Ai Araba It's All Right
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"Ai Araba It's All Right" (愛あらば IT'S ALL RIGHT, "If There's Love It's All Right"), commonly abbreviated to "AiAra", is the twenty-first single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume; both the single itself and the Single V were released on January 21, 2004. It sold a total of 108,368 copies, reaching a peak of #2 on the weekly Oricon charts and charting for seven weeks,[1] while the Single V reached a peak of #6 and charted for eight weeks on the Oricon DVD charts.[2]The single placed 89th on the overall year's chart for 2004. The single also marked the graduation of one of the founding members of Morning Musume, Natsumi Abe, who also went on to have a solo career within Hello! Project. The first pressing of this single came with a limited edition photobook featuring the members.
The B-side, "Dekiru Onna", features a vocal and instrumental arrangement heavily inspired by Queen.
Track listings
- "Ai Araba It's All Right" (愛あらば IT'S ALL RIGHT, "If There's Love It's All Right")
- Lyrics & composition: Tsunku / arrangement: Takao Konishi
- "Dekiru Onna" (出来る女, "Able Girl")
- Lyrics & composition: Tsunku / arrangement: Shunsuke Suzuki
- "Ai Araba It's All Right" (Instrumental)
Members at time of single
- Kaori Iida
- Natsumi Abe (Last single)
- Mari Yaguchi
- Rika Ishikawa
- Hitomi Yoshizawa
- Nozomi Tsuji
- Ai Kago
- Ai Takahashi
- Asami Konno
- Makoto Ogawa
- Risa Niigaki
- Miki Fujimoto
- Eri Kamei
- Sayumi Michishige
- Reina Tanaka
Personnel
Track 1
- Takao Konishi – programming
- Tsuyoshi Katsuura – manipulator
- Shirō Sasaki – trumpet
- Wakaba Kawai – trombone
- Takahiro Kaneko – tenor saxophone
- Kōju Yamamoto – alto saxophone
Track 2
- Shunsuke Suzuki – programming & guitar
- Sting Miyamoto – bass
- Yasuharu Nakanishi – Hammond organ
- Atsuko Inaba – chorus
References
- ^ "Morning Musume - Releases - Oricon Style Music" (in Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "Morning Musume - Releases - Oricon Style Music (Single V)" (in Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
External links
- Ai Araba It's All Right at the Up-Front Works official website
- Ai Araba It's All Right Single V entry at the Up-Front Works official website
- Ai Araba It's All Right listing & comments on Tsunku's official website (Japanese)
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