Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (song)

"Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni"
Single by Eiko Shimamiya
from the album O (A-side) Hikari Nadeshiko (B-side)
B-side	All Alone
Released	May 24, 2006
Format	Maxi
Genre	Trance Electropop J-pop Industrial
Length	20:56
Label	Frontier Works
Producer(s)	I've Sound
Eiko Shimamiya singles chronology
“Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni” (2006) “Naraku no Hana” (2007)

“Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni” (ひぐらしのなく頃に When the cicadas cry) is the first single of Eiko Shimamiya under I've Sound and Geneon Entertainment label. Released on May 24, 2006 and reached #18 in the Oricon weekly charts.^[1] It has sold an approximate total of 35,000 copies and stayed in the charts for 26 weeks making this Eiko's most selling and longest charting single to date. The title track was used as the opening theme for the anime series Higurashi When They Cry. Composition wise, it is written in the key of E Minor.

Note: If you play this song backwards, you can hear the word Nigerarenai (逃げられない, "you cannot escape").

Track List

All lyrics written by Eiko Shimamiya. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に)"	Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Kazuya Takase	4:27
2.	"All Alone"	Kazuya Takase	6:04
3.	"Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に)" (instrumental)	Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Kazuya Takase	4:23
4.	"All Alone" (instrumental)	Kazuya Takase	6:02
Total length:			20:56

References

1. "島みやえい子-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-27.