Being (Kotoko song)

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Single by Kotoko
from the album Uzu-Maki
B-side "Sekka no Shinwa"
ReleasedMarch 23, 2006
Genre J-pop
Length22:25
Label Geneon
Songwriter(s) Kotoko
Producer(s) I've Sound
Kotoko singles chronology
"421: A Will"
(2005)
"being"
(2006)
"Chercher"
(2006)

"being" is the fifth single by Kotoko under Geneon Entertainment. The title track was used as the second opening theme for the anime series Shakugan no Shana . As of January 2014, this remains Kotoko's most successful single since it peaked at #4 in the Oricon charts and sold a total of 34,736 copies.[ citation needed ]

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Track listing

  1. being—4:49
    Composition: Kotoko
    Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: Kotoko
  2. 雪華の神話 / Sekka no Shinwa—6:25
    Composition: Kazuya Takase
    Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: Kotoko
  3. being (Instrumental) -- 4:49
  4. 雪華の神話 (Instrumental) / Sekka no Shinwa (Instrumental) -- 6:22

Charts

The song peaked at #4 on the Oricon Japanese charts. [1]

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References

  1. "KOTOKO-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-13.