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Wikipedia article
is Japanese singer Ringo Sheena's 5th single and it was released on January 26, 2000, by Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music. 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 2010.
Background
'Gips'The literal translation is "Orthopedic cast". is taken from Sheena's second album 'Shso Strip'. Sheena was compelled to release two songs at the same time after all, she was going to release this song and 'Tsumi to Batsu' separately first, though.
Hisako Tabuchi, the guitarist of Number Girl, plays the guitar on ''.
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. It was also performed by Mino Kabasawa on her piano cover album 'Piano Pure: Memory of 2000' and by Kazumasa Oda on the TBS music program 'Christmas no Yakusoku 2002' on December 25, 2001. In 2009, it was covered by Mari Digby on her album 'Second Home' and by Juju on her cover album 'Request'. In 2012, it was released as a single by Ms. Ooja, and appeared on her album 'Woman: Love Song Covers'.
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'Gips'
* Vocals: Ringo Sheena
* Guitars: Susumu Nishikawa
* Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda
* Piano: Yuta Saito
* Drums and Tambourines: Noriyasu "Ksuke" Kawamura
* Synthesizer programming: Nobuhiko Nakayama, Hiroshi Kitashiro
'Tokyo no Hito'
* Vocals, Electric guitars: Ringo Sheena
* Electric guitars: Susumu Nishikawa
* Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda
* Drums: Masayuki Muraishi
* Organ: Yuta Saito
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* Vocals, Electric guitars: Ringo Sheena
* Electric guitars: Hisako Tabuchi
* Bass guitars: Seiji Kameda
* Synthesizer programming: Nobuhiko Nakayama
* Turntables: moOog yamamOTO (from Buffalo Daughter)
Music video cast
'Gips'
* Vocal & Electric guitar: Ringo Sheena
* Electric guitar: Makoto Totani (from Milk Crown, Thinners)
* Electric bass guitar: Eikichi Iwai (from Chirinuruwowaka)
* Synthesizer, Keyboard instrument: Makoto Minagawa (from Thinners, Sparky)
* Drums: Hisashi Nishikawa (he is Sheena 's friend and is an amateur)
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* Takeshi Hara
* Yuka Yoshimura
* Hisako Tabuchi
* Seiji Kameda
Notes
Category:Ringo Sheena songs
Category:2000 songs
Category:2000 singles
Category:Songs written by Ringo Sheena
Category:Song recordings produced by Seiji Kameda
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