Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara/Subeki Koto

"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara / Subeki Koto"
Single by Tokio
Released	August 19, 2009
Format	Maxi single, digital single CD Only, CD+DVD
Recorded	2009
Genre	J-pop, Rock
Label	J-Storm
Tokio singles chronology
"Amagasa/Akireru Kurai Bokura wa Negaō" (2008) "Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara/Subeki Koto" (2009) "Advance/Mata Asa ga Kuru" (2010)

"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara"/"Subeki Koto" is the forty-first single by the Japanese band Tokio. It was the first single released by Tokio in eleven months, having been released on August 19, 2009. The single reached third place on the Oricon charts and charted for three weeks.^[1] The song "Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara" is used as the theme song to the drama show Karei Naru Spy. The song "Subeki Koto" is currently being used as the ending theme song to 5LDK, a talk show hosted by Tokio.^[2]

Track listing

"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara / Subeki Koto" was released in three different versions:

CD Normal Edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara"	Akio Shimizu	Akio Shimizu	Akio Shimizu
2.	"Subeki Koto"	Shigeru Joshima	Taichi Kokubun	Noma Kousuke
3.	"Chikai"	Shigeru Joshima	Shigeru Joshima	Kam
4.	"Cross Fade"		Hikari	Hikari
5.	"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara (Backing Track)"
6.	"Subeki Koto (Backing Track)"

Limited Edition A

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara"	Akio Shimizu	Akio Shimizu	Akio Shimizu
2.	"Subeki Koto"	Shigeru Joshima	Taichi Kokubun	Noma Kousuke

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara (Music Video)"
2.	"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara (Making Clip)"
3.	"Subeki Koto (Music Video)"
4.	"Subeki Koto (Making Clip)"

Limited Edition B

CD
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Taiyō to Sabaku no Bara"	Akio Shimizu	Akio Shimizu	Akio Shimizu
2.	"Subeki Koto"	Shigeru Joshima	Taichi Kokubun	Noma Kousuke

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Subeki Koto (Music Video)"
2.	"Subeki Koto (Making Clip)"
3.	"Tokio Station II: Hanasubekikoto Han"

References

1. "ＴＯＫＩＯ-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-03.
2. "華麗なるスパイ主題歌☆TOKIO『太陽と砂漠のバラ』歌詞☆ - Cheer until victory!" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-12-03.