Sing! Aiko

"Sing! Aiko" (歌え！Aiko, Utae! Aiko) is a radio segment in Aiko's radio program Aiko's @llnightnippon.com, which aired from 1999 until 2003. When musical guests were invited to the program, Aiko would play the piano and cover the guests'—or others'—songs; sometimes, she sang her own songs with her guests. Rarely, Aiko would improvise a short song with a guest.

Performed songs

Unless indicated, all songs are covered by Aiko.

1999

• Ami Suzuki (1999), "Our Days".
• SMAP (1999), "Fly".
• T.M.Revolution (1998), "Thunderbird".
• Porno Graffitti (1999), "Apollo" (アポロ).
• B'z (1992), "Itsuka no Merry Christmas" (A Christmas Day in Memories) in Friends.
• Original words by Josef Mohr, music by Franz Gruber (1818), "Silent Night", first performed in Austria. Sung the English version.
• Taiyō to Ciscomoon (1999), "Marui Taiyō" (丸い太陽, A Round Sun).
• "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". Sung with Yuzu and Taiyō to Ciscomoon.

2000

• Yuzu (1999), "Itsuka" (いつか, Someday).
• Hana*hana (1999), "Ah, Yokatta" (あ～よかった, Ah, I Feel Fine). Sung with Hana*hana.
• Mr.Children (1996), "Hana" (花, Flowers).
• Masaharu Fukuyama (1999), "Squall".
• Yen Town Band (1996), "Swallowtail Butterfly".
• Spitz (1996), "Cherry" (チェリー).
• L'Arc-en-Ciel (1999), "Pieces".
• Yumi Matsutoya (1994), "Haru yo, Koi" (春よ、来い, Come on! Spring).
• Masayoshi Yamazaki (1997), "One More Time, One More Chance.
• Kinki Kids (2000), "Suki ni Natteku, Aishiteku (好きになってく 愛してく, More Like, More Love). Sung with Tsuyoshi Domoto.
• Kiroro (1999), "Suki na Hito" (好きな人, My Love). Sung with Kiroro.
• Iruka (1990), "Nagori Yuki" (なごり雪, Farewell Snow). Sung with Kiroro.
• Aiko's "Kabutomushi" (1999). Sung with Yuzu.
• Stevie Wonder (1996), "Isn't She Lovely?". Sung with Isa.
• SMAP (1998), "Yozora no Mukō" (夜空ノムコウ, Over the Night Sky). Sung with Yuka Kawamura.
• Akiko Kosaka (1988), "Anata" (あなた, You).
• Aiko & Spitz (2000). An impromptu song.
• Luna Sea (1998), "I for You". Sung with Luna Sea.
• The Love (1997), "Himawari Kanransha" (ひまわりの観覧車, A Sunflower-made Ferris Wheel). Sung with The Love.
• Aiko & Silva (2000), "Nuru Radio (ぬるラジオ, A Sloppy Radio Program). An impromptu song.
• Nana Kinomi and Hiroshi Itsuki (1991), "Izakaya" (居酒屋, Pub). Sung with Masaharu Fukuyama.
• SMAP (2000), "Lion Heart" (らいおんハート).

2001

• Aiko & Porno Graffiti (2001), "Yume no Onna" (夢の女ポルノ, Dream Girl). An impromptu song.
• Aiko & Tsuyoshi Domoto (2001), "Nijū Isseki no Yabo" (21世紀の野望, An Ambition in the 21st Century). An impromptu song.
• Yūzō Kayama (1988), "Kimi to Itsumademo" (君といつまでも, Forever With You). Sung with Fureai.
• Aiko & Gackt (2001), "Haru no Hagu, Chutchu" (春のハグチュッチュ, Hugging and Kissing During the Spring). An impromptu song.
• Carole King (1999), "So Far Away" in Tapestry. Sung with The Gospellers.
• Kirinji (2001), "Ame wa Mofu no Yō ni" (雨は毛布のように, Rain as a Blanket). Sung with Kirinji.
• Aiko & Chemistry (2001), "Aki no Hamokemi" (An Autumnal Harmony) with Chemistry. An impromptu song.
• Southern All Stars (1988), "Sha la la" (シャ・ラ・ラ). Sung with Yuzu.
• Aiko (2001), "Pikmin Single: Nurucom Version" (ピクミンジングル～ヌルコムバージョン). Parody of Strawberry Flower (2001), "Ai no Uta: Pikmin no Theme" (愛のうた～ピクミンのテーマ, Love Song: Theme of Pikmin).
• Sadistic Mika Band (1974), "Time Machine ni Onegai" (タイムマシンにおねがい, May I Ask a Favor, Time Machine).

2002

• Miyuki Nakajima (1988), "Jidai" (時代, Period). Sung with Kobukuro.
• Aiko & The Brilliant Green (2002), "Asoko no Dontsuki" (あそこのどんつき, At the End of the Street Over There). An impromptu song.
• Kome Kome Club (1992), "Kimi ga Iru Dake-de (君がいるだけで, Only Stays With You). Sung with Reo Tsuchiya.
• Every Little Thing (2001), "Fragile". Sung with Kaori Mochida.

2003

• Shikao Suga (2001), "Saka no Tochū" (坂の途中, On My Way to the Top of the Slope) in Sugarless. Sung with Shikao Suga.

External links

• ゲスト／歌え！aiko – ヌルコムアーカイブス
• aikoのジングル大作戦 – the words of impromptu songs by aiko and her guests