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"'Kuon no Kawa'" is the ninth Japanese single released by alan. The song is the theme song of the movie 'Red Cliff (Part II)', released in Japan on April 10, 2009.

It is a versionArchived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/a29zVhoGgRg Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180704032743/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a29zVhoGgRg&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]: of the song performed by Marilyn MonroeArchived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/dLzeHkEQe9g Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180630224535/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzeHkEQe9g Wayback Machine]: from lyrics by Ken Darby and music by Lionel Newman, in the 1954-released American Western film, 'River of No Return', directed and recorded in 1953 by Otto Preminger, starring Monroe and Robert Mitchum. Tennessee Ernie Ford voiced the song in the film's title sequence,Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/H14rqR4vfoc Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210828020641/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14rqR4vfoc Wayback Machine]: they each released recordings of it, and other versions followed, by the Sons of the Pioneers among others.

The 2009 single contains the Chinese version of the song, titled "Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu", which was released in December 2008, before the movie's January release in most of East Asia. It also contains alan's seventh single "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" and its Chinese version (also her second Chinese single) "Xin Zhan: Red Cliff".

Slightly different end roll versions of the songs are also included in the movie's original soundtracks, composed by Iwashiro Taro.

Kuon no Kawa was alan's first single to be in the top 10 weekly. On the sixth day of release, it suddenly jumped from #10 to #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, her first #1 daily. This made her the first Chinese singer to reach #1 on the Oricon daily chart. It is also the first single by alan to pass the 30,000 units sold mark on the Oricon, beating "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen" by more than twice.

This single was nominated in the "Best Original Film Song" category in the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Track listing



CD

# Kuon no Kawa (; River of Eternity)

# Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu ( ; Red Cliff: Great River Gone East)

# Red Cliff: Shin-Sen (Red Cliff: ; Red Cliff: Heart . War)

# XinZhan: RED CLIFF ( RED CLIFF; Heart . War: Red Cliff)

# Kuon no Kawa (Instrumental)

# Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu (Instrumental).

CD (special theater version)

# Kuon no Kawa

# Chibi ~Da Jiangdong Qu~ (End Roll Version)

DVD

# Kuon no Kawa (music video)

# Red Cliff: Shin-Sen (music video)

References



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