- Innocent World
Infobox Single
Name = Innocent World
Cover size =
Artist =Mr. Children
from Album =Atomic Heart ,1/42 ,Mr. Children 1992-1995 , and B-Side
Released =June 1 ,1994
Format =CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop/Rock
Length = 13:31
Label = Toy's Factory
Producer = Takeshi Kobayashi
Chart position = * #1 (JP)
Last single = "Cross Road"
(1993)
This single = "Innocent World"
(1994)
Next single = "Tomorrow Never Knows"
(1994)
Misc ="Innocent World" is the fifth single released by
Mr. Children onJune 1 ,1994 .Overview
"Innocent World" was Mr. Children's first #1 single on the
Oricon Japanese charts, managing to sell 1,935,830 copies during its run on the chart [cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/21151/ | title=Mr.Children、待望のニューシングル「箒星」リリース決定!(Mr.Children, and long-awaited new single "Houkiboshi" release decision!) | work=oricon.co.jp | accessdate=2008-07-12| language=Japanese] and was the #1 selling single forOricon 's 1994 yearly chart. [cite web | url=http://contents.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/11477/ | title=篠原涼子、“リレハンメル”でブレイク!(Ryoko Shinohara, "Lilly Hammer" breaks away!) | work=oricon.co.jp | accessdate=2008-08-09| language=Japanese] The title track was used as the promotional song for the soft drink nihongo|"Aquaerius Ioshisu"|アクエリアス イオシス [cite book | title = The distance to "HOME" | publisher = Kadokawa television | series = 別冊カドカワ総力特集 Mr.Children (Separate volume Kadokawa special issue Mr.Children) | year = 2007 | pages = p. 167-170 | language = Japanese | isbn = 978-4-04-894488-5 ] and was also included in the Mr. Children live album "1/42 " released onSeptember 8 ,1999 , and also "Mr. Children 1992-1995 ", released onJuly 11 ,2001 . The b-side "My confidence song" was included in Mr. Children's compilation album, "B-Side", released onMay 10 ,2007 .Awards
"Innocent World" has won many awards including the 'Grand Prize' at the "36th Annual Japan Record Awards"cite web | url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1994.htm | title=第36回日本レコード大賞 (The 36th annual Japanese record prize) | work=jacompa.or.jp | accessdate=2008-07-12 | language=Japanese] , the 'Best 5 Single Award' at the "9th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards"cite web | url=http://www.golddisc.jp/ | title=Japan Gold Disc Award Official Website | work=golddisc.jp | accessdate=2008-07-12 | language=Japanese] , and the 'Silver Award' at the "13th Annual JASRAC Awards"cite web | url=http://www.jasrac.or.jp/profile/prize/1993.html | title=1993年~1997年 JASRAC賞-第11回~第15回 (1993~~1997 The JASRAC prize - 11th time - 15th time) | work=jasrac.or.jp | accessdate=2008-07-12 | language=Japanese] .
Track listing
tracklist
all_writing =Kazutoshi Sakurai title1 = Innocent World
length1 = 5:48title2 = My confidence song
length2 = 1:55title3 = Innocent World (Instrumental Version)
length3 = 5:48Personnel
*
Kazutoshi Sakurai –vocals ,guitar
*Kenichi Tahara – guitar
*Keisuke Nakagawa – bass
*Hideya Suzuki – drumsProduction
* Producer – Kobayashi Takeshi"Innocent World" single, Toy's Factory (1994)]
* Arrangement -Mr. Children and Takeshi KobayashiReferences
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.