Ashita e no Sanka
| "Ashita e no Sanka" | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Single by Alan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Voice of Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | November 21, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | J-pop | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 20:30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Avex Trax | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Nojima Shinji, Kikuchi Kazuhito | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Kikuchi Kazuhito | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan singles chronology | |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
"Ashita e no Sanka" (明日への讃歌) is the debut Japanese-language single by Chinese singer Alan. The song was produced by Kikuchi Kazuhito and written by Nojima Shinji, with arrangement by Nakano Yuuta. It was released on November 21, 2007, as the lead single from her debut studio album, Voice of Earth (2009). It was later released in Taiwan on June 20, 2008.
The single peaked at number sixty-nine on the Oricon charts,[1] number twenty on the G-Music Jpop/Kpop charts[2] and number nine on the Five-Music Jpop/Kpop charts.[3]
An orchestral version of "Ashita e no Sanka" was included as a b-side on her sixth Japanese single "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen", while the Chinese version, titled "Mingri Zange" (明日讚歌), was included on her second Chinese album Xin De Dongfang. A Chinese version of the b-side song "Sakura Modern", titled "San Sheng Shi San Sheng Lu" (三生石 三生路), was included on her Chinese single "Xin Zhan (Red Cliff)".
Marty Friedman covered "Ashita e no Sanka" on his instrumental album Tokyo Jukebox (2009).
Track listing
| CD single: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Ashita e no Sanka" (明日への讃歌; A Hymn for Tomorrow) | Nojima Shinji | Kikuchi Kazuhito | 5:06 |
| 2. | "Sakura Modern" (桜モダン; Modern Cherry Blossoms) | Watanabe Natsumi | Kikuchi Kazuhito | 5:09 |
| 3. | "Ashita e no Sanka" (Instrumental) | 5:05 | ||
| 4. | "Sakura Modern" (Instrumental) | 5:07 | ||
Total length: |
20:40 | |||
| DVD: | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Ashita e no Sanka" | 7:06 |
| 2. | "Making of Ashita e no Sanka" | 7:06 |
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Singles Chart[1] | 69 |
References
- 1 2 "ａｌａｎのCDシングルランキング、ａｌａｎのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon Style. Oricon Inc. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)
- ↑ 五大唱片 (日韓榜)