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Looking back at 2017, there were so many memorable commercial jingles, weren’t there? Before you knew it, you’d find yourself humming them, or chatting with friends like, “That commercial’s song is so good!” There were tons of wonderful tracks that made you perk up your ears even while just watching TV.
Especially that year, there were lots of striking songs that made you want to look them up right away.
From fresh arrangements of nostalgic classics to impactful new releases, let me introduce some CM songs that truly resonated.
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Memorable Commercials [2017] (1–10)
Everyone is a heroAI
It was released in 2016 as a digital-only single by AI.
The song was used in au’s “Santaro Series” TV commercial titled “Minna ga Minna Eiyū” (“Everyone’s a Hero”).
Its original tune is “Oklahoma Mixer,” a melody many people have heard in folk dancing.
It debuted at No.
1 on various digital platforms, including iTunes and RecoChoku.
A gentle feelingChara
It was released in 1997 as Chara’s 14th single.
The song was used in a Shiseido “Tessera J” commercial, and to date it remains her only solo track to reach her highest chart position.
A cover of the same song by Moka Kamishiraishi was featured as the theme for Kirin Beverage’s Gogo-no-Kocha commercials starting in October 2016, and it became a hot topic.
Sayonara CrawlAKB48
It was released in 2013 as AKB48’s 31st major single.
The song features Yuko Oshima, Mayu Watanabe, Tomomi Itano, and Haruka Shimazaki in the center positions, and it was used in Ezaki Glico’s PaPiCO commercials: the “Compatibility Check PaPiCO” and “Really Splitting a PaPiCO in Half” editions.
It’s a wonderful summer-themed track with a music video where they dance in cute swimsuits by the seaside.
Come On A My HouseHey! Say! JUMP
Released in 2013 as Hey! Say! JUMP’s 10th single.
The song was used in the TV commercial for House Foods’ “Vermont Curry,” featuring Hey! Say! JUMP, and it reached No.
1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
It’s a refreshing love song characteristic of Johnny’s.
TrustHamasaki Ayumi
It was released in 1998 as Ayumi Hamasaki’s third single.
This song became her first to enter the top 10 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, and with it she won the New Artist Award at both the Japan Cable Radio Awards and the Osaka Cable Radio Awards in the same year.
It was also used as the commercial song for Kao’s Sofina Aube Rouge Filia.
Let me live so that flowers will bloom again and again.Fukuyama Masaharu
It’s a song included on Masaharu Fukuyama’s 31st single, “I am a HERO,” released in 2015.
Chosen as the Shiseido TSUBAKI commercial song, it was first distributed as a digital single on March 25, 2015, and for this CD release a newly remastered version was included.
The lyrics and composition were handled by Masaharu Fukuyama.
Crazy about youEXILE
Released in 2015 as EXILE’s 47th single.
The song was used in Suntory Beer’s “The Malts” commercial, featuring EXILE TRIBE members as image characters.
The music video includes scenes of the EXILE members—known for their love of alcohol—happily toasting with their friends.