"Sign" is the twenty-sixth single released by
Mr. Children on May 26, 2004. The title track was used as the theme song to the
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*Noh, a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century
*Japanese television drama, referred to in Japanese as
*Radio drama in Japan
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Orange Days
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** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
* Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
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and won the 'Song of the Year' award, known as the 'Grand Prize', in addition to the 'Gold Prize' award at the ''46th annual
Japan Record Awards
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ten years after the group's win for their 1994 single "Innocent World". The single went on to also win 'Best Theme Song' at the ''41st Television Drama Academy Awards'' and also 'Song of the year' at the ''19th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards''.
Like their previous single, it debuted at number one with 370,000 copies in its first week. It has sold over 770,000 copies, and became the 2nd best selling single of 2004.
Track listing
References
2004 singles
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Mr. Children songs
Japanese television drama theme songs
Songs written by Kazutoshi Sakurai
2004 songs
Toy's Factory singles
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