricon charts, and charted for nine weeks. 358,000 copies were sold of the single version in Japan, and 16,000 copies of the vinyl version were sold.
Oricon Chart Positions
| Date | Week Rank | Week Sales | Total Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001.04.09 | 2 | 206,400 | 206,400 |
| 2001.04.16 | 4 | 45,690 | 252,090 |
| 2001.04.23 | 7 | 32,710 | 284,800 |
| 2001.04.30 | 14 | 26,290 | 311,090 |
| 2001.05.07 | 23 | 19,160 | 330,250 |
| 2001.05.14 | 28 | 13,480 | 343,730 |
| 2001.05.21 | 39 | 7,170 | 350,900 |
| 2001.05.28 | 55 | 4,280 | 355,180 |
| 2001.06.04 | 83 | 3,060 | 358,240 |
