Tori No Uta - Release History

Release History

"Tori no Uta" has been released many times in original and remix versions. The song was first released as a shortened version spanning 3:09 minutes on I've Sound's July 2000 compilation album Verge. The first release of the song on Key Sounds Label, the record label affiliated with Key, was on the 2001 album Humanity... as a remix version subtitled "Bossanova version" and was sung by Mina Minomo. The full-length original version of the song was first released on the limited edition remix album Ornithopter (September 2000) originally bundled with the first printing release of the Air game. The song was later widely distributed on the Air Original Soundtrack (2002), the soundtrack of the visual novel, in original, short, and instrumental versions.

An instrumental piano version of "Tori no Uta" was released on the album Re-feel (2003) by Key Sounds Label. A remixed version arranged by Cosmic Seekers was included on the albums Air Analog Collector's Edition, and OTSU Club Music Compilation Vol.1, both released by Key Sounds Label in 2006. Another instrumental piano version was released on the album Key 10th Memorial Score, and a remixed version arranged by Blasterhead was included on the album OTSU:Blasterhead, both released by Key Sounds Label in 2009. The song was included on two remix albums released by Key Sounds Label in July 2012: Keynote remixed by Sōshi Hosoi, Visual Art's 20th Anniversary Remixes remixed by PandaBoY. A re-arranged version of the song was released on Shinji Orito's album Circle of Fifth in October 2012. A classical music version was released on the remix album Key Classic in December 2012 by Key Sounds Label.

The song also appeared on several albums released by Lia. The first was a remix on her first independent album Prismatic (2004); the song carried the subtitle "2004 summer version: Relaxin' with lovers mix", and later appeared on Lia's best of album Crystal Voice (2007). The original version appeared on Lia's best of album Diamond Days (2007), and a remix version by StripE subtitled "StripE REMIX" was included on her best of album Spectrum Rays (2007). A new vocal recording of "Tori no Uta" was released on Lia's Enigmatic LIA 2 album in early 2007, and another remix by DJ Sharpnel subtitled "" was released on Lia's Enigmatic LIA 3 album in early 2009.

Live versions of the song have appeared on two live albums by Lia as recorded live tracks. The first was the June 2005 DVD album Prologue featuring tracks performed at Lia's concert of the same name in Shibuya, Japan in January 2005. The second was the June 2008 DVD album The Limited featuring tracks performed at Lia's concert at Zepp Tokyo in September 2007; this album also contained a bonus track of "Tori no Uta" subtitled "". Another live version appeared on Key Sound Label's KSL Live World 2008: Way to the Little Busters! EX live album featuring tracks performed at the second KSL Live World 2008 concert held in Osaka, Japan in May 2008. Later, a live version appeared on Key Sound Label's KSL Live World 2010: Way to the Kud Wafter live album featuring tracks performed at one of the May 22, 2010 KSL Live World 2010 concerts held in Tokyo.

"Tori no Uta" was sampled for the second movement of a symphony on the bonus CD Shinwa e no Izanai released with the special edition DVD version of the Air film in August 2005. A cover version of the song, sung by Asami Imai, was released on a limited edition two-disc music album and audio drama entitled Your Song. The album was released in January 2007 by Namco Bandai Games for their video game The Idolmaster; Imai is the voice of Chihaya Kisaragi from The Idolmaster. A re-recording of the cover version was released in August 2007 on an image song and audio drama CD entitled The Idolmaster Master Artist 05 Chihaya Kisaragi featuring songs sung by Imai. Another cover version, sung by Masaaki Endoh, was released on Endoh's anime song cover album Enson2: Cover Songs Collection Vol.2 sold in December 2008. A cover version of "Tori no Uta" appeared in the sequel of Front Wing's visual novel Time Leap entitled Time Leap Paradise released in July 2009. Another cover version by Chihiro Yonekura appeared on her 2011 cover album Nakeru Anison. "Tori no Uta"'s melody has also appeared in two of the medleys in Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga. A portion of "Tori no Uta," sung by Nikki, is present in the Chinese hip-hop song "Looking Back" by Yin Ts'ang.