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Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara is Maaya Sakamoto's nineteenth single. "Down Town" is used as an opening theme for the anime series And Yet The Town Moves (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru) while "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is the opening theme for the OVA Tamayura.[1] The original version of this song was released in 1974 by Yumi Arai, who was also its composer and lyricist, and was used as the ending song for Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin).[2] It is Sakamoto's first single to come in CD+DVD and CD only editions.

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"Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara"
Single by Maaya Sakamoto
from the album You Can't Catch Me
Released	October 20, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	J-pop
Label	Victor Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Taro Yamashita Ginji Ito Takayuki Hattori Yumi Arai DEPAPEPE Hachiro Sato Kazuhiko Katō J.A.M
Maaya Sakamoto singles chronology
"Magic Number" (2009) "Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" (2010)

All three tracks from this single are covers of 1970s' hit songs. "Down Town" is originally sung by Japanese musical group Sugar Babe, "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is a Yumi Arai cover while "Kanashikute Yarikirenai" was first performed by The Folk Crusaders.

Track listing[3]

Charts

Chart	Peak position	Sales	Weeks on chart
Oricon Weekly Singles	5[4]	25,429	13[5]

References

External links

• flyingDOG profile (in Japanese)

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