Namidairo

"Namidairo"
Single by Yui
from the album I Loved Yesterday
Released	February 27, 2008
Format	CD single
Genre	J-pop
Label	Sony Music Japan
Writer(s)	Yui (lyrics & music)
Producer	Hisashi Kondo
Yui singles chronology
"Love & Truth" (2007) "Namidairo" (2008) "Summer Song" (2008)
CD + DVD CD + DVD cover

"Namidairo" is the first single of 2008 by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Yui. The single was released on February 27, 2008. The title song is a tie-up for the TV drama, 4 Shimai Tantei Dan.

Background and writing

Yui began writing the lyrics soon after her concert at Nippon Budokan on November 19, 2007. In an interview with Excite on February 2008, she revealed the melody of the chorus was actually from her second single, Tomorrow's Way, but she only wrote it halfway.^[1] She completed the song by including new A and B melodies, and the lyrics.

Although told to write the theme song for the drama, she had the consent to write as she wished.^[1] Consequently, Yui tried not to put all the emphasis on "love", as was the main theme of 4 Shimai Tantei Dan, but on relationships between individuals as well.

The title, "Namidairo" (ナミダイロ), in Japanese literally means color of tears. Yui used this phrase to mean the crying of the heart, but she also said listeners will likely decide on their own meaning for the word. ^[1]

Music video

The music video begins with Yui playing guitar in a room. From thereon, the video cuts to Yui walking down a street or riding a bus alone, sitting in a telephone booth, or back to the room. The video ends with Yui in the telephone booth looking outward at floating lines of light.

Track listing

Normal Edition

All songs written and composed by Yui. 

CD
No.	Title	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Namidairo"	norta+
2.	"I Wanna Be..."	norta+
3.	"Love & Truth ~Yui Acoustic Version~"	Yui & norta+
4.	"Namidairo ~Instrumental~"	norta+

Limited Edition

Normal Edition + DVD

DVD
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Namidairo" (Music Video)
2.	"Umbrella" (Unreleased video from live DVD Thank You My Teens)

Oricon sales chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
February 27, 2008	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	3
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	3	81,730	115,168	10 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart	5
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	61

"Namidairo" has been certified gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies in Japan.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "YUI こころが“なみだいろ”に染まる時". excite. http://www.excite.co.jp/music/close_up/0802_yui?c=interview. Retrieved 2011-08-17. (Japanese)
2. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2008年03月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (February 2008)]" (in Japanese). RIAJ. http://www.riaj.com/data/others/gold/200802.html. Retrieved August 17, 2011.