Sing! Aiko

"Sing! Aiko" (歌え！Aiko, Utae! Aiko) is a radio segment in Aiko's radio program Aiko's @llnightnippon.com, which aired from 1999 until 2003. When musical guests were invited to the program, Aiko would play the piano and cover the guests'—or others'—songs; sometimes, she sang her own songs with her guests. Rarely, Aiko would improvise a short song with a guest.

Performed songs

Unless indicated, all songs are covered by Aiko.

1999

Ami Suzuki (1999), "Our Days".
SMAP (1999), "Fly".
T.M.Revolution (1998), "Thunderbird".
Porno Graffitti (1999), "Apollo" (アポロ).
B'z (1992), "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" (A Christmas Day in Memories) in Friends.
Original words by Josef Mohr, music by Franz Gruber (1818), "Silent Night", first performed in Austria. Sung the English version.
Taiyō to Ciscomoon (1999), "Marui Taiyō" (丸い太陽, A Round Sun).
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". Sung with Yuzu and Taiyō to Ciscomoon.

2000

Yuzu (1999), "Itsuka" (いつか, Someday).
Hana*hana (1999), "Ah, Yokatta" (あ～よかった, Ah, I Feel Fine). Sung with Hana*hana.
Mr.Children (1996), "Hana" (花, Flowers).
Masaharu Fukuyama (1999), "Squall".
Yen Town Band (1996), "Swallowtail Butterfly".
Spitz (1996), "Cherry" (チェリー).
L'Arc-en-Ciel (1999), "Pieces".
Yumi Matsutoya (1994), "Haru yo, Koi" (春よ、来い, Come on! Spring).
Masayoshi Yamazaki (1997), "One More Time, One More Chance.
Kinki Kids (2000), "Suki ni Natteku, Aishiteku (好きになってく愛してく, More Like, More Love). Sung with Tsuyoshi Domoto.
Kiroro (1999), "Suki na Hito" (好きな人, My Love). Sung with Kiroro.
Iruka (1990), "Nagori Yuki" (なごり雪, Farewell Snow). Sung with Kiroro.
Aiko's "Kabutomushi" (1999). Sung with Yuzu.
Stevie Wonder (1996), "Isn't She Lovely?". Sung with Isa.
SMAP (1998), "Yozora no Mukō" (夜空ノムコウ, Over the Night Sky). Sung with Yuka Kawamura.
Akiko Kosaka (1988), "Anata" (あなた, You).
Aiko & Spitz (2000). An impromptu song.
Luna Sea (1998), "I for You". Sung with Luna Sea.
The Love (1997), "Himawari Kanransha" (ひまわりの観覧車, A Sunflower-made Ferris Wheel). Sung with The Love.
Aiko & Silva (2000), "Nuru Radio (ぬるラジオ, A Sloppy Radio Program). An impromptu song.
Nana Kinomi and Hiroshi Itsuki (1991), "Izakaya" (居酒屋, Pub). Sung with Masaharu Fukuyama.
SMAP (2000), "Lion Heart" (らいおんハート).

2001

Aiko & Porno Graffiti (2001), "Yume no Onna" (夢の女ポルノ, Dream Girl). An impromptu song.
Aiko & Tsuyoshi Domoto (2001), "Nijū Isseki no Yabo" (21世紀の野望, An Ambition in the 21st Century). An impromptu song.
Yūzō Kayama (1988), "Kimi to Itsumademo" (君といつまでも, Forever With You). Sung with Fureai.
Aiko & Gackt (2001), "Haru no Hagu, Chutchu" (春のハグチュッチュ, Hugging and Kissing During the Spring). An impromptu song.
Carole King (1999), "So Far Away" in Tapestry. Sung with The Gospellers.
Kirinji (2001), "Ame wa Mofu no Yō ni" (雨は毛布のように, Rain as a Blanket). Sung with Kirinji.
Aiko & Chemistry (2001), "Aki no Hamokemi" (An Autumnal Harmony) with Chemistry. An impromptu song.
Southern All Stars (1988), "Sha la la" (シャ・ラ・ラ). Sung with Yuzu.
Aiko (2001), "Pikmin Single: Nurucom Version" (ピクミンジングル～ヌルコムバージョン). Parody of Strawberry Flower (2001), "Ai no Uta: Pikmin no Theme" (愛のうた～ピクミンのテーマ, Love Song: Theme of Pikmin).
Sadistic Mika Band (1974), "Time Machine ni Onegai" (タイムマシンにおねがい, May I Ask a Favor, Time Machine).

2002

Miyuki Nakajima (1988), "Jidai" (時代, Period). Sung with Kobukuro.
Aiko & The Brilliant Green (2002), "Asoko no Dontsuki" (あそこのどんつき, At the End of the Street Over There). An impromptu song.
Kome Kome Club (1992), "Kimi ga Iru Dake-de (君がいるだけで, Only Stays With You). Sung with Reo Tsuchiya.
Every Little Thing (2001), "Fragile". Sung with Kaori Mochida.

2003

Shikao Suga (2001), "Saka no Tochū" (坂の途中, On My Way to the Top of the Slope) in Sugarless. Sung with Shikao Suga.

External links

ゲスト／歌え！aiko – ヌルコムアーカイブス
aikoのジングル大作戦 – the words of impromptu songs by aiko and her guests