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Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono

Single Cover
Artist
Shiina Hekiru
Single
Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono (この世で一番大切なもの)
Released
1998.11.26
2004.09.24 (re-release)
Catalog Number
SRDL-4575
SRCL-6208 (re-release)
Price
¥1,000
¥1,020 (re-release)
Tracklist
  1. Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono (この世で一番大切なもの; The Most Important Thing in This World)
  2. Ganbare (ガンバレ; Do Your Best)
  3. Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono (Original Karaoke)
  4. Ganbare (Original Karaoke)


Information

"Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono" is the twelfth single released by Shiina Hekiru. The first press edition came with a pin-up card. There were two types released: a hundred of those were autographed, and three of them featured drawings by Shiina. This is the lead-in single to Shiina's sixth album, "Face to Face". The single was re-released on 2004.09.29, in a 12cm CD format.

The single reached #15 on the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for a total of five weeks. The re-release failed to chart on the Oricon. This single has sold a total of 46,303 copies, making Shiina's third best selling single.

Song Information

Lyrics
Omori Sachiko, Ueno Kouji
Music
Ueno Kouji
Other Information
Arrangment: Minorumei Otsubo
A shot from the video

Music Video

The music video for Shiina Hekiru's "Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono" plays out like a dorama. The video starts off with Shiina alone in her apartment, and moves on to her daily activites such as going to school. After school she meets up with a long hair guy for a date. After a fight with Shiina becomes depressed. The end of the video shows Shiina outside crying, when the man appears and hugs her.

The video was placed on Shiina's "Hequil III" as track #4, and a long drama version of the video is featured as track #6.

Disambiguation

Shiina promoting the single

There are currently four versions of Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono to be found in Shiina Hekiru's discography.

Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono
Found on the "Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono" single as track #1. The song was later placed on the "Face to Face" album as track #5. This is the standard version of the song, which is set to the music video.
Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono (Original Karaoke)
Found on the "Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono" single as track #3. This version is the same as the standard, except without the vocals.
Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono (LEGEND1998)
Found on the "LEGEND1998 SIDEB video as chapter #6. This is the live version of the concert from her 1998 LEGEND tour.
Kono Yo de Ichiban Taisetsu na Mono (LEGEND 1999)
Found on the "STARTING LEGEND Face to Face 'Version417'" as chapter #5. This is the live version of the concert from her 1999 "Face to Face" tour.

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