UN ROCK STAR (2006)Stats
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Single cover
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Tracklist
- UN ROCK STAR
- Fuurinkazan (風林火山; Sengoku-period Battle Flag)
- My Rifle feat. Petunia Rocks (マイ・ライフル ~feat.ペチュニアロックス~)
- U topia ~LIVE TOUR 005 ИATURAL~
Other Information
- This single broke Orange Range's nine consecutive #1 single record by only reaching the 3rd spot on Oricon. Sadly, Orange Range has not had another #1 single since.
- Yamato's credits on this single say "Recently Grey-Haired VOX".
- UN ROCK STAR was released for a limit of 100,000 copies; it was originally not meant to be released as a single at all, but instead as a song on an album. The song has slight modification in the album version.
- "UN ROCK STAR" saw the return of a hard rock style of music not seen since "GOD69" in ИATURAL.
- The song "UN ROCK STAR" is sung in the style of being a rock star, but the "UN" at the beginning is a Japanese negation word (not a Spanish "Un", which means "one"); thus, the song gives off a meaning of "not being a full rock star".
- "Fuurinkazan" was requested personally by Yoh to Naoto. Naoto asked if a four-character idiom should make up the title; Hiroki suggested a sort of triangle idea. At the time of production, Ryo was addicted to the game Samurai Warriors, so Yoh had an image concerning a samurai's privilege to storm into towns and kill; therefore, Yoh coined the name "Fuurinkazan" (which is a Japanese battle flag from the Sengoku period). While recording, the original lyrics were "Fuurinkazan", but a staff member was heard singing to himself "Fuurinkazan Dance" and so the lyrics were changed to that. However, the band figured that Yoh would oppose a lyrics change, so it is said that they changed the lyrics in secret and re-recorded the song without Yoh's knowledge.
- "My Rifle feat Petunia Rocks" features Naoto's band Petunia Rocks; the song was written from the viewpoint of a misunderstood woman. In parts of the lyrics, Yamato sings about a grudge he holds against a teacher of his in high school.
- "U topia ~LIVE TOUR 005 ИATURAL~" is the first live CD recording Orange Range released on an album. The song is taken from the live video in LIVE ИATURAL ~from LIVE TOUR 005 "ИATURAL" at YOKOHAMA ARENA 2005.12.13 ~.