Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana

"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana"
Single by SMAP
from the album SMAP 015/Drink! Smap!
B-side	"Boku wa Kimi o Tsurete Yuku"
Released	5 March 2003
Format	CD single
Genre	J-pop
Label	Victor Entertainment
Writer(s)	Noriyuki Makihara
Producer(s)	Noriyuki Makihara
SMAP singles chronology
"Freebird" (2002) "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" (2003) "Tomodachi e (Say What You Will)" (2005)

"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" (世界に一つだけの花, "The One and Only Flower in the World") is a song recorded by Japanese boy band SMAP. The Noriyuki Makihara composed song was released as a single in 2003 and sold more than 2.57 million copies, becoming the third best-selling single in Japan in Oricon history.^[1] Along with Hikaru Utada's "Colors", it was one of the only two singles to sell over a million copies in 2003, a year that saw CD sales declining due to the Japanese economic slump.^[2] The single made it to the top of the Oricon 2003 Yearly singles chart. As of November 2016 it is the fourth best-selling single in Japan, with 2.932 million copies sold.^[3] This song became popular in karaoke. In 2003, Nakai was identified as the highest tax payer of any entertainer in Japan by the Japanese National Tax Bureau.^[4] That same year, he was involved in at least four television shows simultaneously, in addition to commercials.

Track list

12cm single[5]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger	Length
1.	"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana"	Noriyuki Makihara	N. Makihara	N. Makihara	4:40
2.	"Boku wa Kimi o Tsurete Yuku" (僕は君を連れてゆく)	Tetsuo Kudō	Takashi Tsushimi	T. Tsushimi	4:39
3.	"Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (Music Track)"	N. Makihara	N. Makihara	N. Makihara	4:40
4.	"Boku wa Kimi o Tsurete Yuku (Music Track)"	T. Kudō	T. Tsushimi	T. Tsushimi	4:39
Total length:					17:58

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2003) Peak position Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[6] 1 Chart (2011) Peak position Billboard Japan Hot 100[7] 90 Chart (2016) Peak position Billboard Japan Hot 100[8] 2

Certifications Country Provider Certifications Japan[9] RIAJ 2× Million

References

1. 「およげ！たいやきくん」がギネス認定、再評価の気運高まる (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
2. 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 2003年. RIAJ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
3. "【オリコン】SMAP「世界に一つだけの花」シングル歴代4位に 累積293.2万枚". Oricon Style. Oricon. November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
4. The boy bachelor | The Japan Times Online
5. Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (CD single back cover). SMAP. Victor Entertainment. VICL-35477.
6. "世界に一つだけの花 | SMAP" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
7. "Billboard Japan Hot 100: September 26, 2011". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hankyu Hanshin Holdings. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
8. "Billboard Japan Hot 100: January 25, 2016". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hankyu Hanshin Holdings. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
9. ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2003年7月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (July 2003)] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 15 September 2015.