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Gips

"Gips"
A woman stares off to her left, while cutting an apple in her hands.
Single by Ringo Sheena
from the album Shōso Strip
Released January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26)
Format CD Single
Genre Rock, pop, kayōkyoku
Length 11:34
Label Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music
Writer(s) Ringo Sheena, Michio Yamagami, Kenji Sawada
Producer(s)
Ringo Sheena singles chronology
"Honnō"
(1999)
"Gips"
"Tsumi to Batsu"
(2000)
"Mayonaka wa Junketsu"
(2001)

"Gips" (ギブス Gibusu?, "Orthopedic cast") is Japanese singer Ringo Sheena's 5th single and it was released on January 26, 2000 by Toshiba EMI / Virgin Music. The single was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for 800,000 copies shipped to stores and later gold for 100,000 downloads to cellphones in 2010.

Gips is taken from Sheena's second album Shōso Strip. Sheena was compelled to release two songs at the same time after all, she was going to release this song and Tsumi to Batsu separately first, though. , the guitarist of Number Girl, plays the guitar on Σ.

The song was covered as a part of a medley by Rie Tomosaka on the television show The Yoru mo Hippare on September 9, 2000. It was also performed by on her piano cover album Piano Pure: Memory of 2000 and by Kazumasa Oda on the TBS music program Christmas no Yakusoku 2002 on December 25, 2001. In 2009, it was covered by Marié Digby on her album Second Home and by Juju on her cover album Request. In 2012, it was released as a single by , and appeared on her album Woman: Love Song Covers.

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