Eien (Zard song)
"Eien" | ||||
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Single by Zard | ||||
from the album Eien | ||||
Released | August 20, 1997 | |||
Genre | J-pop, Pop rock | |||
Label | B-Gram Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Akihito Tokunaga | |||
Zard singles chronology | ||||
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"Eien" (永遠, Eternity) is Zard's[1] 22nd single released on August 20, 1997 under B-Gram Records label. Junichi Watanabe, the writer of the novel, wrote the title word "Eien" of the CD cover. The single reached rank number 1 first week. It charted for 13 weeks and sold 628,000 copies.[2] When Izumi Sakai died in 2007, it was selected as her fifth best song on the Oricon polls.[3]
Track listing[]
All lyrics are written by Izumi Sakai[4].
No. | Title | Music | Arrangers | Length |
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1. | "Eien" (永遠) | Akihito Tokunaga | Akihito Tokunaga | 3:51 |
2. | "I can't let go" | Seiichiro Kuribayashi | Hirohito Furui | 4:26 |
3. | "Eien" (Original Karaoke) | 3:50 | ||
4. | "I can't let go" (Original Karaoke) | 4:25 |
Usage in media[]
- Eien:the song was used as the theme song of Japanese television drama adaptation of the novel A Lost Paradise
References[]
- ^ ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/single.html
- ^ Oricon rankings (in Japanese):http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/123583/1/
- ^ "心に残るZARDの名曲、1位は「負けないで」" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBDJ-1030
Categories:
- 1997 singles
- Zard songs
- Oricon Weekly number-one singles
- Japanese television drama theme songs
- Songs with music by Akihito Tokunaga
- 1997 songs
- 1990s single stubs