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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Kibun Skai

| cover = Chisato Moritaka - Kibun Sokai.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Chisato Moritaka

| album = Step by Step

| language = Japanese

| English_title = Refreshing

| B-side = Te wo Tatak 2

| released =

| recorded = 1993

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 3:59

| label = One Up Music

| composer = Kenichi Kurosawa

| lyricist = Chisato Moritaka

| producer = Yukio Seto

| prev_title = Rock'n Omelette

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Natsu no Hi

| next_year = 1994

| misc =

}}

is the 22nd single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. Written by Moritaka and Kenichi Kurosawa, the single was released by One Up Music on January 31, 1994. The song was used by Asahi Breweries for commercials promoting Asahi Z beer.

The song was included in the 2020 various artists album .

Music video



The music video takes place at a restaurant, with Moritaka singing by her table before all of the customers and staff dance with her. The video introduced the "Kibun Skai dance", with Moritaka directing the audience to wave their arms right to left to the chorus.

The music video LaserDisc was released on November 30, 1994, with its contents compiled in the 2000 DVD 'Chisato Moritaka DVD Collection No. 9: Kibun Skai'.

Chart performance



"Kibun Skai" peaked at No. 3 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 438,000 copies. It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.

Other versions



Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on August 3, 2013. This version is also included in Moritaka's 2014 self-covers DVD album 'Love Vol. 5'. It was also used in a 2015 Asahi Style Free beer commercial starring Moritaka.

The song was remixed by tofubeats in the 2014 collaboration album 'Chisato Moritaka with tofubeats: Moritaka Tofu'.

Track listing



Personnel



* Chisato Moritaka vocals, drums

* Yuichi Takahashi guitar, piano, backing vocals

* Hiroyoshi Matsuo acoustic guitar

* Shin Hashimoto piano

* Masafumi Yokoyama bass

* Yukio Seto bass

Chart positions



Certification



Cover versions



* Yumi Adachi covered the song on her 1995 album 'Big'. Because Adachi was 14 years old at the time, the word was replaced with in the lyrics.

* Shko Hamada covered the song on her 2007 cover album 'Hamash Album ~O teate Shimashko~'.

* Runa Miyashida covered the song on her 2009 album 'Ska Flavor No. 2'.

* Azumi Waki covered the song on the 2016 soundtrack album 'The Idolm@ster Cinderella Master Jewelries! 003'.

References




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