Zenzenzense
| Zenzenzense | |
|---|---|
| Wheel wimps | |
| publication | July 25, 2016 |
| length | 4:44 (Movie version) 4:35 (Album version, English version) |
| Genre (s) | Rock music , pop-punk |
| Author (s) | T: Yōjirō Noda ; M: Yōjirō Noda |
| Producer (s) | Wheel wimps |
| Label | EMI Records Japan |
| Award (s) |
 diamondin Japan Newtype Anime Award Japan Gold Disc Award |
| album |
Your name. (2016) Human Bloom (2016) |
Zenzenzense ( 前 前 前世 , eng. About Past Past Past Life ) is a song by the Japanese rock band Radwimps .
background
Zenzenzense is one of four main songs that appear in the anime film Your Name. - Yesterday, today and forever , and one of a total of 26 songs composed by the Radwimps for the official soundtrack to the film. Together with Sparkle , Zenzenzense was also re-released on the ninth album Human Bloom .
publication
Zenzenzense initially became Your Name in various film previews . published on the video platform YouTube . The song itself was officially released as the official single for the anime film of the same name on July 25, 2016 . The original version of the piece has slight structural deviations and was released again on the band's ninth album, Human Bloom .
In the course of the cinema premiere of Your Name. in the North American area in April 2017 the four tracks Dream Lantern , Zenzenzense , Sparkle and Nandemonaiya were re-released in English.
success
Zenzenzense rose to number one in the Japanese singles chart , which is determined by the Japanese offshoot of the US music magazine Billboard . In South Korea , the song landed at number 92 on the national singles charts.
Zenzenzense was awarded triple platinum status in Japan at the end of 2016 for 750,000 digital units sold . In 2017 the song passed the 1 million hurdle in Japan. Just over 200,000 units were sold in South Korea.
According to the Japanese branch of the US music magazine Billboard , the Radwimps landed in the annual list of artists with the best-selling songs in 2016 in second place. Only the idol group AKB48 sold more songs in the period of one year, although according to the magazine it was very tight. This success is among other things the piece Zenzenzense , which was not released as a physical single, and the general participation in the soundtrack for the anime Your Name. - Yesterday, today and forever to thank, which brought the band a huge increase in popularity, which also had a positive effect on the sales of the ninth album Human Bloom ( Ningen Kaika ).
Zenzenzense won a Newtype Anime Award in the Best Movie Song category and a Japan Gold Disc Award .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Patrick St. Michel: The Japan Times : Radwimps were the perfect choice when it came to soundtracking 'Your Name.'
- ↑ Jennifer Sherman: Anime News Network : Radwimps' New Video Previews' your name. ' Film's English Songs
- ↑ Ollie Barder: Forbes : The English Localized Songs For 'Your Name' Are Actually Decent
- ↑ Chart tracking: JP (BB) - KR
- ↑ Arama! Japan : "The Recording Industry Association of Japan Releases Its Digital Certifications for November + List of 2016's Certified Releases"
- ^ RIAJ : Gold / Platinum certification
- ↑ Gaon Chart : 2017
- ↑ Mariko Okada: Billboard : AKB48 Tops Billboard Japan's 2016 Artist Ranking: See the List
- ↑ Anime News Network : Shinkai's 'your name.,' Kabaneri Win Top Newtype Anime Awards
- ↑ Japan Gold Disc Award : Best Soundtrack Album - Best 5 Songs by Download (Japanese)