Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de
"Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de (翼を広げて/愛は暗闇の中で)" is the 44th single by Japanese band Zard. It was released 9 April 2008 under B-Gram Records label.
| "Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de" | ||||
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| Single by Zard | ||||
| from the album Zard Forever Best: 25th Anniversary | ||||
| Released | April 9, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 18:00 | |||
| Label | B-Gram Records | |||
| Producer(s) | Daiko Nagato | |||
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Background
This is 2nd posthumously released single after vocalist,Izumi Sakai's death.
Tsubasa wo Hirogete is self-cover song of Japanese band Deen's second single. The vocalist of Deen band, Ikemori Shuuichi didn't participated in chorus part, however he appeared as guest member during their What A Beautiful Memory live series. The song was used as theme song in Anime television movie series Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear.[1]
Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de is re-arranged song of coupling song from their debut single Good-bye My Loneliness. Japanese singer Aya Kamiki participated in chorus part. The song was used as opening theme for Anime television series Detective Conan.[2] To date it's the last time when Zard song was used for the Anime television series Detective Conan.
The songs weren't included in any studio album, however it was released in their compilation album Zard Forever Best: 25th Anniversary in 2016.
It was released in two formats: regular CD edition and limited CD+DVD edition. DVD disc includes footage live "What a beautiful memory 2007" of their song Kitto Wasurenai. The jacket cover is same in both editions.[3]
Oricon charting
The single reached #3 rank first week. It charted for 12 weeks and sold over 83,000 copies.[4]
Track list
All lyrics are written by Izumi Sakai and arranged by Masao Akashi (#1) and Siyon Morishita (Naifu) (#2); all music is composed by Tetsurō Oda (#1) Seiichiro Kuribayashi (#2) and [5].
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tsubasa wo Hirogete (翼を広げて)" (originally performed by Deen) | 4:33 |
| 2. | "Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de (愛は暗闇の中で)" (featuring Aya Kamiki) | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Tsubasa wo Hirogete (翼を広げて)" (original karaoke) | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de (愛は暗闇の中で)" (original karaoke) | 4:34 |
References
- News announcement (in Japanese) http://natalie.mu/music/news/5670
- News announcement (in Japanese) https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000038124
- Zard discography (in Japanese)
- Official rankings (in Japanese)
- Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-6012