is a song by
Chara. It was released as the first single from her album ''
Union'' on .
It debuted at #24 on the Japanese
Oricon
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album charts, and charted for five weeks. The song was used in commercials for the
NEC
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brand 'Foma N702iS' cellphone.
Chara wrote the song in 2005.
The main guitar chords in the song were recycled from the song from her 2005 independently released album ''
Something Blue''.
She wrote in the style of
Stevie Nicks
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After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album ...
.
The B-side is a cover of
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's 1973 debut single.
Music video
The music video was shot by director . It begins with an animated/
CGI image of an egg that cracks becomes a bird. This bird flies off past several doors, and enters one into a space scene. The scene switches to Chara in an almost completely white room with a white dress. She wears her hair half-straight and half in an
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(with the division being vertically down the centre of her head). The scene switches to a drawing a Chara falling through a dark, psychedelic scene, followed by a white-backed scene depicting different drawings. Chara returns to the white room, however with a different hair-style and now drawn animals floating around her. Occasionally the originally dressed Chara appears behind her. The video ends with more psychedelic scenes and the bird flying away into space/clouds.
Track listing
Single
Chart Rankings
Oricon Charts (Japan)[ (subscription only)]
References
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Chara (singer) songs
2006 singles
Songs in Japanese
2006 songs
Songs written by Chara (singer)
Universal Music Japan singles