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"ロケットスニーカー / One × Time
Rocket Sneaker / One × Time"Single by Ai Otsuka from the album Love Letter B-side Sora to Kujira (空とくじら) Released May 21, 2008 Format CD, CD+DVD Recorded 2008 Genre J-Pop Length 21:17 Label Avex Trax Writer(s) Ai Otsuka Ai Otsuka singles chronology "Pocket"
(2007)"Rocket Sneaker / One × Time"
(2008)"Kurage, Nagareboshi"
(2008)Alternative cover CD cover
"Rocket Sneaker / One × Time" is Ai Otsuka's 17th (18th overall) single released under the avex trax label. It is her first single released in 2008, on May 21.[1]"Rocket Sneaker / One × Time" has been certified Gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies . However, it is her lowest selling single.
Tracklisting
All songs written and composed by Ai Otsuka.
CD No. Title Arranger(s) Length 1. "Roketto Sunīkā (ロケット スニーカー; Rocket Sneaker)" Ai×Ikoman 2. "One × Time" Ai×Ikoman, Strings arrangement: Ittetsu Gen 3. "Sora to Kujira (空とくじら; Sky and Whale)" Ai×Ikoman 4. "Roketto Sunīkā (ロケット スニーカー; Rocket Sneaker)" (Instrumental) Ai×Ikoman 5. "One × Time" (Instrumental) Ai×Ikoman, Strings arrangement: Ittetsu Gen DVD No. Title Director(s) Length 1. "Roketto Sunīkā (ロケット スニーカー; Rocket Sneaker)" (Music video) Rocket Sneaker is a piano-driven tune, reminiscent of rag-time music. It describes saying "thank you" to the Earth before going off it, but remembering that one is always "chikyuukko (地球っ子 (Earth child ))". One × Time is a more mature love song, describing feelings of true love. It is lyrically confusing, but Ai revealed that it is from the viewpoint of a clock. Sora to Kujira is more of rock/pop song describing a whale that returns to the sky to join its mama (papa in the second chorus).
Music video
The Rocket Sneaker PV features Ai in stop-motion frames as the camera goes around a path of frozen figures of her doing everyday things. During the chorus, many of her begin to sing in unison. At the end of it, the very last Ai starts to move around, revealing that the path is a loop, and then she starts to go around the path, as the other Ai's have vanished.
Despite its status as an A-side song, One × Time doesn't have a video.
CD + DVD covers
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run May 21, 2008 Oricon Daily Charts 2 Oricon Weekly Charts 4 30,382 44,428 7 weeks Oricon Yearly Charts References
Studio albums Compilation albums Ai Am Best • Love Is BestSingles "Momo no Hanabira" • "Sakuranbo" • "Amaenbo" • "Happy Days" • "Kingyo Hanabi" • "Daisuki da Yo" • "Kuroge Wagyu Joshio Tan Yaki 680 En" • "Sakuranbo -encore press-" • "Smily/Biidama" • "Neko ni Fūsen" • "Planetarium" • "Frienger" • "Yumekui" • "Renai Shashin" • "Chu-Lip" • "Peach/Heart" • "Pocket" • "Rocket Sneaker/One x Time" • "Kurage, Nagareboshi" • "Bye Bye" • "Zokkondition/Lucky Star"Love albums Love ItLove singles "Love no Theme" • "White Choco"See also Categories:- Ai Otsuka songs
- 2008 singles
- Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan
- 2000s Japanese single stubs
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