AS FOR ONE DAY is the 18th single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released April 23, 2003. It sold a total of 129,893 copies. This single also marked the graduation of second generation member Yasuda Kei. This was the last single to hit #1 until 2006's Aruiteru. "AS FOR ONE DAY" ranked as the #75 single for 2003. The single V was released on April 23, 2003 and sold a total of 40,543 copies.
Tracklist
AS FOR ONE DAY (MV)
- AS FOR ONE DAY
- Never Forget (Rock Ver.) - Yasuda Kei
- AS FOR ONE DAY (Instrumental)
Single V
- AS FOR ONE DAY
- Making Of
- Member Comments (メンバーコメント)
Promoting Single
Featured Members
- 1st gen: Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi
- 2nd gen: Yasuda Kei (Last single), Yaguchi Mari
- 4th gen: Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, Kago Ai
- 5th gen: Takahashi Ai, Konno Asami, Ogawa Makoto, Niigaki Risa
Single Information
- AS FOR ONE DAY
- Lyrics & Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement, Programming, & Guitar: Suzuki "Daichi" Hideyuki
- Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
- Flute: Inoue Shinpei
- Chorus: Tsunku, Morning Musume
- Dance Choreography: Natsu Mayumi
- Music Video: Takeishi Wataru
- Never Forget (Rock ver.)
- Lyrics & Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement: Konishi Takao, Sakai Mikio
- Programming: Sakai Mikio
- Guitars: Sakai Mikio, Kouguchi Shuuji
- Drums: Kawamura "Kasuke" Noriyasu
- Bass: Soh Hideharu
- Organs: Uesuji Hiroshi
TV performances
- [2003.03.28] Music Station
- [2003.04.18] Music Station
- [2003.04.24] Utaban
- [2003.04.26] Pop Jam
Concert Performances
- As For One Day
- Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2003 Haru "NON STOP!"
- Hello! Project 2003 Natsu ~Yossha! Bikkuri Summer!!~
- Morning Musume Sakura Gumi Hatsu Kouen ~Sakura Saku~ - Morning Musume Sakura Gumi
- Morning Musume CONCERT TOUR 2004 Haru The BEST of Japan
- Morning Musume Concert Tour "The BEST of Japan Natsu ~ Aki '04"
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki "Baribari Kyoushitsu ~Koharu-chan Irasshai!~"
- Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshuu!!~
- Morning Musume '15 Concert Tour Aki ~PRISM~ - Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Kudo Haruka (as a rotating solo performance)
- Never Forget ~Rock Version~
Oricon Chart Positions
- Daily & Weekly Rankings
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 84,251 |
| 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 23,982 |
| 11 | 10 | 18 | - | 20 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 10,585 |
| 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 4,357 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 102 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 166 | 608 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 178 | 626 |
- Yearly Ranking
| Year | Year Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 75 | 129,893 |
Total Reported Sales: 129,893
Trivia
- This is the eighth Morning Musume single with an English name.
- This is the last single in which all members are all born in Showa Period.
- 2nd generation member Yasuda Kei gives a comment about the single on YouTube.
- "Never Forget (Rock Ver.)" is a solo song by Yasuda Kei for her graduation. It is a cover of the original song by Fukuda Asuka on the Memory Seishun no Hikari single.
- This was Morning Musume's lowest selling single until Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT.
- This is their last weekly #1 until Aruiteru in 2006.
External Links
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Single V: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS
- Wikipedia: Japanese, English
- Lyrics: AS FOR ONE DAY, Never Forget