Tōi Machi no Doko ka de...

"Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..."
Single by Miho Nakayama
from the album Miho's Select
LanguageJapanese
English titleSomewhere in a Distant City...
B-side"Tell Me"
ReleasedNovember 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)
Recorded1991
Genre
Length5:57
LabelKing Records
Composer(s)Hideya Nakazaki
Lyricist(s)Mika Watanabe
Miho Nakayama singles chronology
"Rosa"
(1991) 		"Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..."
(1991) 		"Mellow"
(1992)

"Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." (遠い街のどこかで…, lit. "Somewhere in a Distant City...") is the 23rd single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written by Mika Watanabe and Hideya Nakazaki, the single was released on November 1, 1991, by King Records.[1][2][3]

Background and release

"Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." is a Christmas song used as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama series Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai... (逢いたい時にあなたはいない…, You Are Not When You Want to Meet...), which also starred Nakayama. Like the drama, the song is themed on long-distance relationships. As of 2019, it was used by USEN Corporation as one of the company's background songs during the Christmas season.

"Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." became Nakayama's sixth straight No. 3 on Oricon's weekly singles chart. It sold over 673,000 copies and was certified Platinum by the RIAJ, becoming her biggest-selling single until "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" a year later.[4][5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mika Watanabe

8cm CD single
No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." ((遠い街のどこかで…, "Somewhere in a Distant City..."))Hideya NakazakiNakazaki5:57
2."Tell Me"WatanabeYōichi Yamazaki5:02
3."Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." (Original Karaoke)  5:55

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1991) Peak

position

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[6] 3
Year-end charts
Chart (1991) Peak

position

Oricon Year-End Chart[6] 42
Chart (1992) Peak

position

Oricon Year-End Chart[6] 49

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[7] Platinum 400,000^

^ 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 / 遠い街のどこかで… [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "遠い街のどこかで… | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "遠い街のどこかで… | 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. ^ a b c 1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック (in Japanese). Tokyo: Oricon. 1997. ISBN 4871310418.
  7. ^ "Japanese single certifications – 中山 美穂 – 遠い街のどこかで…" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 11, 2021. Select 1991年11月 on the drop-down menu