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is Japanese singer Ringo Sheena's 4th single and it was released on October 27, 1999, by Toshiba EMI / East World. The single was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for 800,000 copies shipped to stores, and later gold for 100,000 downloads to cellphones in 2011.

Background



"Honn" is taken from Sheena's second album 'Shso Strip' and is presently her best selling single. The music video and album art, which featured Sheena in a traditional nurse's dress and cap shattering a screen of glass, became a hot topic at its release.

Sheena had originally planned to release "Gips" at this point. However, she reversed this decision, believing that the "freshness" of "Gips" had already faded as she had promoted the song in her previous Japanese tour. She substituted it with the earlier recorded "Honn", to much success.

The song was used as a theme song for the music TV show 'Fun (Fun's Recommend #007)'. The song was covered as a part of a medley by Rie Tomosaka on the television show 'The Yoru mo Hippare' on September 9, 2000. Satoko Nishikawa of Shang Shang Typhoon covered it on her solo album 'Hibiki' in 2006, and by Dorlis on her greatest hits album 'Dorlis' (2012).

The B-sides "Aozora" and "Rinne Highlight" were used in TV commercials for Suntory's 'The Cocktail Bar Love Story', "Rinne Headlight" in 1999 and "Aozora" in 2000.

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Honn

* Vocals: Ringo Sheena

* Guitars: Yukio Nagoshi

* Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda

* Piano: Yuta Saito

* Drums: Masayuki Muraishi

* Synthesizer Programming: Nobuhiko Nakayama

Aozora

* Vocals, Whistle: Ringo Sheena

* Guitars: Susumu Nishikawa

* Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda

* Organ: Yuta Saito

* Synthesizer: Makoto Minagawa

* Fluegelhorn: Yokan Mizue

* Drums, percussion, Toys: Koichi Asakura "Asa-Chang" (from Asa-Chang & Junray, ex-Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra)

* Synthesizer Operator: Nobuhiko Nakayama

Rin-ne Highlight

* Piano: Ken Shima

* Contrabass: Kenji Takamizu

* Drums: Yuichi Tokashiki

Music video cast



Honn

* Vocal & Nurse: Ringo Sheena

* Electric bass guitar & Doctor: Yasunobu Torii (from Panicsmile, Gaji)

* Others: Kunihiro Suda (He is an actor. Sheena and he was the same class in high school.)

Notes





Category:Ringo Sheena songs

Category:1999 songs

Category:1999 singles

Category:Songs written by Ringo Sheena

Category:Song recordings produced by Seiji Kameda

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