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Umi made 5-fun
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Umi made 5-fun
| cover = Chisato Moritaka - Umi made 5-fun.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Chisato Moritaka
| album = Sava Sava
| language = Japanese
| English_title = 5 Minutes to the Sea
| B-side = Sleepless Night Blues
| released =
| recorded = 1998
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 4:15
| label = zetima
| composer = Toshinobu Kubota
| lyricist = Chisato Moritaka
| producer = Yukio Seto
| prev_title = Denwa
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Tsumetai Tsuki
| next_year = 1998
| misc =
}}
is the 36th single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. Written by Moritaka and Toshinobu Kubota, the single was released by zetima on July 15, 1998. It is the theme song of the TBS drama of the same name. The song was also used in a 2010 Panasonic camcorder commercial featuring Moritaka.
Music video
The music video features Moritaka rolling a toy Mini convertible around a house while another version of herself performs the song with her band by the pool.
Chart performance
"Umi Made 5-fun" peaked at No. 20 on Oricon's singles chart and sold 32,000 copies, becoming Moritaka's last top 20 single.
Other versions
Moritaka re-recorded the song and uploaded the video on her YouTube channel on August 5, 2012. This version is also included in Moritaka's 2013 self-covers DVD album 'Love Vol. 1'.
Track listing
Personnel
* Chisato Moritaka vocals, drums, steel drums
* Yasuaki Maejima keyboards, piano
* Masahiro Inaba guitar
* Yukio Seto guitar
* Yuichi Takahashi acoustic guitar
* Takuo Yamamoto tenor saxophone
* Yohichi Murata brass, trombone
* Akira Okumura trumpet
* Gen Ogimi congas, timbales, shaker
Chart positions
References
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