Ai no Katachi

"Ai no Katachi" (アイノカタチ, lit. "Shape of Love") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Misia, featuring Hide from Greeeen on the chorus backing vocals.[1] It was released digitally by Ariola Japan on July 31, 2018, while the physical single was released on August 22, 2018. The song was written and composed by Greeeen and produced and arranged by Seiji Kameda.[2] It is the theme song of the TBS drama series Gibo to Musume no Blues.[3]

"Ai no Katachi"
Single by Misia featuring Hide (Greeeen)
from the album Life Is Going On and On
Released	August 22, 2018
Recorded	July 1, 2018
Genre	Pop
Length	4:26
Label	Ariola Japan
Songwriter(s)	Greeeen
Producer(s)	Seiji Kameda
Misia singles chronology
"Kimi no Soba ni Iru yo" (2017) "Ai no Katachi" (2018)

Chart performance

"Ai no Katachi" debuted at number 3 on Oricon's Digital Singles chart with 18,000 downloads sold,[4] marking Misia's first entry onto the chart.[5] The song peaked at number one the following week,[6] with sales of 29,000 downloads, making it Misia's first song to reach the top of the Digital Singles chart.[7] "Ai no Katachi" stayed at number-one for two consecutive weeks.[8] The song also made its debut onto the Billboard Japan Hot 100 at number 23, and at number 5 on Billboard Japan's Download Songs chart. It rose to number ten on the Hot 100, becoming Misia's eighth top ten entry on the chart, and number two on the Download Songs chart the following week.[9][10] "Ai no Katachi" debuted at number 3 and number 2, respectively, on the RecoChoku and Mora Weekly Singles charts.[11][12] It then reached number one on both charts on its second week.[13][14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ai no Katachi" (アイノカタチ, "Shape of Love")	Greeeen	Seiji Kameda	4:26
2.	"Lady Funky"	Kiyoshi Misia Hiromasa Ijichi	Takuya Kuroda	4:44
3.	"Ai no Katachi" (TV Size)	Greeeen	Kameda	2:23
4.	"Ai no Katachi" (Instrumental)	Greeeen	Kameda	4:25
5.	"Lady Funky" (12" Funky Remix)	Kiyoshi Misia Ijichi	$akoshin	4:36
Total length:				20:34

First pressing secret track

No.	Title	Remixer(s)	Length
6.	"Ai no Katachi" (Muroleo Lover's Remix)	DJ Muro Leo Nanjo	4:19
Total length:			24:53

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)[15]	7
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)[16]	15
Japan Weekly Combined Singles (Oricon)[17]	3
Japan Weekly Digital Singles (Oricon)[7]	1
Japan Weekly Streaming (Oricon)[18]	5
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)[19]	4
Japan Download Songs (Billboard)[20]	1
Japan Streaming Songs (Billboard)[21]	2
Japan Top Singles Sales (Billboard)[22]	15
Japan Weekly Singles (RecoChoku)[14]	1
Japan Weekly Singles (Mora)[13]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan	—	40,000[4]
Japan (RIAJ)[4] single track	2× Platinum	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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