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Flower (Koda Kumi song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Flower'" (stylized as 'flower') is Koda Kumi's 17th domestic single. 'Flower' was written as the theme song for the novel 'Koibana ( / Love Story)' and also used in the television advertisement for the novel. The lyrics were written by the author of 'Koibana,' Yoshi. This was also the first domestic single released by Kumi that was not accompanied by a promotional music video. It reached No. 4 on the weekly Oricon Chart.
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'flower' is Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda's seventeenth single. The song was a pop ballad and was her first single to not have a corresponding music video. It peaked at No. 4 on the Oricon Singles Charts, despite not having a music video, and remained on the charts for ten weeks.
The single was released after her success of single "Butterfly," which was the artist's first number-one single. "flower" was used as the theme song to the novel 'Koibana,' which was written by Yoshi. Yoshi had also written the lyrics to the song, reflecting the meaning of the story.
The song would be placed on Kumi's first compilation album, 'Best ~first things~.' The song still did not garner a music video on the album. Kumi would perform this song during the encore for her 'Live Tour 2005 ~first things~.'
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Chart history
Oricon 2005 Singles Top 999
Chart position: #165Sales
First week estimate: 36,859Total estimate: 106,099
References
#Avex Network (2005), [https://web.archive.org/web/20050519024103/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/koda/ Kumi Koda Official Web Site]
#Oricon Style (2005), [http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ Ranking Oricon Style]
#Kyoto International Culture Forum (2005), KICF Members: Yoshi
Category:2005 singles
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