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is the seventh single released by Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter Kana Nishino. It was released on October 21, 2009, by her record label SME Records as the lead single to her sophomore album To Love. The title track was used as a commercial song for Recochoku and the Nippon TV dorama Detective M's theme song. It was written by Nishino, while production was handled by Giorgio Cancemi. Musically, the song is an R&B pop ballad that lyrically speaks on the bittersweet feelings of love that come with youth.

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single
Genre
J-pop
Followed by
Dear.../Maybe
Performer
Kana Nishino
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publication date
2009-10-21
single taken from the album or EP
To Love

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is the seventh single released by Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter Kana Nishino. It was released on October 21, 2009, by her record label SME Records as the lead single to her sophomore album To Love. The title track was used as a commercial song for Recochoku and the Nippon TV dorama Detective M's theme song. It was written by Nishino, while production was handled by Giorgio Cancemi. Musically, the song is an R&B pop ballad that lyrically speaks on the bittersweet feelings of love that come with youth.

Upon its release, the track garnered warm reviews from music critics, who praised Nishino's songwriting, along with the song's composition. "Motto..." achieved success in Japan, peaking at number one on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart and number six on the Oricon Singles Chart. The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has certified the track triple platinum for ringtone downloads of over 750,000, as well as million for full song downloads of over one million. An accompanying music video for "Motto..." was shot by Nobu Sueyoshi in Zushi Marina. For additional promotion, the song was featured on her first greatest hits album Love Collection ~pink~ (2013), and was sung on her Just LOVE Tour (2017).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Motto…” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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