AS FOR ONE DAY

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Single by Morning Musume
from the album Best! Morning Musume 2

Native title

AS FOR ONE DAY

Released

April 23, 2003

Genre

J-Pop

Format

CD, Single V (VHS/DVD), digital download

Length

12:55

Label

zetima

Producer

Tsunku

**Morning Musume Singles Chronology**
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Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima 17th Single (2003)	Shabondama 19th Single (2003)

AS FOR ONE DAY is Morning Musume's 18th single. It was released April 23, 2003 and sold a total of 129,893 copies. The single V was released on the same day and sold a total of 40,543 copies. "AS FOR ONE DAY" ranked as the #75 single for 2003.

This is the last single to feature second generation member Yasuda Kei, who sings the solo coupling track "Never Forget (Rock Ver.)", which is a cover of the original graduation song by Fukuda Asuka on the "Memory Seishun no Hikari" single.

As a special gift, Tsunku gave Yasuda a CD of her own solo version of "AS FOR ONE DAY". On the TV show "MBS Song Town" on July 3, 2015, Yasuda said Tsunku asked if she wanted to sing the full song, which she did, and he then gave her the recording (she showed the mini disc on the show). Yoshizawa Hitomi followed up by saying that (a) this was the first time she heard about it and (b) she didn’t get something similar. Makoto mentioned rumors that later auditions required girls to show their forehead—Yajima said later in the program Tsunku told them, “if you don’t show your forehead you’ll look gloomy.” Yasuda jokes she wouldn’t have passed, and was told not to show her forehead. Tsunku mentioned in his 20th Anniversary interview that even though the camera focused on others, it was usually Yasuda singing.

Tracklist

AS FOR ONE DAY
Never Forget (Rock Ver.) - Yasuda Kei
AS FOR ONE DAY (Instrumental)

Single V

AS FOR ONE DAY
Making Eizou (メイキング映像; Making-of Video)
Member Comments (メンバーコメント)

Featured Members

1st Gen: Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi
2nd Gen: Yasuda Kei (last), Yaguchi Mari
4th Gen: Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, Kago Ai
5th Gen: Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa

Single Information

AS FOR ONE DAY

Lyrics, Composition, Chorus: Tsunku
Arrangement, Programming, Guitar: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
Strings Arrangement: Gen Itto
Vocal, Chorus: Morning Musume
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Flute: Inoue Shinpei
Dance Choreography: Natsu Mayumi
Music Video: Takeishi Wataru

Never Forget (Rock Ver.)

Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku
Arrangement, Programming, Guitar: Sakai Mikio
Arrangement: Konishi Takao
Vocal: Yasuda Kei
Chorus: Morning Musume
Drums: Kawamura "Kasuke" Noriyasu
Bass: So Hideharu
Guitar: Kouguchi Shuuji
Organ: Uesugi Hiroshi

Performances

TV Performances

AS FOR ONE DAY

[2003.03.28] Music Station
[2003.04.13] Hello! Morning 155
[2003.04.14] HEY!HEY!HEY! MUSIC CHAMP
[2003.04.18] Music Station
[2003.04.20] Hello! Morning 156
[2003.04.24] Utaban
[2003.04.25] FUN
[2003.04.26] Pop Jam
[2006.08.18] Hello Pro Hour #13 - Yaguchi Mari and Country Musume

Never Forget (Rock Ver.)

[2003.04.18] Music Station

Concert Performances

AS FOR ONE DAY

Never Forget (Rock Ver.)

Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 Haru "NON STOP!"

Event Performances

AS FOR ONE DAY

[2003.07.29] GIRL POP FACTORY 03
[2003.08.31] Morning Musume Fanclub Tour in Hawaii
[2008.11.27] Ishikawa Rika Fan Club Tour in Hawaii 2008 ~Aloha Nui Loa~ - Ishikawa Rika
[2012.11.12] Tanaka Reina Birthday Event ~OtsukaReina Kai. Minna Shuugou Seyo!~ - Tanaka Reina
[2013.09.08] Kemeko no Heya Vol.2 ~Niigaki-san Irasshai~ - Yasuda Kei, Niigaki Risa
[2016.09.17] Takahashi Ai Birthday Event HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Meee.30 - Takahashi Ai
[2021.03.08] Morning Musume '21 Haga Akane Birthday Event - Haga Akane
[2022.07.12] Juice=Juice Matsunaga Riai Birthday Event 2022 - Matsunaga Riai
[2026.02.07] Yasuda Kei・Yaguchi Mari Casual Dinner Show 2026 ~Sweet Valentine's Day with You~ - Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari

Oricon Chart Positions

Daily & Weekly Rankings

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	2	4	5	1	84,251
7	7	10	9	11	10	8	8	23,982
11	10	18	-	20	15	17	18	10,585
17	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	4,357
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	102	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	143	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	166	608
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	178	626

Yearly Ranking

Year	Year Rank	Sales
2003	75	129,893

Total Reported Sales: 129,893

Trivia

2nd generation member Yasuda Kei commented on the single for a series of YouTube videos counting up to Morning Musume's 50th single.
This is the last single in which all members were all born in Showa Period. This is also last single to feature Yasuda Kei, and the last single before the addition of 6th generation members.
This was Morning Musume's lowest selling single until "Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT".
This is the only Hello! Project single to rank #1 on the Oricon weekly singles chart in 2003.
This was their last weekly #1 until "Aruiteru" in 2006.
Ishikawa Rika serves as the single's center member.
The song title is an anagram of "ONE FOR YAS(U)DA".
Quidam 2003 theme song.

Videos

Morning Musume - AS FOR ONE DAY (MV)

Yasuda Kei's comment

Audio

References

External Links

Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Single V: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
Wikipedia: Japanese, English
Lyrics: AS FOR ONE DAY, Never Forget