Zenzenzense

"Zenzenzense" (Japanese: 前前前世, "Past Past Past Life") is a song by Japanese rock band Radwimps. It was used as one of the four theme songs to the animated film Your Name, and was one of 26 songs the band composed for the film's soundtrack. It reached number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[1] It also received a digital download song certification of Million from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 1,000,000.[2]

"Zenzenzense"
Single by Radwimps
from the album Your Name
ReleasedJuly 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)
Recorded2016
GenreJ Rock, Rock, Pop punk, Pop rock
Length4:44 (Movie Version)
4:35 (original version, English version)
LabelEMI Records Japan
Songwriter(s)Yojiro Noda
Producer(s)Radwimps

Background

In late 2014, Makoto Shinkai sent the band's frontman, Yojiro Noda a first draft of the film's band. Within a few months, Radwimps submitted a demo of the track alongside "Sparkle".[3] In the context of the film, the song played during a quick montage in which Taki and Mitsuha swap bodies.

Release

The song was originally released as a promotional single for the Your Name soundtrack on July 25, 2016, ahead of the Your Name soundtrack's late August release.[4] The original version of the song, which has slight structural changes, was included on the band's eighth studio album Ningen Kaika (along with another of the four vocal compositions from the Your Name soundtrack, "Sparkle").[5] The song was also used in multiple trailers for Your Name prior to the film's release.

On August 19, 2016, the song's official video premiered on TV Asahi's Music Station. Shortly afterwards, the video was uploaded onto YouTube.[6][7] Ahead of the film's April 2017 release in North America, Radwimps re-recorded the four vocal theme songs from the film in English, including "Zenzenzense". The English version was unveiled on Tokyo FM's School of Lock! radio program on January 23, 2017,[8] and was released digitally on January 27.[9]

Credits and personnel

Adapted from Your Name liner notes.

  • Yojiro Noda – composer, lyricist, arranger, producer, vocals, guitar, piano
  • Akira Kuwahara – producer, guitar
  • Yusuke Takeda – producer, bass
  • Mizuki Mori – drums support
  • Masayoshi Sugai – recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer
  • Tetsuro Sawamoto – assistant engineer
  • Jamil Kazmi – mix coordination

Charts and sales

Weekly charts
Chart (2016–2017) Peak
position
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard Japan)[1] 1
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard Japan)[10]
  • English version
 20
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[11] 1
Japan Radio Songs (Billboard Japan)[12] 1
South Korea (Gaon Music Chart)[13] 92
World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[14] 9

Yearly charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard Japan)[15] 2
Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[16] 1
Japan Radio Songs (Billboard Japan)[17] 1

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[18] Million 1,000,000*
South Korea (Gaon) N/A 205,497[19]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format Distributing Label
Japan July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)[20] radio debut EMI Records
July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)[4] digital download

References
  1. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/10/3". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. "The Recording Industry Association of Japan Releases Its Digital Certifications for February". Arama! Japan. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. "RADWIMPS／野田洋次郎さんに脚本をお渡しして３、４ヶ月後に「前前前世」が上がってきたんです　『君の名は。』新海誠監督インタビュー". Filmers (in Japanese). August 20, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  4. RADWIMPS、映画『君の名は。』主題歌先行配信スタート　トレーラーも公開に (in Japanese). realsound.jp. July 25, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  5. RADWIMPS、11月にオリジナルアルバム発売決定 (in Japanese). Natalie. August 30, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  6. "RADWIMPS、"前前前世 (movie ver.)"のミュージックビデオをMステで初公開！－rockinon.com｜https://rockinon.com/news/detail/147371". rockinon.com (in Japanese). August 18, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  7. "RADWIMPS、映画主題歌"前前前世 (movie ver.)"MVフル公開！ 今週の『Mステ』で披露－rockinon.com｜https://rockinon.com/news/detail/147476". rockinon.com (in Japanese). August 21, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  8. RADWIMPS、「君の名は。」英語詞ver.主題歌を2日連続ラジオ解禁 (in Japanese). Natalie. January 23, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  9. 「君の名は。」北米公開決定、英語版主題歌が流れるバージョンの国内上映も (in Japanese). Natalie. January 18, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  10. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/10/3". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. "Billboard Japan Hot Animation 2016年12月19日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  12. "Billboard Japan Radio Songs 2016年9月12日". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  13. "Gaon Chart" (in Korean). Gaon. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  14. "World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. April 29, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  15. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016年". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  16. "Billboard Japan Hot Animation 2016年". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  17. "Billboard Japan Radio Songs 2016年". billboard-japan.com (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  18. "Japanese single digital certifications – RADWIMPS – 前前前世（movie ver.）" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved April 14, 2017. Select 2017年2月 on the drop-down menu
  19. 2017년 Download Chart [Year-end 2017 Download Chart [international releases] (see #71)]. Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  20. RADWIMPS「前前前世」を今晩「SOL!」で初フルOA (in Japanese). Natalie. July 5, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2017.


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