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Furusato (ふるさと; Hometown) is Morning Musume's sixth single. It was released on July 14, 1999 as an 8cm CD. It sold over 170,670 copies and reached number five on the Oricon weekly charts.

In 2004, it was re-released as part of the Morning Musume Early Single Box, a limited edition box set containing their first eight singles reissued on 12cm CDs. In 2005, the singles were released individually, and first press editions came with a photo card.

Tracklist

Original Edition

  1. Furusato
  2. Wasurerannai (忘れらんない; Unforgettable)
  3. Furusato (Instrumental)

Re-release Edition

  1. Furusato
  2. Wasurerannai
  3. Furusato (Instrumental)
  4. Furusato (Early Vocal Version)

Featured Members

Morning Musume promoting single

Morning Musume promoting single

Single Information

Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku

Furusato
Wasurerannai

Performances

TV Performances

Concert Performances

Furusato
Wasurerannai

Event Performances

Furusato
Wasurerannai

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- - - - - - - 5 102,750
- - - - - - - 16 27,380
- - - - - - - 27 16,160
- - - - - - - 36 10,650
- - - - - - - 37 9,130
- - - - - - - 56 4,600

Total Reported Sales: 170,670

Notable Covers

Trivia

Comment

Comment
Tsunku commented on the single:

I was actually thinking about releasing "Furusato" on July 7. On July 7 with 7 members, and on September 9 with 9 members.

Morning Musume was just like my band, Sharan Q. At the age of 23, we’ve moved to Tokyo from Osaka. We were all around the same age, from the same hometown, with the common hopes and dreams… It took a while for us to be noticed and become popular, and we were struggling everyday in order to make our common dreams come true. By then, we were the grown-ups, but we still felt loneliness as well as sadness. I remember we felt homesick too.

There are a lot more members in Morning Musume than Sharan Q, but the girls are from different hometowns in Japan, different ages, and different background experience in the industry…And that’s how Morning Musume is formed. They seldom complain in front of me, but I’m sure some of them feel homesick, and some might feel lonely and depressed. I really think they’ve done well. After concerts, some immediate families come and visit the girls in green room, and I’ve seen some girls burst into tears. And I felt how tough it must have been for those young girls.

I came up with the idea of the song based on I just mentioned above. I think this is the best suited song for Morning Musume. And because it is Morning Musume’s song, I have faith in their performance. Maybe this song can only be sung by Morning Musume. And because I am a producer of Morning Musume, I was able to create such a wonderful song like this. I feel blessed to have met such wonderful and talented girls.

Videos

Morning Musume - Furusato (MV)

Audio



References

  1. ↑ ASAYAN June 27, 1999
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUdmuJUwcSU

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