Mixed Nuts (song)

"Mixed Nuts" (ミックスナッツ, Mikkusu Nattsu) is a song recorded by Japanese band Official Hige Dandism, released digitally on April 15, 2022, through Irori Records label. The song was featured as the opening theme song for the anime series Spy × Family.^[1] It peaked at number one on the Japan Hot 100 and number 61 on the Billboard Global 200. The Mixed Nuts EP was released on June 22, 2022.

"Mixed Nuts"
Single by Official Hige Dandism
from the album Rejoice
Released	April 15, 2022 (2022-04-15)
Studio	Bunkamura Studio
Genre	J-pop jazz pop rock
Length	3:33
Label	Irori
Composer(s)	Satoshi Fujihara
Lyricist(s)	Satoshi Fujihara
Official Hige Dandism singles chronology
"Anarchy" (2022) "Mixed Nuts" (2022) "Subtitle" (2022)
Audio sample
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Music video
"Mixed Nuts" on YouTube

Composition and lyrics

"Mixed Nuts" is a jazz and pop rock song,^[2] composed in the key of F-sharp major and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 150 BPM, runs for three minutes and 33 seconds.^[3] It was composed and written by vocalist Satoshi Fujihara for the anime Spy × Family, with the family theme in mind, as well as main character Anya’s love for peanuts.^[4] "I once heard Anya say that she liked peanuts. I suddenly thought of peanuts in the mixed nuts that I often eat myself and looked them up, and found that although they look similar, nuts that grow from trees and peanuts that grow under the ground are classified as two different kinds, and that peanuts are really a different kind, despite their appearance." He later stated, "I felt that this was the theme of this work, that there is something interesting about playing a fake family while hiding one's true identity and confronting something like a real family, and that the happiness and joy that comes to you is all that matters, rather than whether it is genuine or not. I created this work with the original in mind."^[5]

Music video

The music video for "Mixed Nuts" was released on April 15, 2022, the same day as the single released, and directed by Takuto Shimpo.^[6]

Track listing

• Digital download / streaming

1. "Mixed Nuts" (ミックスナッツ) – 3:33

• CD / digital download / streaming (Mixed Nuts EP)

1. "Mixed Nuts" – 3:33
2. "Anarchy" – 4:29
3. "Choral A" – 3:59
4. "Hagan" (破顔, "Smile") – 4:41

Personnel

Official Hige Dandism

• Satoshi Fujihara – lead vocals, lyrics, composer, additional drums, programming
• Daisuke Ozasa – guitar, backing vocals
• Makoto Narazaki – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Masaki Matsuura – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Atsuki Yumoto – trumpet, horn co-arranger
• Toshihiro Kawashima – trombone
• Andy Wulf – saxophone
• Seiya Yokota – additional drums, drums co-arranger

Production

• Genki Wada – drums technician, additional drums
• Kazutaka Minemori – guitar technician
• Kazuhiro Saito – musical instrument technician
• Shota Kinebuchi – musical instrument technician
• Takuya Kondo – musical instrument technician
• Masahito Komori – engineer
• Randy Merrill – mastered engineer

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Mixed Nuts"

Ceremony	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
MTV Video Music Awards Japan	2022	Best Group Video (Japan)	Won	[7]
Newtype Anime Awards	2022	Best Theme Song	5th place	[8]
Reiwa Anisong Awards [ja]	2022	Best Work Award	Nominated	[9]
		Composition Award[a]	Nominated
		Artist Song Award	Won
Crunchyroll Anime Awards	2023	Best Opening Sequence	Nominated	[10]
Japan Gold Disc Awards	2023	Song of the Year by Download (Japan)	Won	[11]
		Best 3 Songs by Download	Won
		Song of the Year by Streaming (Japan)	Won
		Best 5 Songs by Streaming	Won
Anime Grand Prix	2023	Best Theme Song	Won	[12]
AnimaniA Awards	2024	Best Anime Song	Nominated	[13]

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Mixed Nuts" Chart (2022) Peak position Global 200 (Billboard)[14] 61 Japan (Japan Hot 100)[15] 1 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[16] 1 Japan (Oricon)[17] 3 Japan Combined Singles (Oricon)[18] 2

Year-end charts 2022 year-end chart performance for "Mixed Nuts" Chart (2022) Position Global Excl. US (Billboard)[19] 113 Japan (Japan Hot 100)[20] 4 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[21] 2 Japan (Oricon)[22] 87 Japan Combined Singles (Oricon)[23] 3 2023 year-end chart performance for "Mixed Nuts" Chart (2023) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100)[24] 11 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[25] 6 2024 year-end chart performance for "Mixed Nuts" Chart (2024) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100)[26] 58 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard Japan)[27] 18

Certifications

Certifications for "Mixed Nuts"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[28]	Gold	100,000*
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ)[29]	Diamond	500,000,000†
* Sales figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Satoshi Fujihara credited as a nominee.