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{{Short description|1992 single by Miho Nakayama and Wands}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| cover         = Miho Nakayama & Wands - Sekaiju no Dare Yori Kitto.jpg
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Miho Nakayama]] & [[Wands (band)|Wands]]
| album         = [[Dramatic Songs]]
| released      = {{start date|1992|10|28}}
| language      = Japanese
| English_title = Surely More Than Anyone in the World
| B-side        = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Part II)
| recorded      = 1992
| studio        =
| genre         = {{hlist|[[J-pop]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| length        = 4:08
| label         = [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]]
| composer      = [[Tetsurō Oda]]
| lyricist      = {{hlist|Show Wesugi|Miho Nakayama}}
| producer      = {{hlist|[[Daiko Nagato]]|Norio Higuchi}}
| misc        = {{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Miho Nakayama]]
| type       = single
| prev_title = [[Mellow (Miho Nakayama song)|Mellow]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| title      = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| year       = 1992
| next_title = [[Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Wands (band)|Wands]]
| type       = single
| prev_title = Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimeta nara
| prev_year  = 1992
| title      = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| year       = 1992
| next_title = Toki no Tobira
| next_year  = 1993
}}
}}
{{nihongo4|"'''Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto'''"|世界中の誰よりきっと||lit. "Surely More Than Anyone in the World"}} is the 25th single by Japanese entertainer [[Miho Nakayama]] and a collaboration with the band [[Wands (band)|Wands]]. Written by Show Wesugi, Nakayama, and [[Tetsurō Oda]], the single was released on October 28, 1992, by [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://idol.ne.jp/nakayamamiho |title=中山美穂 |website=Idol.ne.jp |date=December 28, 2018 |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wesugi.net/discography/99 |title=世界中の誰よりきっと |website=Show Wesugi Official Website |publisher=Office Pojjo |access-date=2022-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/1292120709 |title=中山美穂&WANDS / 世界中の誰よりきっと |website=CDJournal |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mora.jp/package/43000014/NOPA-2381/ |title=世界中の誰よりきっと {{!}} 中山美穂&WANDS |website=Mora |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>
==Background and release==
"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" was co-produced by [[Daiko Nagato]], who selected it from a stock of [[Tetsurō Oda]]'s compositions. [[Takeshi Hayama]] gave it an 8-beat arrangement. The main single has Nakayama on lead vocals with Wands vocalist Show Wesugi on backing vocals. The B-side, "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Part II)", was rearranged as a slow ballad with the vocal roles reversed.<ref name="Barks">{{cite web |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000037056 |title=高品質J-POPムーブメントを駆け抜けたWANDS |website=BARKS.jp |date=2008-01-12 |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>
The song was used as the theme song of the [[Fuji TV]] drama series {{nihongo4|''Dare ka ga Kanojo wo Aishiteru''|誰かが彼女を愛してる||''Someone Loves Her''}}, which also starred Nakayama. It was also used as a hold tone for a line of [[Sanyo]] cordless phones in 1995.
"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" became Nakayama's seventh No. 1 and Wands' second No. 1 on [[Oricon]]'s weekly singles chart. It sold over 1,833,000 copies and was certified Quadruple Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan|RIAJ]], making it Nakayama's biggest-selling single of her career.<ref name="Oricon">{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/235308/products/143741/1/ |title=世界中の誰よりきっと {{!}} 中山美穂&WANDS |publisher=[[Oricon]] |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref><ref name="Yamachan 2">{{cite web |url=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/miho.html |title=中山美穂(シングル) |website=Yamachan Land |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524144555/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/miho.html |language=Japanese |access-date=2021-08-06|archive-date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Barks"/><ref name="RIAJ"/> The song was also certified Platinum in Download Sales by the RIAJ in December 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/hs.html |title=ダウンロード認定 (Select 2020年12月 on the drop-down menu) |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan|RIAJ]] |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicman.co.jp/chart/372251 |title=2020年12月度DL認定、back number、May'n/中島 愛、LiSAがトリプル・プラチナ |website=Musicman |date=2021-01-20 |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref><ref name="RIAJ 2"/>
Nakayama and Wands performed the song on the 43rd ''[[Kōhaku Uta Gassen]]'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/history/history_43.html |title=43rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen History |publisher=[[NHK]] |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>
==Other versions==
Wands re-recorded the song on their 1993 album ''[[Toki no Tobira]]'', with a rearrangement by [[Masao Akashi]] and backing vocals by [[Keiko Utoku]]. A live version of the song is included in the band's 2000 compilation album ''[[Best of Wands History]]''. In 2020, the band with new vocalist Daishi Uehara self-covered the song as {{nihongo4|"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" (Wands 5th Period Ver.)|世界中の誰よりきっと [WANDS 第5期ver.]}} on their fourth album ''[[Burn the Secret]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wands-official.jp/disco/gzcd-5013.html |title=Burn the Secret |website=Wands Official Website |publisher=[[Being Inc.]] |access-date=2022-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/372617 |title=WANDSが栗山千明主演ドラマ主題歌をシングル化、カップリングに第5期ver.セルフカバー |website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie.mu]] |date=2020-03-25 |access-date=2022-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000191375 |title=【インタビュー】柴崎浩 [WANDS]、『BURN THE SECRET』ギターサウンドを語る「さらに多面的に」 |website=BARKS.jp |date=2020-10-28 |access-date=2022-07-13}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All lyrics are written by Show Wesugi and [[Miho Nakayama]]; all music is composed by [[Tetsurō Oda]]; all music is arranged by [[Takeshi Hayama]].
{{Track listing
| headline     = 8cm CD single
| total_length =
| title1       = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| note1        = {{nihongo||世界中の誰よりきっと||"Surely More Than Anyone in the World"}}
| length1      = 4:08
| title2       = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto (Part II)
| length2      = 4:26
| title3       = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| note3        = Original Karaoke
| length3      = 4:06
}}
==Charts==
'''Weekly charts'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1992)
!Peak{{break}}position
|-
! scope="row" |[[Oricon]] Weekly Singles Chart<ref name="oricon1">{{cite book|title=1968-1997 オリコン チャート・ブック|year=1997|publisher=[[Oricon]]|location=Tokyo|language=ja|isbn=4871310418|page=64}}</ref>
|1
|}
'''Year-end charts'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1992)
!Peak{{break}}position
|-
! scope="row" |[[Oricon]] Year-End Chart<ref name="oricon1"/>
|37
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1993)
!Peak{{break}}position
|-
! scope="row" |[[Oricon]] Year-End Chart<ref name="oricon1"/>
|10
|}
== Certification ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|title=世界中の誰よりきっと|artist=中山美穂&WANDS|refname="RIAJ"|certyear=1993|certmonth=4|accessdate=2021-08-06|award=Platinum|number=4|type=single|salesamount=1,833,000|salesref=<ref name="youtaiju">{{cite web|title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」|trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju'|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp|work=[[Oricon]]|url-access=subscription |accessdate=2021-08-07}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|title=世界中の誰よりきっと|artist=中山美穂&WANDS|type=single|digital=true|refname="RIAJ 2"|certyear=2020|certmonth=12|award=Platinum|note=Digital|accessdate=2021-08-07}}
{{Certification Table Bottom  | noshipments=true}}
== Awards ==
* 7th [[Japan Gold Disc Award]]s: Best 5 Single Award
* 12th [[Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers|JASRAC Awards]]: Gold Award
== Noriko Sakai version ==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| cover         = Noriko Sakai - Sekaiju no Dare Yori Kitto.jpg
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Noriko Sakai]]
| album         = Daisuki: My Moments Best
| released      = {{start date|2007|08|22}}
| language      = Japanese
| English_title = Surely More Than Anyone in the World
| B-side        = [[Aoi Usagi]] (2007 Version)
| recorded      = 2007
| studio        =
| genre         = [[J-pop]]
| length        = 4:02
| label         = [[JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment|Victor]]
| composer      = [[Tetsurō Oda]]
| lyricist      = {{hlist|Show Wesugi|[[Miho Nakayama]]}}
| producer      =
| prev_title    = Tenka Muteki no Ai
| prev_year     = 2004
| misc         = {{External music video
| type        = single
| header      = Music videos
| 1           = {{YouTube|vILVJlsqrR8|"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto"}}
}}
}}
"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" was covered by [[Noriko Sakai]] as her 36th single, released by [[JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment|Victor Entertainment]] on August 22, 2007. The song was used in a series of [[Toyota Noah]] commercials that year. The B-side is a re-recording of her 1995 single "[[Aoi Usagi]]", which was also composed by Oda.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://idol.ne.jp/sakainoriko |title=酒井法子 |website=Idol.co.jp |date=December 27, 2018 |access-date=2021-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/4107070195 |title=酒井法子 / 世界中の誰よりきっと |website=CDJournal |access-date=2021-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mora.jp/package/43000005/VEAWA-34091/ |title=世界中の誰よりきっと {{!}} 酒井法子 |website=Mora |access-date=2021-08-08}}</ref> The single peaked at No. 44 on [[Oricon]]'s singles chart<ref name="Oricon 2">{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/216232/products/724851/1/ |title=世界中の誰よりきっと {{!}} 酒井法子 |publisher=[[Oricon]] |access-date=2021-08-08}}</ref> This was her last single before she and her then-husband Yūichi Takasō were involved in a drug scandal in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://japantoday.com/category/crime/noriko-sakais-ex-husband-arrested-again-for-possession-of-stimulants |title=Noriko Sakai's ex-husband arrested again for possession of stimulants |newspaper=[[Japan Today]] |date=2012-06-06 |access-date=2021-08-08}}</ref>
===Track listing===
All music is composed by [[Tetsurō Oda]] and arranged by Takayuki Hijikata.
{{Track listing
| total_length =
| title1       = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| note1        = {{nihongo|||世界中の誰よりきっと||"Surely More Than Anyone in the World"}}
| lyrics1      = {{hlist|Show Wesugi|[[Miho Nakayama]]}}
| length1      = 4:02
| title2       = [[Aoi Usagi]] (2007 Version)
| note2        = {{nihongo4||碧いうさぎ [2007 Version]||"Blue Rabbit"}}
| lyrics2      = Emi Makiho
| length2      = 4:15
| title3       = Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
| note3        = Back Track
| length3      = 4:02
| title4       = Aoi Usagi (2007 Version)
| note4        = Back Track
| length4      = 4:12
}}
===Charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (2007)
!Peak{{break}}position
|-
! scope="row" |[[Oricon]] Weekly Singles Chart<ref name="Oricon 2"/>
|44
|}
{{clear}}
== Other cover versions==
* [[Sammi Cheng]] covered the song in Cantonese as "Only You Are Irreplaceable" (唯獨你是不可取替) in her 1997 concert ''Sammi Star Show 97’ Live''.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ8-btZINCA |title=鄭秀文 Sammi Cheng -《唯獨你是不可取替》 Sammi Star Show 97’ Live |author= Timeless Music Hong Kong天碟 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2022-07-12}}</ref> This version appeared in many of her albums, including ''Sammi vs. Sammi'' (2004), ''True Legend 101'' (2013), and ''Unforgettable'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kkbox.com/hk/en/song/GoGg_aSwV7_OeXgeGR |title=唯獨你是不可取替 |website=KKBOX |access-date=2022-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kkbox.com/hk/tc/song/GnBx5ylWJNIVJHW-o1 |title=唯獨你是不可取替 |website=KKBOX |access-date=2022-07-12}}</ref>  [[Andy Hui]] has also covered the song; sometimes as a duet with Cheng.
* [[Ryoko Shiraishi]] and Junichi Miyake covered the song on the 2006 drama CD ''Mansuri Moe Chapter 6: Happy! Valentine''.
* [[Hitomi Shimatani]] covered the song on the 2006 various artists cover album ''Beautiful Woman''.
* [[Tetsurō Oda]] self-covered the song on his 2006 cover album ''Melodies'' and 2009 cover album ''Songs''.
* Cover Lover Project covered the song on the 2007 cover album ''The Best of Bossa Covers: Seishun Pop''.
* Milini Khan ([[Chaka Khan]]'s daughter) covered the song in English on the 2008 various artists cover album ''E35: Eigo de Utaou J-pop''.
* Osamu Sakata and his daughter Megumi Sakata covered the song on the 2008 various artists cover album ''Kodomo to Utaitai! Family Hit Songs''.
* Yasushi Nakanishi covered the song on his 2008 cover album ''Standards 3''.
* [[Junichi Inagaki]] covered the song with [[Keiko Terada]] on his 2009 duet cover album ''Otoko to Onna 2''.
* [[Eric Martin (musician)|Eric Martin]] and [[Debbie Gibson]] covered the song in English in two vocal arrangements; The "Mr. Vocalist Version" was included on Martin's 2010 cover album ''[[Mr. Vocalist 3]]'', while the "Ms. Vocalist Version" was featured on Gibson's 2010 cover album ''[[Ms. Vocalist]]''. A solo version by Martin was included on the bonus disc of his 2011 compilation album ''[[Mr. Vocalist Best]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://idol.ne.jp/japan-only-debbie-gibson |title=日本限定のデビー・ギブソン |website=Idol.ne.jp |date=2013-09-18 |access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>
* [[Hideaki Tokunaga]] covered the song on his 2011 compilation album ''Vocalist & Ballade Best''.
* jyA-Me covered the song with Jun (Cliff Edge) on her 2013 cover album ''With Me: Duet Cover''.
* [[Nanase Aikawa]] covered the song on the 2015 tribute album ''Treasure Box: Tetsuro Oda Songs''.
* [[Daigo (musician)|Daigo]] covered the song on his 2018 cover album ''Deing''.
* [[Mone Kamishiraishi]] covered the song on her 2021 cover album ''Ano Uta 2''.
* Keisuke Yamauchi covered the song on his 2021 album ''Roots''.
* J-Cera covered the song in Korean as her 2023 single "Love Fool" (사랑의 바보).<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1zqyTw1dPc |title=Love Fool (사랑의 바보) |author=[[Kakao Entertainment]] |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=2023-06-10 |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
;Miho Nakayama and Wands version
*{{Official website|https://nakayamamiho.com/musics/7921}}
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;Noriko Sakai version
*{{Official website|https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A000342/VEATP-34091.html}}
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