Gomenasai

Infobox Single
Name = Gomenasai


Caption = Special Edition Cover
Artist = t.A.T.u.
from Album = Dangerous and Moving
A-side =
B-side = Friend or Foe
Released = May 2006
Format = CD, Digital download (For A Limited Time)
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Piano pop, Pop/Rock, ballad
Length = 03:43
Label = Interscope Records
Writer = Martin Kierszenbaum
Producer = Martin Kierszenbaum, Robert Orton
Certification =
Last single = "Friend or Foe"
(2005)
This single = "Gomenasai"
(2006)
Next single = "Loves Me Not"
(2006)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Dangerous and Moving
Type = studio
prev_track = "Friend or Foe"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "Gomenasai"
track_no = 6
next_track = "Craving (I Only Want What I Can't Have)"
next_no = 7

"Gomenasai", (Correctly Romanized as "Gomen nasai"; Japanese: nihongo2|ごめんなさい; Translated: "I'm sorry"), is a ballad by t.A.T.u.. It is their third single from their second English album, "Dangerous and Moving". There were two different videos produced for this single: animated and live action. t.A.T.u. stated that they did not want this song to become a single, but their record company chose it for them.Fact|date=August 2008

Maxi single and release dates

Europe

Maxi CD-Single - May 12, 2006
# Gomenasai
# Cosmos (She Wants Revenge Remix) (Remix by She Wants Revenge)
# Craving (I Only Want What I Can't Have) (Bollywood Mix) (Remix by Jatin Sharma, Male vocals by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Joi)
# Gomenasai (Video)

2-Track Edition
# Gomenasai
# Cosmos (She Wants Revenge Remix)

Making of the song

The song includes a string arrangement by Richard Carpenter (one half of the The Carpenters).

Parts of the song Gomenasai were also used in the song Happy Birthday by the rap group Flypside.Fact|date=August 2008

Music Video

There are two versions of the Gomenasai video, one an animated video and one live action.

Live Action Video

The live action video was directed by Hype Williams and was shot in Los Angeles during the week of March 13, 2006. It was filmed in the Botanical Gardens in L.A. It exudes a soft, dreamy ,and beautiful feeling and is a departure from the action-packed animated video.

The video shows the girls singing against a black background with shots of stone angel statues from time to time.

The video/single was released in mid/late May in Europe, Asia, and South America.

Animated video

The place holder video of "Gomenasai", in the form of Japanese anime, was released late February 2006 and early March 2006 in some countries. The video starts with Yulia lying in her room, thinking about Lena, but unbeknownst to her, she was being carefully watched by a small robot. Yulia then changes her clothes and equips herself with weapons, then goes to start her car. While Yulia is driving the car, she finds out she is being trailed by robots. Yulia crashes into the robots, causing an explosion, but she manages to escape and kill the robots. Meanwhile Lena is trapped in prison by an enemy. Yulia breaks inside the enemy's fort and defeats them. The video is available through iTunes in some European countries.

Peaks Position

"Happy Birthday"

Samples of "Gomenasai" were used for the song "Happy Birthday" by rap group Flipsyde. It uses the lyrics "What I thought was a dream... was as real as it seemed" from Lena and "I made a mistake" from Yulia, and also the piano intro. t.A.T.u. have accompanied Flipsyde while promoting Flipsyde's single and have performed together on "Top of the Pops" and "The Dome" in Germany, though t.A.T.u. did not make an appearance in Flipsyde's "Happy Birthday" music video.

References

External links

* [http://www.tatu.ru/text/tt13.html Official lyrics]