Watashi Iro/Bokura Style

Watashi Iro/Bokura Style (私色/僕らスタイル, My Color/Our Style) is the fifteenth single released by Japanese performer misono on November 25, 2009. It was released as both a standard CD and a CD+DVD, becoming her fifth consecutive double a-side. It charted low on Oricon at #34, remaining on the charts for four weeks.

"Watashi Iro / Bokura Style"
Single by misono
from the album Me
B-side"Gelaende ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai"
ReleasedNovember 25, 2009
Recorded2009
GenreJ-pop, pop/rock
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)misono
Misono singles chronology
"Urusei Yatsura no Theme: Lum no Love Song/Me"
(2009)		 "Watashi Iro / Bokura Style"
(2009)		 "...Suki xxx/0-ji Mae no Tsunderella"
(2010)

The single followed the trend of other avex artists by having one melody split into two songs, a trend that had been started by misono's older sister Koda Kumi in 2006 with the single Yume no Uta/Futari de... (Ayumi Hamasaki had released her single Sunrise/Sunset ~Love Is All~ three months before misono in August).

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Watashi Iro/Bokura Style is the fifteenth single released by Japanese pop/rock artist misono. It became her fifth consecutive double a-side, which began with her single Kazoku no Hi/Aburazemi Mesu, a trend she set for her upcoming studio album Me. The single failed to break into the top twenty on the Oricon Singles Charts, peaking at #34 and staying on the charts for four consecutive weeks.[1]

The single was released in two editions: a standard CD and a CD+DVD combo pack. The CD portions on both versions held the two a-sides, the coupling track "Gelände ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai" and the all three songs' corresponding instrumentals.[2] Despite being a double a-side, the DVD only housed the music video for "Bokura Style", omitting "Watashi Iro", the latter of which would be placed on the single's corresponding studio album, Me.[3] It also featured the television commercial for the single.[4]

For the a-sides, the melody was split into two different songs with slight different arrangements and different lyrics. This was a trend that began in 2006 with the release of Koda Kumi's single Yume no Uta/Futari de..., in which Kumi suggested the song be split due to having happy and sad elements.[5] "Watashi Iro" was an acoustic-based rock ballad, while "Bokura Style" was made into a fast-paced rock song. Throughout the year of 2009, several avex artists released similar concept songs, including Ayumi Hamasaki with Sunrise/Sunset ~Love is All~, which was released three months prior to Watashi Iro/Bokura Style.[6]

"Gelände ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai" is a cover of Kohmi Hirose's song of the same name, originally released in 1995 to critical success. misono collaborated with the Winter Queen for not only the cover of the song, but Kohmi also helped write, compose and perform both "Watashi Iro" and "Bokura Style" for the single.[7]

Track listing
CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Watashi Iro" (私色 / My Color)misonomisono • Kohmi Hirose • Shinjirou Inoue4:58
2."Bokura Style" (僕らスタイル / Our Style)Kohmi HiroseKohmi Hirose • Susumu Nishikawa4:20
3."Gelände ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai" (ゲレンデがとけるほど恋したい / I Want to Love You as Much as the Ski Slope Melts)Kohmi HiroseKohmi Hirose • Susumu Nishikawa5:10
4."Watashi Iro" (Instrumental) misono • Kohmi Hirose • Shinjirou Inoue4:58
5."Bokura Style" (Instrumental) Kohmi Hirose • Susumu Nishikawa4:20
6."Gelände ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai" (Instrumental) Kohmi Hirose • Susumu Nishikawa5:10
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Bokura Style" (Music Video)4:20
2."Watashi Iro/Bokura Style" (TV SPOT)0:15

Chart ranking (Japan)

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Date Title Peak position Weeks Sales
2009.11.25 Oricon Daily Charts 34
Oricon Weekly Charts 79 4 weeks 3,800

References
  1. "私色/僕らスタイル / misono / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  2. "Watashi Iro / Bokura Style (Japan Version)". YesAsia. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  3. "Me (ALBUM+DVD)(Japan Version)". YesAsia. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  4. "Watashi Iro / Bokura Style (SINGLE+DVD)(Japan Version)". YesAsia. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  5. "Koda Kumi writes two songs with one melody! Ballad filled with happiness and sadness". SANSPO. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  6. "Ayumi Hamasaki New Single! - Sunrise / Sunset -LOVE is ALL-". CD Japan Articles. July 23, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  7. "ナタリー - [広瀬香美] 冬の女王が贈るアルペンCMベスト". October 2, 2007. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
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