is a song by

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band

Asian Kung-Fu Generation (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama in 1996. For its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada (musician), Takahiro Yamada, and dr ...

. It was released as the lead single of their second full-length studio album, '' Sol-fa'', on April 4, 2004. With the band's then-newly emerging popularity, the single managed to debut at number two on the

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charts. Although the song's

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, "Siren#," shares a nearly identical title with the single, the two are somewhat different from each other. While both retain the same instrumental, the lyrics and melody of "Siren#" are different from that of "Siren." In a sense, "Siren#" can be considered a continuation or a remix of its

A-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of vinyl records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side of a single usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or ...

Music video

The

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

for "Siren" and "Siren#" were directed by

Toshiaki Toyoda is a Japanese film director and screenwriter based in Komae, Tokyo. He is best known for his feature films '' Blue Spring'' (2001), ''9 Souls'' (2003) and ''Hanging Garden'' (2005), which, among others, have garnered him an international cult fol ...

. The video presents a sweeping tour past a suspension bridge and through a city by translucent astral projections of the band. As the end of the song,

Masafumi Gotoh or Gotch (December 2, 1976) is the lead vocalist, main songwriter and rhythm guitarist of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Masafumi met fellow band members Kensuke Kita and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto G ...

walks toward the camera, puts his hand in front of it and then slowly disappears. For "Siren#", the video presented in the same way as Siren, but with different scenes. The Siren# video ends with Gotoh followed by other members exiting from the set.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

Kensuke Kita (January 24, 1977) is the lead guitarist and backing singer of the Japanese Rock music, rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Kensuke met fellow band members Masafumi Gotō and Takahiro Yamada (musician), Takahiro Yamada while attending a music cl ...

– lead guitar, background vocals * Takahiro Yamada – bass, background vocals *

Kiyoshi Ijichi (born September 25, 1977) is the drummer of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Name the Night, and instrumental band Phono Tones. Ijichi credits the origin of his drumming ability to playing in marching bands in junior high. He me ...

– drums *

– producer *Tohru Takayama – mixing *Mitsuharu Harada – mastering *Kenichi Nakamura – recording *Yusuke Nakamura – single cover art

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siren (Song) Asian Kung-Fu Generation songs 2004 singles Songs written by Masafumi Gotoh Songs written by Takahiro Yamada (musician) 2004 songs Ki/oon Music singles