Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara

Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara is Maaya Sakamoto's nineteenth single. "Down Town" is used as an opening theme for the anime series Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru while "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is the opening theme for the OVA Tamayura.[1] The original version of this song was released in 1974 by Yumi Arai, who was also its composer and lyricist, and was used as the ending song for Majo no Takkyūbin.[2] It is Sakamoto's first single to come in CD+DVD and CD only editions.

"Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara"
Single by Maaya Sakamoto
Released	October 20, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	J-pop
Label	Victor Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Taro Yamashita Ginji Ito Takayuki Hattori Yumi Arai DEPAPEPE Hachiro Sato Kazuhiko Katō J.A.M
Maaya Sakamoto singles chronology
"Magic Number" (2009) "Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" (2010)

All three tracks from this single are covers of 1970s' hit songs. "Down Town" is originally sung by Japanese musical group Sugar Babe, "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is a Yumi Arai cover while "Kanashikute Yarikirenai" was first performed by The Folk Crusaders.

Track listing[3]

CD (VTCL-35092)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Down Town" (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru opening theme song)	Ginji Ito	Tatsuro Yamashita Takayuki Hattori (arranger)
2.	"Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara (やさしさに包まれたなら, Embraced by the Tenderness)" (Tamayura opening theme song)	Yumi Arai	Yumi Arai DEPAPEPE(arrange)
3.	"Kanashikute Yarikirenai (悲しくてやりきれない, It's So Sad)"	Hachiro Sato	Kazuhiko Katō J.A.M(arrange)
4.	"Down Town" (Instrumental)		Tatsuro Yamashita Takayuki Hattori (arranger)
5.	"Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" (Instrumental)		Yumi Arai DEPAPEPE(arrange)
6.	"Kanashikute Yarikirenai" (Instrumental)		Kazuhiko Katō J.A.M(arrange)

CD + DVD (VTZL-16)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Down Town" (PV)

Charts

Chart	Peak position	Sales	Weeks on chart
Oricon Weekly Singles	5[4]	25,429	13[5]

References

1. "Tamayura Ad Streamed for New Anime by Aria Helmer Sato". Retrieved 2010-09-27.
2. http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Kiki%27s_Delivery_Service_%28scripts_and_lyrics%29
3. "Oricon profile". Retrieved 2010-10-27.
4. "One Piece, SoreMachi, Oreimo, Zakuro Singles in Top 10".
5. "DOWN TOWN/やさしさに包まれたなら(初回限定盤) | 坂本真綾 | ORICON NEWS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2018-10-07.

External links

• flyingDOG profile (in Japanese)