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Innocent World

"Innocent World"
Single by Mr. Children
from the album Atomic Heart, 1/42, Mr. Children 1992–1995, and B-Side
Released June 1, 1994
Format CD single
Genre Pop rock
Length 13:31
Label Toy's Factory
Songwriter(s) Kazutoshi Sakurai
Producer(s) Takeshi Kobayashi
Mr. Children singles chronology
"Cross Road"
(1993)
"Innocent World"
(1994)
"Tomorrow Never Knows"
(1994)
"Cross Road"
(1993)
"Innocent World"
(1994)
"Tomorrow Never Knows"
(1994)

"Innocent World" is the fifth single released by Mr. Children on June 1, 1994.

"Innocent World" was Mr. Children's first No. 1 single on the Oricon Japanese charts, managing to sell 1,935,830 copies during its run on the chart and was the No. 1 selling single for Oricon's 1994 yearly chart. The title track was used as the promotional song for the soft drink Aquaerius Ioshisu (アクエリアス イオシス) and was also included in the Mr. Children live album 1/42 released on September 8, 1999, and also Mr. Children 1992–1995, released on July 11, 2001. The b-side "My confidence song" was included in Mr. Children's compilation album, B-Side, released on May 10, 2007.

"Innocent World" has won many awards including the 'Grand Prize (Song of the year)' at the 36th Annual Japan Record Awards, the 'Best 5 Single Award' at the 9th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards, and the 'Silver Award' at the 13th Annual JASRAC Awards.

All tracks written by Kazutoshi Sakurai.


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