Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue

"Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue"
"Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue"
Single by S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe
from the album River's Island
B-side	Ai o Maki Modoshite; (愛を巻き戻して)
Released	January 21, 1984
Genre	Album-oriented rock; city pop;
Length	4:52
Label	VAP
Composer(s)	Tetsuji Hayashi
Lyricist(s)	Chinfa Kan
Producer(s)	Koichi Fujita
S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe singles chronology

"Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue" (Japanese: 君のハートはマリンブルー, Hepburn: Kimi no Hāto wa Marinburū) is a single by Japanese band S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe released by VAP on January 21, 1984. Produced by Koichi Fujita and written by Tetsuji Hayashi and Chinfa Kan, the song helped the band be "properly recognized as [a band]" after the poor sales of the band's previous single, "Asphalt Lady".^[1] It peaked at 12th place on the Oricon Singles Chart.^[2]

Background

After the poor sales of the band's previous single, "Asphalt Lady", the production team refocused their efforts on better compositions for future songs including "Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue". Fujita composed a "sorrowful sound" as well as leaning into the image of the sea that was present in their debut single, "Summer Suspicion".^[3]

While recording, Fujita made vocalist Kiyotaka Sugiyama do multiple takes and gave detailed criticisms for every vocal take, telling Sugiyama to "paint a picture" in his head and "be the hero of the story" while singing.^[4]

Commercial performance

The single peaked at 12th place on the Oricon Singles Chart and was ranked at 45th place on Oricon's year-end chart.^[2] Although never entering the top 10 on the Oricon charts, the song was featured on the shows The Top Ten (ザ・トップテン) and The Best Ten (ザ・ベストテン); it peaked at 14th place on The Best Ten before going down to 39th place in the second half of 1984 while it reached 7th place on The Top Ten.^[5] Spending 23 weeks on the Oricon charts, the single helped the band's sophomore album, River's Island, double its sales from the previous album, Aqua City.

Performances and other usage

The song was used as the theme song for the TBS show Toshigoro Kazoku (年ごろ家族), starring Ken Utsui and running from January 10, 1984, to March 27, 1984.^[1] The song made its debut on the Fuji TV show Yoru no Hit Studio (夜のヒットスタジオ) on April 9, 1984. The song is one of Sugiyama's most self-covered songs during live performances after becoming a solo artist.^[4]

Track listing

Single
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue (君のハートはマリンブルー)"	Chinfa Kan	Tetsuji Hayashi	Hayashi	4:52
2.	"Ai o Maki Modoshite (愛を巻き戻して)"	Yasushi Akimoto	Kiyotaka Sugiyama	Ken Shiguma	4:10

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Oricon Singles Chart^[2]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Oricon	45

References

^ ^a ^b "林哲司さんインタビュー". Nippon TV (in Japanese). p. 3.
^ ^a ^b ^c "杉山清貴&オメガトライブのランキング情報". Oricon (in Japanese).
^ "世界が求めた日本の哀愁". Nikkei (in Japanese). August 1, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "杉山清貴「『君のハートはマリンブルー』レコーディングは何度もダメ出し」". Smart Flash (in Japanese). August 29, 2016.
^ Suzuki, Susie (February 2017). 1984年の歌謡曲. East Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-4-7816-5080-7.

[ntmv-1] "林哲司さんインタビュー". Nippon TV (in Japanese). p. 3.

[rank-2] "杉山清貴&オメガトライブのランキング情報". Oricon (in Japanese).

[3] "世界が求めた日本の哀愁". Nikkei (in Japanese). August 1, 2023.

[smart-4] "杉山清貴「『君のハートはマリンブルー』レコーディングは何度もダメ出し」". Smart Flash (in Japanese). August 29, 2016.

[5] Suzuki, Susie (February 2017). 1984年の歌謡曲. East Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-4-7816-5080-7.

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