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"
Single by Zard
from the album Zard Forever Best: 25th Anniversary
ReleasedApril 9, 2008
GenrePop rock
Length18:00
LabelB-Gram Records
Producer(s)Daiko Nagato
Zard singles chronology
"'Glorious Mind'"
(2007)
"Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de"
(2008)
"'Sunao ni Ienakute'"
(2009)

Background

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This is the second 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 participate 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 movie Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear.[1]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de is the re-arranged 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 the anime television series Detective Conan.[2] To date, it is the last Zard song used for 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. The DVD disc includes footage from live "What a beautiful memory 2007" of their song Kitto Wasurenai. The jacket cover is same in both editions.[3]

Oricon charting

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The single reached #3 rank in its first week. It charted for 12 weeks and sold over 83,000 copies.[4]

Track list

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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.TitleLength
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

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  1. ^ News announcement (in Japanese) http://natalie.mu/music/news/5670
  2. ^ News announcement (in Japanese) https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000038124
  3. ^ Zard discography Archived 2016-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  4. ^ Official rankings (in Japanese)
  5. ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBCJ-6012