Kono Machi

KMREGULAR.jpg from album TBA'''

Release Date February 6, 2013

Genre J-Pop

Format CD Single, CD+DVD

Recorded 2012

Label zetima

Producer Tsunku

°C-ute Singles Chronology

Previous: Aitai Aitai Aitai na 19th Single (2012)

Next: TBA 21st Single (2013) ]] Kono Machi (この街; This Town) is ℃-ute's 20th single, released on February 6, 2013. The single and all its coupling tracks are covers songs from the singer Moritaka Chisato.

Regular Edition

 * 1) Kono Machi
 * 2) Kono Machi (Dance Groove Ver.)
 * 3) Kono Machi (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A
CD DVD
 * 1) Kono Machi
 * 2) Ame (雨; Rain) - Yajima Maimi
 * 3) Kono Machi (Instrumental)
 * 1) Kono Machi (Another Edition)
 * 2) Kono Machi (Close-up Ver.)

Limited Edition B

 * 1) Kono Machi
 * 2) Ame - Yajima Maimi
 * 3) Kono Machi (Instrumental)

Limited Edition C
CD DVD
 * 1) Kono Machi
 * 2) Hae Otoko (ハエ男; Fly Man)
 * 3) Kono Machi (Instrumental)
 * 1) Kono Machi (Another Edition)
 * 2) Kono Machi (5shot Ver.)

Limited Edition D

 * 1) Kono Machi
 * 2) Hae Otoko
 * 3) Kono Machi (Instrumental)

Featured Members

 * Yajima Maimi
 * Nakajima Saki
 * Suzuki Airi
 * Okai Chisato
 * Hagiwara Mai

Concert Performances

 * ℃-ute Concert Tour 2012 Winter ~Shinseinaru Pentagram~
 * Hello! Project Tanjou 15th Anniversary Live Winter 2013 ~Viva!~
 * Hello! Project Tanjou 15th Anniversary Live Winter 2013 ~Bravo!~

Song Information

 * 1) Kono Machi
 * 2) *Lyrics: Moritaka Chisato
 * 3) *Composition: Saito Hideo
 * 4) *Arrangement: Hirata Shoichiro
 * 5) *Vocals:
 * 6) **Yajima Maimi, Suzuki Airi, and Okai Chisato (Main Vocals)
 * 7) **Nakajima Saki and Hagiwara Mai (Minor Vocals)
 * Ame
 * 1) *Lyrics: Moritaka Chisato
 * 2) *Composition: Matsuura Seiji
 * 3) *Arrangement: Itagaki Yusuke
 * 4) *Vocals:
 * 5) **Yajima Maimi (Main Vocal)
 * 6) Hae Otoko
 * 7) *Lyrics & Composition: Moritaka Chisato
 * 8) *Arrangement: Fujizawa Yoshimasa

Trivia

 * The single was confirmed via ℃-ute official staff Twitter account.
 * Tsunku is dedicating this song to the 2nd anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake.
 * Tsunku and Moritaka Chisato decided to change the confessions and some of the lyrics for the 2013 version. With this being said, every member will have their own confession about the world in Kono Machi.
 * While Kono Machi is a medium tempo ballad, Tsunku made an upper beat version called "Kono Machi (Dance Groove Ver.)"
 * The Dance Groove Ver. has a different line distribution from the original.
 * Ame is a Yajima Maimi solo.
 * °C-ute performed this single for the first time at their 2012 Winter Concert Tour (℃-ute Concert Tour 2012 Winter ~Shinseinaru Pentagram~) on December 30, 2012 at Zepp Fukuoka, Fukuoka.
 * The single is a cover of the original version sung by Up-Front Promotion's first artist Moritaka Chisato.
 * The single and its coupling songs were all originally written by Moritaka Chisato.
 * The single was released the day after Nakajima Saki's 19th birthday (February 5, 2013).
 * The single was also released the day before Yajima Maimi's 21st birthday and Hagiwara Mai's 17th birthday (February 7, 2013)
 * The song title and release date was originally leaked by an anonymous person from 2ch on November 28th.

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Total Reported Sales: xx,xxx*