Furusato (Morning Musume)

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ふるさと (Romaji: Furusato; English: Hometown) is the sixth single from Morning Musume, the lead Hello! Project group. Furusato was originally released with catalog number EPDE-1044 on the zetima label on 1999-07-14. The single was rereleased on 2005-03-02 with catalog number EPCE-5318. This single is also part of the Morning Musume EARLY SINGLE BOX.

Furusato is a special case. The original song is sung solely by Abe Natsumi with all other members providing harmonization. This song has been sung by many and other singers are listed below.

Credits

• Lyrics: Tsunku
• Composer: Tsunku
• Arrangement: Konishi Takao
• Keyboards & Programming: Konishi Takao
• Guitar: Furukawa Nozomi
• Manipulator: Katsuura Go

Members at time of release

• 1st gen: Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi
• 2nd gen: Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ichii Sayaka

CD track listing

1. Furusato (ふるさと)
2. Wasurerannai (忘れらんない)
3. Furusato (Instrumental) (ふるさと)

CD track listing, rereleased edition

1. Furusato (ふるさと)
2. [[Wasurerannai (忘れらんない)
3. Furusato (Instrumental) (ふるさと)
4. Furusato (Early Vocal Version) (ふるさと)

Other Singers

• Yaguchi Mari (Best Shot Vol.1)
• Tsuji Nozomi (Best Shot Vol.2)
• Takahashi Ai (Best Shot Vol.3)
• Niigaki Risa (Best Shot Vol.4)
• Yoshizawa Hitomi (Best Shot ~Best~))
• Nakazawa Yuko (Dai 2 Shou ~Tsuyogari~)
• Abe Natsumi (Hitoribocchi)
• Nakazawa Yuko & Ichii Sayaka (FOLK SONGS)
• Morning Musume, Coconuts Musume, Fujimoto Miki, Ishii Rika & Takagi Boo (Hawaiian de kiku Morning Musume. Single Collection)
• Kusumi Koharu (in the final round of the Morning Musume Audition 2005, see also Hello! Morning Episode 257)
• Takahashi Ai & Abe Natsumi (in the first episode of Hello Pro Hour)

TV Performances

• 1999-07-15 Utaban
• 1999-07-16 Music Station
• 2006-03-03 Hello Pro Hour #1 (By Abe Natsumi & Takahashi Ai)

Concert performances

• Hello! Project Happy New Year '99
• Hello! Project '99
• Hello! Project 2002 ~One Happy Summer Day~ (medley, by Hello! Project)
• Hello! Project 2004 Winter ~C'MON! Dance World~
• Morning Musume Otome Gumi Hatsukouen ~Otomechikku~ (by Morning Musume Otome Gumi)
• Abe Natsumi First Concert Tour 2004 ~Anata Iro~ (by Abe Natsumi)
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru - Dai 6 kan Hit Mankai (two solo versions: by Takahashi Ai, and by Niigaki Risa)
• Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki "Baribari Kyoushitsu ~Koharuchan Irasshai!~"
• Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Hello! Project Natsu Matsuri!~ (by Jun Jun & Lin Lin and then with Kusumi Koharu & Mitsui Aika)

Oricon Rank and Sales

Week	Chart Date	Chart Period	Week Rank	Sales	Cumulative Sales	Comment
1	1999.07.26	1999.07.12~1999.07.18	5	102,750	102,750
2	1999.08.02	1999.07.19~1999.07.25	16	27,380	130,130
3	1999.08.09	1999.07.26~1999.08.01	27	16,160	146,290
4	1999.08.16	1999.08.02~1999.08.08	36	10,650	156,940
5	1999.08.23	1999.08.09~1999.08.15	37	9,130	166,070
6	1999.08.30	1999.08.15~1999.08.21	56	4,600	170,670

Total sales: 170,670

External links

• UP-FRONT WORKS: Morning Musume discography entry
• projecthello.com lyrics: Furusato, Wasurerannai

Purchase

• Original edition: Amazon JP
• Rereleased edition: Amazon JP, cdjapan.co.jp