Sen no Kaze ni Natte
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
"Sen no Kaze ni Natte" | |
---|---|
Single by Masafumi Akikawa | |
Released | May 24, 2006 | (Japan)
"Sen no Kaze ni Natte" (千の風になって) is a single by Japanese singer Masafumi Akikawa. The lyrics are a Japanese translation of the poem, 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep'. It was released on May 24, 2006. It reached number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart.[1] It was the best-selling single in Japan in 2007, with 1,115,499 copies.[2] Others, such as Man Arai, have also covered the single. Arai also published a book about the original poem, the Japanese translation, and the musical score to the song.
References
- ^ "2007年01月08日~2007年01月14日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2007年01月22日付)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ^ "2007 Yearly Single Ranking". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
Categories:
- CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers
- 2007 singles
- 2007 songs
- Songs in Japanese
- Masafumi Akikawa songs
- Oricon Weekly number-one singles
- Songs based on poems
- All stub articles
- 2000s Japanese single stubs