"Winding Road" is a first collaboration single between Ayaka

Ayaka

is a Japanese female singer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009.-2006:...

 and duo Kobukuro

Kobukuro

is a Japanese band, which formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda.- Members :...

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Information

This single was used in Japan

Japan

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ese commercials to promote the Nissan Cube. The commercial made its first television airing on March 1, 2007. The single was sold for ¥555 or roughly $4.50, an unusually low price for a single, although this price may be attributed to the single containing only 2 tracks as most singles contain 4. In its first week, the single placed 2nd on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

weekly singles listing.

Track listing

1. Winding Road - Ayaka and Kobukuro 4:58
2. Winding Road - Instrumental (Ayaka and Kobukuro) - 4:58

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
February 28, 2007	Oricon Daily Singles Chart
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2	358,731	58