is a single by Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese singer Mika Nakashima

Mika Nakashima

is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :...

. The title track of the single, a reggae-inflected ballad with producer Stephen McGregor, was used as the theme song of the movie Southbound

Southbound (film)

is a Japanese movie starring Toyokawa Etsushi and Amami Yūki, which tells the story of a schoolboy whose family moves from Tokyo to Okinawa. It is based on the novel of the same name by Okuda Hideo. It began filming in May 2007 in Tokyo; the crew went to Okinawa for on-location filming at the end...

, released in October 2007. The single's other song, a cover of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To," was made with jazz band Katteni-Shiyagare

Katteni-Shiyagare

is a swing/jazz band with punk influences, formed in 1997, with its major label debut on Epic Records Japan in 2004. They are perhaps best known in the US for the opening theme to the Japanese series Kemonozume, "Auvers Blue"...

and previously included on the Katteni-Shiyagare tribute album, 'Let's Get Lost.'

Oricon sales chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
October 03, 2007	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	4
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	5	24,146	7 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart