Hana (2004)Stats
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Single cover
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Tracklist
- Hana (花)
- Kasou (花想)
- Hana (Original Track)
Other Information
- "Hana" is an exceptionally popular song and Orange Range's No. 1 selling single of all time. It has gathered the following awards; #1 in 2004 for Planet Chart (Music Station); #1 for Oricon Karaoke Ranking; #2 for fiscal year 2004 (COUNT DOWN TV); #3 for fiscal year 2004 (HEY! HEY! HEY! Perfect Rankings); "2 Million Ringtone Sales" (RIAJ); "Gold Certification for PC Sales" (RIAJ); MTV Japan's Best Video of the Year Award 2005; and the 2005 JASRAC Gold Award. Total combined sales of "Hana" have passed 1 million since 2006, causing it to break into the "1,000,000 Plus Single Sales" category.
- The song "Hana" debuted at the NHK annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen, in which the band played in Okinawa.
- "Hana" was the main theme for the Japanese movie Be WIth You.
- The original catch copy of "Hana" was called "Range Cry" or "Cry Range".
- Initially, Ryo was supposed to sing "Hana" as a single, and he was writing the lyrics. Ryo said later, "Unlike 'Hana', it wasn't positive music." Hiroki reported that he ate a lot of Kimchi before the recording, and that there were time discrepancies between the recording of the songs and the violins in the background,
- "Kasou" was produced to be a darker, more depressing song in the same style of "Hana". (I wouldn't be surprised if "Kasou" used the lyrics Ryo had written for "Hana", hehe)