Love Parade (The Boss song)

"Love Parade"
Single by The Boss
from the album Love Letters
A-side	Love Parade
B-side	"Girlfriend" "Wasurenai"
Released	September 21, 2011 (Japan)
Format	CD single, CD+DVD
Genre	J-pop
Label	Sony Music Entertainment
The Boss singles chronology
"Love Bingo!" (2011) "Love Parade" (2011) "Love Days" (2011)
Limited Edition cover Limited Edition A cover Limited Edition B cover

"Love Parade" is the third Japanese single released by Korean boy group The Boss, originally intended as the last of their "Love Series". It was released on September 21, 2011 on their Japanese label Sony Music Entertainment. The single's B-side, "Girlfriend", was featured as the ending theme of the show Guru Guru Ninety Nine, which features a lot of different Japanese artists and has been running for many years. It was the show's fixed theme song from July 2011 until September 2011.^[1]

Single information

The single was released in three different versions, including a regular edition, limited edition A and limited edition B. Limited edition A includes a CD, a DVD and a booklet while limited edition B includes a CD and a DVD. First press regular edition releases are filled with trading cards, one out of six in each release.

Track list

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Love Parade"	Chokkyu Murano	Minoru Komorita, Chokkaku	4:11
2.	"Girlfriend (NTV show Guru Guru Ninety Nine ending theme)" (Girlfriend（日本テレビ系「ぐるぐるナインティナイン」エンディングテーマ）)	Yusuke Toriumi	Kana Yabuki, Shinichiro Murayama	5:05
3.	"Wasurenai" (わすれない)	canna	Shusui, Seiji Motoyama	5:14
4.	"Love Parade -instrumental-"			4:10
Total length:				18:42

Limited edition A DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Parade Music Video"
2.	"Making Of Love Parade Music Video"

Limited edition B DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Roots of Daikoku-danji: Daikoku Danji ga Umareta Basho" (Roots Of DAIKOKU-DANJI ~大国男児が生まれた場所~)	10:31
Total length:		10:31

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position	Sales
Japan Oricon Daily Singles Chart[2]	6
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[3]	8	18,386
Japan Oricon Monthly Singles Chart[4]	26

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Japan	September 21, 2011	CD+DVD A SRCL-7731～7732[5] CD+DVD B SRCL-7733～7734[6] CD SRCL-7735[7]	Sony Music Entertainment

References

1. "The Boss to release "Girlfriend" as ending theme for a Japanese show". Koreaboo.
2. "The Boss and 2NE1 in today's Oricon Single and Album top 10". Koreaboo.
3. "2011年10月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報". Oricon.
4. "Oricon Style CDシングル 月間ランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング". Oricon. September 2011.
5. "Love Parade [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type A]". CD JAPAN.
6. "Love Parade [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B]". CD JAPAN.
7. "Love Parade [Regular Edition]". CD JAPAN.

External links

• 大国男児 | Sony Music (Japanese)
• The Boss official website (Japanese)