Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted

Tenohira wo Taiyou ni / Delighted (手のひらを太陽に / Palm to the Sun) is the seventh domestic single by Japanese hip hop group Lead. The single charted in the top ten on the Oricon charts, coming in at #8, and remained on the charts for four weeks.

"Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted"
Single by Lead
from the album Lead! Heat! Beat!
B-side	"Funky Days! (Does It Be Funky? Remix)"
Released	October 27, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	J-pop hip hop
Length	20:27
Label	Flight Master CD (PCCA-02099)
Songwriter(s)	Takashi Yanase Hisashi Nawata Taku Izumi Shōko Fujibayashi Mr. Blistah Tatsuyuki Okawa
Lead singles chronology
"Night Deluxe" (2004) "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted" (2004) "Atarashii Kisetsu e" (2005)

Unlike their previous singles, which featured a limited edition CD+DVD combo, Tenohira wo Taiyou ni / Delighted was only released a standard CD.

Information

Tenohira wo Taiyou ni / Delighted is the seventh single released by Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The single peaked in the top ten on the Oricon Singles Charts at #8 and remained on the charts for four consecutive weeks.[1] The limited editions of the single contained one of five possible trading cards, a URL that would take purchasers to site for a chance to win their live DVD Lead 1st live tour ~BRAИD ИEW ERA~ and for buyers to download a specialized wallpaper.

"Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" was a cover of the Japanese nursery rhyme of the same name written by Takashi Yanase in the 1960s.[2][3] "Delighted" was used as the for the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~, which was an adaption of the cell phone novel Deep Love by Yoshi.

Despite being a double a-side, only "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" received a music video. While the music video was released for syndication upon the single's release, it was not available for purchase until March 16, 2005 on their second compilation VHS/DVD Lead Movies 2 (stylized as Lead MOVIES2).[4]

Promotional activities

The coupling track "Delighted" was used as the theme song for the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~ (アユの物語 / Story of Ayu).[5] The show was a television adaption of the cell phone novel Deep Love by Yoshi and ran for twelve episodes from January 7, 2005 to March 25, 2005.[6]

Keita had played Yoshiyuki in both the film Deep Love and the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~.[7][8]

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" (手のひらを太陽に / Palm to the Sun)	Takashi Yanase	Hisashi Nawata	Izumi Taku	3:04
2.	"Delighted"	Shōko Fujibayashi Mr. Blistah (rap)	Tatsuyuki Okawa	Tatsuyuki Okawa	4:35
3.	"Funky Days!" (Does It Be Funky? Remix)	Tsuchi Enoki	YANAGIMAN & DJ TAKI-SHIT	Shinji Tamura	5:09
4.	"Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" (Instrumental)		Hisashi Nawata	Izumi Taku	3:04
5.	"Delighted" (Instrumental)		Tatsuyuki Okawa	Tatsuyuki Okawa	4:35
Total length:					20:27

Charts

Release	Chart	Peak position
October 27, 2007	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	8

References

1. "Ｌｅａｄのシングル売り上げランキング". Oricon Style Archives. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
2. Akane Yamamoto. "Japanese Children's Songs for Environmental Education". Environmental Studies Electronic Thesis Collection. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
3. "Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial hall". Anpanman Museum. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
4. "DVD/VHS ｢Lead MOVIES2｣". Lead Official. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
5. "Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari (Serial TV 2004- )". Filmweb (in Polish). Retrieved April 2, 2018.
6. "Deep Love アユの物語 [DVD]". Amazon Japan. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
7. "LEAD and Furuya Keita". October 8, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
8. "Deep Love Ayu no Monogatari (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

External links

• Lead Official Site