Summer Madness (Lead Song)
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"Summer Madness" is the eleventh single by Japanese
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, released on June 21, 2006, two weeks before their fourth
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, '' 4''. It failed to break the top ten on
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, but charted in the top twenty, taking the weekly ranking of #17, where it remained on the charts for five weeks. The single contained two B-sides, "Boku ga Tsuki ni Inoru Yoru" and "One", the latter of which became popular enough to be placed on their first
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'' Lead Tracks: Listener's Choice''.


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"Summer Madness" peaked in the top twenty on the
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s at #17 and remained on the charts for five consecutive weeks. The single was released as a standard CD and a CD+
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combo, the latter of which was of limited release. The limited CD+DVD editions carried the corresponding
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for the title track, along with the making video. The single carried two coupling tracks on both the standard CD and limited CD+DVD edition, "Boku ga Tsuki ni Inoru Yoru" (僕が月に祈る夜 / ''The Night I Prayed to the Moon'') and "One". "Summer Madness" was written by musical composers Yasunori Tanaka and Nice Hashimoto, the latter who has worked with Japanese
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and who wrote the lyrics for the track. The track was performed by Motonari Murakawa, who later went on to work with
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. "Boku ga Tsuki ni Inoru Yoru" was written and composed by Yosuke Kobayashi, who had previously worked with the group for their song " High Time", while lyricist yury wrote the lyrical portion. "One" was composed by Koichi Tsutaya, who had also written the lyrics, while the music was performed by Seiji Motoyama, who would go on to work with the group on their albums '' Feel the Vibes'' (2008), '' Now or Never'' (2012) and their most successful album '' The Showcase'' (2016). "One" was later placed on their first
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, '' Lead Tracks: Listener's Choice'', while the title track would later be placed on their Jacket B edition of their 2012 studio album ''Now or Never'', which would also be their final album with their leader and
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Hiroki.


Music video

The
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for "Summer Madness" was predominantly centered around the group, Hiroki, Shinya, Keita and Akira, on their way to and arriving at a
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. Sections of the video showed the members in front of a mall, while each performed solo vocals as the other members played in the background. Other clips featured them inside a mall, donning summer-themed attire while partaking in comedic moments. Shinya's solo rap segments were filmed with him leaned against a
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during a sunset over the beach. Other segments featured a
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, with some of the shots panning between her legs to focus on the group. The hotel shots were filmed at the Gram Hotel in
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, South Korea. The official video was uploaded to Lead's official
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six years later on March 3, 2012.


Packaging

"Summer Madness" became Lead's third single to be released both as a standard CD and a CD+DVD combo, the priors being " Night Deluxe" (2004) and " Baby Runnin' Wild" (2005). The standard CD carried the title track, the coupling tracks "Boku ga Tsuki ni Inoru Yoru" and "One" and the corresponding instrumental to "Summer Madness" (the others not receiving an instrumental rendition). The
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on the first press limited edition contained both the music video and making video for the title track, "Summer Madness".


Track listing


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References

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