Onna no Michi
| "Onna no Michi" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Shiro Miya & Pinkara Trio | ||||
| from the album Onna no Michi | ||||
| B-side | "Okinawa no Hito" | |||
| Released | May 10, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Enka | |||
| Length | 4:33 | |||
| Label | Nippon Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Shiro Miya (lyric) Hiroshi Namiki (music) | |||
| Shiro Miya & Pinkara Trio singles chronology | ||||
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"Onna no Michi" (女のみち, lit. "The Way of a Woman") is the debut single by Shiro Miya & Pinkara Trio released on May 10, 1972, in Japan. The lyrics are simple, but sad. The song is written about a woman who devoted herself to her only man but was deserted by him and was crying. The single became a mega-hit song and had been recognized as the best-selling song in Japan until "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" was released.[1]
The song holds an all-time consecutive number-one record to spend 16 consecutive weeks at the number-one position on the Oricon single charts.[2] In Japan, it was the best selling single in 1972 with over 1.3 million copies[3] and held the rank in the next year with over 1.8 million copies.[4] The song was charted for 84 weeks on the Oricon charts.[5] In total it sold over 3.25 million copies and is the second best selling single in Japan according to the Oricon.[6] It is also the best selling enka.[7]
Their album Onna no Michi also reached at the number-one position on the Oricon charts.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "'70s fish snack tune 'Taiyaki-kun' leaps again up the sales chart". The Japan Times. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ ＥＸＩＬＥが１０００曲目オリコンチャート１位の歴史 (in Japanese). zakzak. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ "YEAR 1972". Retrieved 2008-07-20.
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- ^ シングル主流の70年代、高度経済成長時代の後に見え始めた新トレンド (in Japanese). Oricon. 2005-05-31. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ "SMAP「世界に一つだけの花」、 シングル売上歴代9位に！！" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ^ Michito Goda. 宮史郎 (in Japanese). Michito Goda Official Website. Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ 関ジャニ∞、初のアルバム初登場1位！ (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
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