Eien (Zard song)
| "Eien" | ||||
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| Single by Zard | ||||
| from the album Eien | ||||
| Released | August 20, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | February–June 1997 | |||
| Studio | B.Gram-RECORDS | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | B-Gram Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Izumi Sakai, Akihito Tokunaga | |||
| Producer(s) | Daiko Nagato, ZARD | |||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Archived 2018-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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