| "Chiisana Koi no Uta" | ||||
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| Song by Mongol800 | ||||
| from the album Message | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Punk | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | High Wave, Tissue Freak | |||
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| Producer(s) | Mongol800 | |||
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| "Chiisana Koi no Uta" on YouTube | ||||
"Chiisana Koi no Uta" (Japanese: 小さな恋のうた, lit. A Small Love Song) is a song written and performed by the Japanese punk band Mongol800. It is featured on their second studio album Message which was released on September 16, 2001, in Japan. The song's lyrics is about the love between a boy and a girl who has grown up on a small island.
Despite the song never having been released as a single, "Chiisana Koi no Uta" became one of the group's most well-known tracks and was covered several times, the most popular being the cover by Amatsuki in 2016. A cover of the song used as the insert song on Kase-san and Morning Glories by Ayane Sakura as well as the fifth ending theme for the 2018 anime Teasing Master Takagi-san performed by Rie Takahashi, the ending theme of 2023 anime The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten performed by Manaka Iwami, and the fifth ending theme of the 2024 anime Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian performed by Sumire Uesaka.
The song is a popular karaoke song in Japan ranking first in DAM karaoke ranking. It is the second song of the 2000s to accumulate 100 million streams after "Hanabi" by Mr. Children. It become famous for it's easy to understand lyrics and repetitive chord progression.
The song inspired the production of a live-action movie by the same name released in May 2019 by Toei.