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Ai no Uta
Artist	Strawberry Flower
Native title	愛のうた ~ ピクミンCMソング - Single
A side	Ai no Uta (愛のうた)
B side	Namida Ga Afureta (涙があふれた)
Single #	1
Released on	December 6th, 2001
Genre	J-pop
Format	CD Single
Length	9:59
Label	Toshiba EMI
Awards	RIAJ Certification: Double Platinum; Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #10
Sales	632,350 copies
Strawberry Flower Single chronology
Previous	None
Next	Pikmin Dance

Latest revision as of 20:12, August 25, 2024

Ai no Uta ~ Pikmin CM Song - Single (愛のうた ~ ピクミンCMソング - Single^?, lit.: "Song of Love") is a single by a Japanese image group called Strawberry Flower. This is their debut single whose A side, Ai no Uta, was featured in Japanese commercials for Pikmin, and is used in some games. Unexpectedly, the single actually outsold the game itself.^[1]^[2] The single reached a peak of #2 on the Oricon Top 200 weekly single rankings, and has appeared 18 times on the chart since its release. ^[3] About three months after Ai no Uta was released, the group continued with another single, Pikmin Dance, featuring three dance versions of their 2001 song, Ai no Uta. The CD comes with a disc, and a lyric book, containing exclusive artwork and lyrics for both Ai no Uta and Namida Ga Afureta.

The title of the A side translates to Song of Love, so-named because the song expounds on the emotions the Pikmin feel in relation to their involvement in the game, and also their devotion to their given task of helping the game's protagonist, Captain Olimar. The B side is Namida Ga Afureta, and the third track is an instrumental version of Ai no Uta.

A French version of the song, titled Vos Meilleurs Amis, exists for France commercials for Pikmin^[4] and was also given a single, released on June 3, 2002^[5].

Ai no Uta extract

In games[edit]

Pikmin 2: This song can be sung by the Pikmin when 20 of each of the 5 types of Pikmin are in the player's group. While this is kept in New Play Control! Pikmin 2, it is removed in the Switch release.
New Play Control! Pikmin: The Japanese version has an exclusive attract mode cutscene where this song plays. This was removed in the Switch release^[6].
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: This song is one of the default tracks available in the Distant Planet stage. The French version also appears as an unlockable track, though it's only a portion of the full song. In addition, in the codec conversation for Olimar, Mei Ling quotes part of the song's lyrics.

Lyrics[edit]

Hiragana[edit]

ひっこぬかれて、あなただけについてゆく。
きょうもはこぶ、たたかう、ふえる, そしてたべられる。
ほったかされて、またあってなげられて。
でもわたしたちあなたにしたがいつくします。

そろそろあそんじゃおうかな。
そっとでかけてみようかなあんて。
ああ。。。ああ。。。あのそらに。。。
こいとか、しながら。

いろんないのちがいきているこのほしで,
きょうもはこぶ、たたかう、ふえる、そしてたべられる。
ひっこぬかれて、あつまって、とばされて。
でもわたしたちあいしてくれとはいわないよ。

そろそろあそんじゃおうかな。
もっとがんばってみようかなあんて。
ああ。。。ああ。。。あのそらに。。。
こいとか、しながら。

ちからあわせて、たたかって、たべられて、
でもわたしたちあなたにしたがいつくします。
たちむかって、だまって、ついてって、
でもわたしたちあいしてくれとはいわないよ。

Romaji[edit]

Hikkonukarete, anata dake ni tsuite yuku.
Kyou mo hakobu, tatakau, fueru, soshite taberareru.
Hottakasarete, mata atte nagerarete.
Demo watashitachi anata ni shitagaitsukushimasu.

Sorosoro asonjaou ka na.
Sotto dekakete miyou ka naante.
Aa... aa... ano sora ni...
Koi toka, shinagara.

Ironna inochi ga ikite iru kono hoshi de,
Kyou mo hakobu, tatakau, fueru, soshite taberareru.
Hikkonukarete, atsumatte, tobasarete.
Demo watashitachi ai shite kure to wa iwanai yo.

Sorosoro asonjaou ka na.
Motto ganbatte miyou ka naante.
Aa... aa... ano sora ni...
Koi toka, shinagara.

Chikara awasete, tatakatte, taberarete,
Demo watashitachi anata ni shitagaitsukushimasu.
Tachimukatte, damatte, tsuitette,
Demo watashitachi ai shite kure to wa iwanai yo.

Translation[edit]

Pulled out again, we'll follow you alone.
Today once again we'll carry, fight, multiply and be consumed.
Left alone again, we'll meet again and be thrown around again.
But we'll follow you forever.

I guess it's time to play.
Maybe we'll go out quietly.
Ah... ah... falling in love...
Under that sky.

On this planet, where so many life forms live,
Today once again we'll carry, fight, multiply and then be consumed.
Uprooted, we'll gather, and be thrown.
But we won't ask you to love us.

I guess it's time to play.
Maybe we'll try harder.
Ah... ah... falling in love...
Under that sky.

We'll work together, fight, and be consumed,
But we'll follow you forever.
We'll fight, be silent, and follow you,
But we won't ask you to love us.

French version[edit]

Nous sommes les Pikmin, venus pour vous aider, vos nouveaux amis
On se multiplie et remplis d'énergie nous combattons vos ennemis.
Présents nous répondons, un appel de vous et nous accourons
À vos ordres prêt à obéir, nous sommes les Pikmin pour vous servir...

Sur notre petite étoile étrange...
Peuplée de milliers de créatures souvent hostiles
Ah ah, ah ah ah...
Nous sommes toujours là.
Nous veillerons sur vous comme des anges.

Nous sommes les Pikmin, même si on est mangés on peut ressusciter
On est bien plus forts sur les chemins quand on est unis main dans la main.
Le temps ne compte plus sur cette planète jusqu'alors inconnue
Ensemble on va s'amuser et nous sommes les Pikmin pour vous aider.

Sur notre petite étoile étrange...
Peuplée de milliers de créatures souvent hostiles
Ah ah, ah ah ah...
Nous sommes toujours là.
Nous veillerons sur vous comme des anges.

Nous sommes les Pikmin, venus pour vous aider, vos nouveaux amis
On se multiplie et remplis d'énergie nous combattons vos ennemis.
Présents nous répondons, un appel de vous et nous accourons
À vos ordres prêt à obéir, nous sommes les Pikmin pour vous servir.

French version translation[edit]

We are the Pikmin, we came to help you, (we are) your new friends.
We multiply and full of energy we fight against your enemies.
In a roll-call we answer, a call of yours and we come running
At your command we are ready to obey, we are the Pikmin at your service.

On our strange little star
Inhabited by thousands of creatures, often hostile.
Ah... ah... We are always here.
We are watching over you like angels.

We are the Pikmin, even if we are eaten, we can rise from the dead
We are stronger on the path when we're joined hand in hand.
Time doesn't count on this planet, unknown until now
Together we're going to have fun, and we are the Pikmin to help you.

On our strange little star
Inhabited by thousands of creatures, often hostile.
Ah... ah... We are always here.
We are watching over you like angels.

We are the Pikmin, we came to help you, (we are) your new friends.
We multiply and full of energy we fight against your enemies.
In a roll-call we answer, a call of yours and we come running
At your command we are ready to obey, we are the Pikmin at your service.

Trivia[edit]

An official music video of Ai no Uta was shot on September 26^th, 2001.^[7]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

^ Ai no Uta's total copies sold in Japan on Nendai Ryuukou
^ Pikmin's total copies sold in Japan on Japan Game Charts
^ {{{2}}} on {{{3}}}
^ French Pikmin (GC) commercial
^ Vos Meilleurs Amis - Song of Love
^ Pikmin 1 + 2 game page on the Nintendo Australian website, retrieved on November 9^th, 2023
^ Unofficial YouTube upload of Ai no Uta's music video, published Febuary 4^th, 2024, retrieved Febuary 4^th, 2024

[1] Ai no Uta's total copies sold in Japan on Nendai Ryuukou

[2] Pikmin's total copies sold in Japan on Japan Game Charts

[3] {{{2}}} on {{{3}}}

[4] French Pikmin (GC) commercial

[5] Vos Meilleurs Amis - Song of Love

[6] Pikmin 1 + 2 game page on the Nintendo Australian website, retrieved on November 9^th, 2023

[7] Unofficial YouTube upload of Ai no Uta's music video, published Febuary 4^th, 2024, retrieved Febuary 4^th, 2024

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-'''Ai no Uta ~ Pikmin CM Song - Single''' ({{j|愛のうた ~ ピクミンCMソング - Single|Ai no Uta ~ Pikumin CM Songu - Shinguru|Song of Love}}) is a single by a Japanese image group called [[Strawberry Flower]]. This is their debut single whose A side, ''Ai no Uta'', was featured in Japanese commercials for {{p1}}, and can be [[Easter egg|sung]] by the Pikmin in {{p2}} when 20 of each of the 5 types of [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] are in the player's group. This CD single remained in the top ten for several weeks. Unexpectedly, the single actually outsold the game itself.{{cite web|https://nendai-ryuukou.com/2000/song/063|Ai no Uta's total copies sold in Japan|Nendai Ryuukou}}{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20080409074438/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/gc.php|Pikmin's total copies sold in Japan|Japan Game Charts}} About three months after ''Ai no Uta'' was released, the group continued with another single, ''Pikmin Dance'', featuring three dance versions of their 2001 song, ''Ai no Uta''. The CD comes with a disc, and a lyric book, containing exclusive artwork and lyrics for both ''Ai no Uta'' and ''[[Namida Ga Afureta]]''.
+'''''Ai no Uta'' ~ Pikmin CM Song - Single''' ({{j|愛のうた ~ ピクミンCMソング - Single|Ai no Uta ~ Pikumin CM Songu - Shinguru|Song of Love}}) is a single by a Japanese image group called [[Strawberry Flower]]. This is their debut single whose A side, ''Ai no Uta'', was featured in Japanese commercials for {{p1}}, and is used in some games. Unexpectedly, the single actually outsold the game itself.{{cite web|https://nendai-ryuukou.com/2000/song/063|Ai no Uta's total copies sold in Japan|Nendai Ryuukou}}{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20080409074438/http://www.japan-gamecharts.com/gc.php|Pikmin's total copies sold in Japan|Japan Game Charts}} The single reached a peak of #2 on the Oricon Top 200 weekly single rankings, and has appeared 18 times on the chart since its release. {{Cite web|https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/288453/products/465299/1/}} About three months after ''Ai no Uta'' was released, the group continued with another single, ''Pikmin Dance'', featuring three dance versions of their 2001 song, ''Ai no Uta''. The CD comes with a disc, and a lyric book, containing exclusive artwork and lyrics for both ''Ai no Uta'' and ''[[Namida Ga Afureta]]''.
-The title of the A side translates to ''Song of Love'', so-named because the song expounds on the emotions the Pikmin feel in relation to their involvement in the game, and also their devotion to their given task of helping the game's protagonist, [[Captain Olimar]]. The B side, ''[[Namida Ga Afureta]]'', translates to ''The Tears Overflowed'', and is phrased more from Olimar's perspective of the Pikmin as well as how he feels about them &ndash; which in turn seems difficult for him to express. In this song, the sorrowful space captain deeply regrets never telling the Pikmin that he loved them before departing back to his home planet of [[Hocotate]]. The third track is an instrumental version of ''Ai no Uta''.
+The title of the A side translates to ''Song of Love'', so-named because the song expounds on the emotions the Pikmin feel in relation to their involvement in the game, and also their devotion to their given task of helping the game's protagonist, [[Captain Olimar]]. The B side is ''[[Namida Ga Afureta]]'', and the third track is an instrumental version of ''Ai no Uta''.
-''Ai no Uta'' is also a music track available in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', played in the [[Distant Planet]] stage, along with a French version. The French version present in ''Brawl'' is incomplete, though a full version does exist.
+A French version of the song, titled '''Vos Meilleurs Amis''', exists for France commercials for {{p1}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeB4lYpU8H4 French Pikmin (GC) commercial]</ref> and was also given a single, released on June 3, 2002<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/10338253-Sonia-Lisboa-David-Videria-Juliette-Katz-Vos-Meilleurs-Amis-Song-Of-Love Vos Meilleurs Amis - Song of Love]</ref>.
 {{listen|filename=Ai No Uta.ogg|title=''Ai no Uta'' extract}}
 __TOC__
+== In games ==
+* '''{{p2}}''': This song can be [[Easter egg|sung]] by the Pikmin when 20 of each of the 5 types of [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] are in the player's group. While this is kept in {{npcp2}}, it is removed in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Switch release]].
+* '''{{npcp1}}''': The Japanese version has an exclusive [[attract mode]] cutscene where this song plays. This was removed in [[Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch)|the Switch release]]{{cite web|https://www.nintendo.com.au/games/nintendo-switch/pikmin-1-2|''Pikmin 1 + 2'' game page|the Nintendo Australian website|retrieved={{date|9|November|2023}}}}.
+* '''{{ssbb}}''': This song is one of the default tracks available in the [[Distant Planet]] stage. The French version also appears as an unlockable track, though it's only a portion of the full song. In addition, in the [[smashwiki:Codec Conversations|codec conversation]] for Olimar, Mei Ling quotes part of the song's lyrics.
 {{clear}}
-==Ai no Uta lyrics==
-===Hiragana===
+== Lyrics ==
+=== Hiragana ===
 <center><poem>ひっこぬかれて、 あなた だけ に ついて ゆく。
 きょう も はこぶ、 たたかう、 ふえる, そして たべられる。
@@ Line 58: / Line 64: @@
 でも わたしたち あい して くれ と は いわない よ。</poem></center>
-===Romaji===
+=== Romaji ===
 <center><poem><i>Hikkonukarete, anata dake ni tsuite yuku.
 Kyou mo hakobu, tatakau, fueru, soshite taberareru.
@@ Line 84: / Line 90: @@
 Demo watashitachi ai shite kure to wa iwanai yo.</i></poem></center>
-===Translation===
+=== Translation ===
 <center><poem><i>Pulled out again, we'll follow you alone.
 Today once again we'll carry, fight, multiply and be consumed.
@@ Line 110: / Line 116: @@
 But we won't ask you to love us.</i></poem></center>
-===French version===
+=== French version ===
 <center><poem><i>Nous sommes les Pikmin, venus pour vous aider, vos nouveaux amis
 On se multiplie et remplis d'énergie nous combattons vos ennemis.
 Présents nous répondons, un appel de vous et nous accourons
-À vos ordres on est prêt à obéir, nous sommes les Pikmin pour vous servir...
+À vos ordres prêt à obéir, nous sommes les Pikmin pour vous servir...
 Sur notre petite étoile étrange...
@@ Line 136: / Line 142: @@
 On se multiplie et remplis d'énergie nous combattons vos ennemis.
 Présents nous répondons, un appel de vous et nous accourons
-À vos ordres on est prêt à obéir, nous sommes les Pikmin pour vous servir.
+À vos ordres prêt à obéir, nous sommes les Pikmin pour vous servir.
 </i></poem></center>
-===French version translation===
+=== French version translation ===
 <center><poem><i> We are the Pikmin, we came to help you, (we are) your new friends.
 We multiply and full of energy we fight against your enemies.
@@ Line 165: / Line 171: @@
 At your command we are ready to obey, we are the Pikmin at your service.</i></poem></center>
-==Namida Ga Afureta lyrics==
+== Trivia ==
-{{todo|The Hiragana version of the second line of the chorus is misspelled. It is unknown whether this is an error from Nintendo's official lyrics, or from an editor. We should double-check this before trying to fix it.}}
+* An official music video of ''Ai no Uta'' was shot on {{date|26|September|2001}}.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqfxgnaDc4s Unofficial YouTube upload of Ai no Uta's music video], published {{date|4|Febuary|2024}}, retrieved {{date|4|Febuary|2024}}</ref>
-===Hiragana===
-<center><poem>
-なみだ が あふれた<br>なみだ が あふれた
-きみ の こと<br>すき と いえず に<br>ごめん
-よぞら が にじんだ<br>よぞら が にじんだ
-きみ の こと<br>すき と いえず に<br>ごめん
-むずかしい ことば なら かんがえ つく けど<br>たやすい ことば な の ほう が いえない て おもう
-ためいき を ついた<br>ためいき を ついた
-きみ の こと<br>すき と いえず に<br>ごめん
-ほしくず が おちた<br>ほしくず が おちた
-きみ の こと<br>すき と いえず に<br>ごめん
-むずかしい ことば なら かんがえ つく けど<br>たやすい ことば な の ほう が いえない て おもう
-なみだ が あふれた<br>なみだ が あふれた<br>なみだ が あふれた<br>なみだ が あふれた
-こんな こと も いえない で<br>ごめん
-</poem></center>
-===Romaji===
-<center><poem><i>
-Namida ga afureta
-Namida ga afureta
-Kimi no koto suki to iezu ni
-Gomen
-Yozora ga nijinda
-Yozora ga nijinda
-Kimi no koto suki to iezu ni
-Gomen
-Muzukashii kotoba nara kangae tsuku kedo
-Tayasui kotoba no hou ga ienai tte omou
-Tameiki wo tsuita
-Tameiki wo tsuita
-Kimi no koto suki to iezu ni
-Gomen
-Hoshikuzu ga ochita
-Hoshikuzu ga ochita
-Kimi no koto suki to iezu ni
-Gomen
-Muzukashii kotoba nara kangae tsuku kedo
-Tayasui kotoba no hou ga ienai tte omou
-Namida ga afureta
-Namida ga afureta
-Namida ga afureta
-Namida ga afureta
-Konna koto mo ienai de
-Gomen
-</i></poem></center>
-===Translation===
-<center>
-<poem><i>The tears overflowed
-The tears overflowed
-And I didn't say that I loved you
-I'm sorry
-The starry sky blurred
-The starry sky blurred
-And I didn't say that I loved you
-I'm sorry
-I can come up with complex words
-But I don't think that I can even say simple ones
-I let out a sigh
-I let out a sigh
-And I didn't say that I loved you
-I'm sorry
-Stardust fell
-Stardust fell
-And I didn't say that I loved you
-I'm sorry
-I can come up with complex words
-But I don't think that I can even say simple ones
-The tears overflowed
-The tears overflowed
-The tears overflowed
-The tears overflowed
-I'm sorry for
-Not saying something like this</i></poem>
-</center>
-==Trivia==
-*An official music video of Ai no Uta was shot on {{date|26|September|2001}}.<ref>[https://youtu.be/RB9MPGYA46E ストロベリー・フラワー 愛のうた]</ref>{{source needed}}
-==See also==
+== See also ==
-* [[Tane no Uta]]
+* ''[[Tane no Uta]]''
-==External links==
+== External links ==
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ9o9k7s3OM The Full french version of Ai no Uta (Vos Meilleurs Amis), on YouTube]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GsN836YwA The ''Super Smash Bros.'' french version of Ai no Uta, on YouTube]
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{refs}}
-[[Category:Music]]
+{{music}}

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In games[edit]

Lyrics[edit]

Hiragana[edit]

Romaji[edit]

Translation[edit]

French version[edit]

French version translation[edit]

Trivia[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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Ai no Uta: Difference between revisions

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In games[edit]

Lyrics[edit]

Hiragana[edit]

Romaji[edit]

Translation[edit]

French version[edit]

French version translation[edit]

Trivia[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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