Tane no Uta

Tane no Uta
Artist	Strawberry Flower
Native title	種のうた
Single #	3
Released on	May 19th, 2004
Genre	J-Pop
Length	2:00
Awards	Oricon Top 200 Weekly Peak: #28 RIAJ Certification: Double Platinum
Sales	15,389 copies
Strawberry Flower single chronology
Previous	Pikmin Dance
Next	None

Like Ai no Uta, Tane no Uta (種のうた^?, lit.: "Song of Seed") was used in the Japanese advertisements, specifically those for Pikmin 2. The song can also be partially heard in some games. Oddly enough, the CD of Tane no Uta comes with CD Extra capabilities. There is actually a TV commercial present on the disc when booted on a computer.

In games

• New Play Control! Pikmin 2: The Japanese version has an exclusive attract mode cutscene where the track plays. It is not present in the Switch release.
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl: It is one of the unlockable tracks for Distant Planet.

The back cover.

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English Translation
赤あかピクミンは火ひに強つよい	Aka pikumin wa hi ni tsuyoi	The Red Pikmin are fire resistant
青あおピクミンは溺おぼれない	Ao pikumin wa oborenai	The Blue Pikmin don't drown
黄きピクミンは高たかく飛とぶ	Ki pikumin wa takaku tobu	The Yellow Pikmin fly high
紫むらさきピクミン力ちから持もち	Murasaki pikumin chikara mochi	The Purple Pikmin have strength
白しろピクミンには… 毒どくがある	Shiro pikumin ni wa... Doku ga aru	The White Pikmin is... poisonous
個性こせいがイロイロ生いきているよ	Kosei ga iroiro ikite iru yo	There are lots of different types of personalities
頭あたまのてっぺん芽めを出だして	Atama no teppen me wo dashite	A sprout emerges from the top of their heads
その芽めが葉はっぱに育そだったら	Sono me ga happa ni sodattara	Once that sprout grows into a leaf
その葉ははつぼみにちぢこまり	Sono ha wa tsubomi ni chidjikomari	That leaf curls up into a bud,
そのつぼみから花はな咲さいた	Sono tsubomi kara hana saita	and a flower blooms from that bud
みんな集あつまってきれいでしょ	Minna atsumatte kirei desho	Everyone comes together, aren't they beautiful?
個性こせいはイロイロ咲さかせましょう	Kosei wa iroiro sakasemashou	Let's bloom many types of personalities
赤あかい夕陽ゆうひが燃もえている	Akai yūhi ga moete iru	The red evening sun is burning
青あおい海うみから顔かお出だして	Aoi umi kara kao dashite	Poking their faces out from the blue ocean
黄色きいろい星ほしが生うまれたら	Kiiroi hoshi ga umaretara	Once a yellow star is born
紫色むらさきいろの夜明よあけから	Murasaki iro no yoake kara	From the purple dawn
白しろい一日いちにちが始はじまるよ	Shiroi ichinichi ga hajimeru yo	A white day begins
個性こせいがイロイロうつくしいね	Kosei ga iroiro utsukushii ne	The many different personalities are beautiful, right?

Trivia

• In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Viridi's explanation of each Pikmin in Palutena's Guidance lists the Pikmin in the same order as in Tane no Uta. This may be a deliberate reference since Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Smash Taunt conversation involving the Pikmin references Ai no Uta.