Marching Band (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song)

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"Marching Band"
Marching Band CD single cover.jpg
Single by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
from the album Best Hit AKG
ReleasedNovember 30, 2011
StudioLandmark Studio
GenreIndie rock
Length5:21
LabelKi/oon Records
KSCL-1880
Songwriter(s)Masafumi Gotoh
Producer(s)Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Asian Kung-Fu Generation singles chronology
"Maigoinu to Ame no Beat"
(2010) 		"Marching Band"
(2011) 		"Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase"
(2012)

"Marching Band" (マーチングバンド, Māchingu Bando) is the 16th single of Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation for their first best-of album Best Hit AKG. The single was released on November 30, 2011.[1][2] The song "N2" is also featured on the album Landmark.[3]

Music video[]

The music video for "Marching Band" was directed by Sojiro Kamatani .[4] The video features a school girl (Sasha Ueda) running towards a boy in slow motion and greet him.

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Masafumi Gotoh; all music is composed by Masafumi Gotoh, except "Old School" by Takahiro Yamada.

No.TitleLength
1."Marching Band" (マーチングバンド Māchingu Bando)5:21
2."N2"3:06
3."Old School" (オールドスクール Ōrudo Sukūru)3:05
Total length:11:32

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Year Chart Peak
position
2011 Oricon[5] 9
Japan Hot 100[6] 10

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan 30 November 2011 Ki/oon CD KSCL-1880

References[]

  1. ^ "情報 | Asian Kung-Fu Generation".
  2. ^ CDJapan
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-08-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "SPACE SHOWER Music Video Search". SPACE SHOWER TV. SPACE SHOWER Networks Inc. Retrieved 2013-11-07. (in Japanese)
  5. ^ マーチングバンド ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION ORICON (in Japanese)
  6. ^ BILLBOARD JAPAN HOT 100 2011-12-12 (in Japanese)
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