Ringo no Uta

Ringo no Uta Single Cover

Artist

Shiina Ringo

Single

Ringo no Uta (りんごのうた; A Song of Apples)

Released

2003.11.25

Tracklist

1. Ringo no Uta (りんごのうた)
2. La salle de bain (Fr: Bathroom)
3. Ringo Catalogue ~Hokuro Jidai Saihen Tobari~ (リンゴカタログ～黒子時代再編纂～; Ringo Catalogue ~A History of the Mole Era~)

Information

"Ringo no Uta" is Shiina Ringo's tenth single as a solo artist. This single was used as a way to symbolize the fact that Shiina was no longer performing as a solo artist at the time of its release. The single comes with an all-region DVD featuring the PV for "Ringo no Uta", as well as an unplugged version of the "Ringo no Uta" PV - a sort of up-close version focusing on her "characters" throughout her career. This single was released on Shiina's birthday. The first press edition featured a mole on Shiina Ringo's face in the cover image, which she got removed and which is referenced throughout its PV. "Ringo no Uta" appears as the first track of Kyouiku, Tokyo Jihen's first album with an new arrangement to better adapt to Tokyo Jihen's sound. "Ringo no Uta" reached #2 on Oricon charts, and charted for 12 weeks. The single sold 114,000 copies.

Track #2 is an orchestrated version of "Yokushitsu" (from Shouso Strip), sung in English.

Track #3, "Ringo Catalogue", is a song of extreme complexity, as it is composed from all of Shiina's past songs. The song's instrumentals track her path through the music business, using various unique instruments featured in past songs Shiina had released. The song finishes on reverb of "Ichijiku no Hana", a bonus track from the analog version of Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana. The lyrics are also composed from her previous songs.