"Tenohira o Taiyō 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 and their first double A-side release. The single charted in the top ten on the Oricon charts, coming in at #8, and remained on the charts for four weeks.
| "Tenohira o Taiyō ni" / "Delighted" | ||||
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| Single by Lead | ||||
| from the album Lead! Heat! Beat! | ||||
| B-side | "Funky Days!" (Does It Be Funky? Remix) | |||
| Released | October 27, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
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| Length | 20:27 | |||
| Label | Flight Master | |||
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Unlike their previous singles, which featured a limited edition CD+DVD combo, "Tenohira o Taiyō ni" / "Delighted" was only released a standard CD.
Information
edit"Tenohira o Taiyō ni" / "Delighted" 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 ~Brand New Era~ and for buyers to download a specialized wallpaper.
"Tenohira o Taiyō 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 o Taiyō 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
editThe 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
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tenohira o Taiyō ni" (手のひらを太陽に / Palm to the Sun) | Takashi Yanase | Hisashi Nawata | Izumi Taku | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Delighted" |
| 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 o Taiyō ni" (Instrumental) | Hisashi Nawata | Izumi Taku | 3:04 | |
| 5. | "Delighted" (Instrumental) | Tatsuyuki Okawa | Tatsuyuki Okawa | 4:35 | |
| Total length: | 20:27 | ||||
Charts
edit| Release | Chart | Peak position |
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| October 27, 2007 | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 8 |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Akane Yamamoto. "Japanese Children's Songs for Environmental Education". Environmental Studies Electronic Thesis Collection. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial hall". Anpanman Museum. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "DVD/VHS ｢Lead MOVIES2｣". Lead Official. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari (Serial TV 2004- )". Filmweb (in Polish). Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Deep Love アユの物語 [DVD]". Amazon Japan. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "LEAD and Furuya Keita". October 8, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "Deep Love Ayu no Monogatari (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved November 11, 2018.