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Benky no Uta
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Benky no Uta
| cover = Chisato Moritaka - Benkyo no Uta.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Chisato Moritaka
| album = The Moritaka
| language = Japanese
| English_title = Study Song
| A-side = Kono Machi (Home Mix)
| released =
| recorded = 1990
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 4:40
| label = Warner Pioneer
| composer = Hideo Sait
| lyricist = Chisato Moritaka
| producer = Yukio Seto
| title2 = Kono Machi
| prev_title = Ame
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Hachigatsu no Koi
| next_year = 1991
| misc =
}}
is the 12th single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. The lyrics were written by Moritaka and the music was composed by Hideo Sait, the single was released alongside "Kono Machi (Home Mix)" by Warner Pioneer on February 10, 1991. The song was used as the opening theme of the 1991 anime TV series 'Mischievous Twins: The Tales of St. Clare's'.
Music video
The music video features Moritaka as a school teacher in a class of masked children.
Chart performance
"Benky no Uta"/"Kono Machi" peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 184,000 copies. It was also certified Gold by the RIAJ in December 1992.
Other versions
A remix of the song, titled "The Benky no Uta", is included in the 1991 remix album 'The Moritaka'.
Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on December 17, 2012. This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album 'Love Vol. 3'.
The song was remixed by tofubeats in the 2014 collaboration album 'Chisato Moritaka with tofubeats: Moritaka Tofu'.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Chisato Moritaka; all music is composed and arranged by Hideo Sait.
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka vocals
* Hideo Sait all instruments, programming
* Yuichi Takahashi backing vocals
* Seiji Matsuura backing vocals
Chart positions
Certification
References
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