"My Best of My Life" is a song by Japanese rock act Superfly, the band's 7th single overall and the first released after the band's Rock'N'Roll Show 2008 tour. The song was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Boss,[1] alongside a then untitled song the band performed as the opening theme. The show's producer Ken Murase decided to go with Superfly for his program's music because of Shiho Ochi's vocal range not only giving the rock music an edgy quality, but also tenderness and warmth. "My Best of My Life" is a ballad that Ochi wrote with the idea of a lonely woman in mind.[2] The song reached the number 11 spot on the Oricon charts, while reaching number 3 on both the Japan Hot 100 and RIAJ Digital Track Chart.

"My Best of My Life"
Single by Superfly
from the album Box Emotions
ReleasedMay 13, 2009 (2009-05-13)
GenreJ-Pop, blues rock
Length6:17
LabelWarner Music Japan
Songwriter(s)Shiho Ochi, Kōichi Tabo
Superfly singles chronology
"How Do I Survive?"
(2008)
"My Best of My Life"
(2009)
"Alright!!"
(2009)
Music video
"My Best Of My Life" at YouTube

As one of the single's B-sides, Superfly covered Rick Derringer's "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" with guest musicians Kazuhiro Momo of Mo'Some Tonebender, Tatsuya Nakamura of Losalios, and Hidekazu Hinata of Straightener.[3] Ochi would later collaborate with these musicians again as "Superfly & The Lemon Bats"[4][5] and as guest musicians on Superfly's third album Mind Travel.[6]

Track list

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangerLength
1."My Best of My Life"Shiho OchiKōichi TaboKoichi Tsutaya6:17
2."Welcome to the Rockin' Show"OchiOchiTsutaya, Ochi3:20
3."Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo"Rick DerringerDerringer 3:39
Total length:13:16

References

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  1. ^ "ナタリー - Superfly、ドラマ「BOSS」OP曲が今日から緊急配信". 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  2. ^ "Superfly : Superfly、次作はドラマのために書き上げた王道バラード大作 / BARKS ニュース". 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  3. ^ "ナタリー - Superfly×達也×日向×百々があの名曲を強烈カバー". 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  4. ^ "ナタリー - Superfly、シングル特典にあの豪華布陣バンド密着DVD". 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  5. ^ "Superfly、3/9リリース両A面シングル「Beep!! / Sunshine Sunshine」 初回特典DVD内容が明らかに! #mFound". 2011-02-01. Archived from the original on 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  6. ^ "ナタリー - Superfly、新ゲストも参加の3rdアルバム「Mind Travel」". April 15, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
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