Aishiterutte Iwanai!

"Aishiterutte Iwanai!"
Single by Miho Nakayama
from the album Collection II
LanguageJapanese
English titleI Don't Love You!
B-side"Without You"
ReleasedOctober 22, 1990 (1990-10-22)
Recorded1990
GenreJ-pop
LabelKing Records
Composer(s)Hitoshi Haba
Lyricist(s)Yoshihiko Andō
Miho Nakayama singles chronology
"Megamitachi no Bōken"
(1990) 		"Aishiterutte Iwanai!"
(1990) 		"Kore kara no I Love You"
(1991)

"Aishiterutte Iwanai!" (愛してるっていわない!, lit. "I Don't Love You!") is the 20th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written by Yoshihiko Andō and Hitoshi Haba, the single was released on October 22, 1990, by King Records.[1][2][3]

Background and release

"Aishiterutte Iwanai!" was used as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama series Suteki na Kataomoi (すてきな片想い, A Nice Unrequited Love), which also starred Nakayama. The B-side is "Without You", a Christmas song written by Nakayama (under her pseudonym "Mizuho Kitayama") for a Citizen Watch commercial she starred in.

"Aishiterutte Iwanai!" became Nakayama's third straight No. 3 on Oricon's weekly singles chart. It sold over 361,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.[4][5]

Nakayama performed the song on the 41st Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1990.[6]

Track listing

8cm CD single
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Aishiterutte Iwanai!" ((愛してるっていわない!, "I Don't Love You!"))Yoshihiko AndōHitoshi HabaNobuhiko Kashiwara 
2."Without You"Mizuho KitayamaKazuo ŌtaniŌtani 

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[7] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Oricon Year-End Chart[7] 61
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Oricon Year-End Chart[7] 85

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[8] Gold 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. December 28, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "中山美穂 / 愛してるっていわない! [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "愛してるっていわない! | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "愛してるっていわない! | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "中山美穂(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "41st Kōhaku Uta Gassen History". NHK. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. ISBN 4871310418.
  8. ^ "Japanese single certifications – 中山 美穂 – 愛してるっていわない!" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 11, 2021. Select 1990年12月 on the drop-down menu