"Blaster" | ||||
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Single by FLOW | ||||
Released | July 2, 2003 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Ki/oon Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Keigo Hayashi, Kōshi Asakawa, Takeshi Asakawa, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Yasutarō Gotō | |||
FLOW singles chronology | ||||
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Blaster was FLOW's first major debut single after signing with Ki/oon Records. It reached #12 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 6 weeks. * [1]
Flow is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1998 and signed to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Music label and represented by the talent agency Amuse. Flow is a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a drummer, a bassist, and a guitarist. As of April 2019, the band has released 34 singles, 2 collaboration singles with Granrodeo and 11 studio albums. Their songs have been featured in the opening sequences of several anime and Japanese drama series.
Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Blaster (ブラスター)" | 3:24 |
2. | "Nostalgia (ノスタルジア)" | 4:24 |
3. | "From 9 to 0" | 1:57 |
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"Love So Sweet" is a Japanese song, and the eighteenth single, by the Japanese boy band Arashi. The single was released in two editions: a regular edition containing a bonus secret track and karaoke versions of the songs released in the single, and a limited edition containing a bonus track entitled "Fight Song". With its lyrics written by Arashi and music composed by member Kazunari Ninomiya, it was created in 2006 as an image song for the group's variety show G no Arashi.
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Gold Skool is the sixteenth studio album of Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota, released on August 3, 2011. The album charted at number 3 on the Oricon Albums chart and remained on the charts for total of 18 weeks. The album sold over 78,124 units in Japan.
"Sotsugyō" is the debut single of Japanese singer Yuki Saito. The single was released by Canyon Records on February 12, 1985, and was used as an image song for Myojo Foods' "A Ramen Named Youth" line of instant ramen. The song continues to be popular over 20 years after its debut, having been covered by multiple artists.
Dream Express is FLOW's second single. It reached #9 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 9 weeks. *
Ryuusei / Sharirara is FLOW's third single. It is a double A-side single. It reached #12 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 10 weeks. *
Life is beautiful is FLOW's fifth single. It reached #28 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 4 weeks. *
"Go" is Flow's fourth single. Its A-side was used as the fourth opening for the popular Japanese anime Naruto. It reached #6 on the Oricon charts in its first week where it stayed on the Oricon's Top 10 for 3 straight weeks. It charted for 22 weeks total.
"Rookie" / "Stay Gold" is FLOW's sixth single. It is a double A-Side single. "Stay Gold" was used as the theme song for the Korean film Make It Big. It reached #32 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 5 weeks.
DAYS is FLOW's seventh single. Its A-Side was used as the first opening theme song for Eureka Seven. It reached number 3 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 14 weeks. *
Re:member is FLOW's ninth single. Its A-Side was used as the eighth opening theme song for Naruto. It reached #12 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 8 weeks. *
Around The World / Kandata is FLOW's tenth single. Kandata was used as the commercial theme song for Suzuki Swift. It reached #23 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 5 weeks. *
"COLORS" is FLOW's eleventh single. The A-Side was used as the first opening theme song for Code Geass. It reached #2 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 16 weeks.
"Arigatou" is FLOW's fourteenth single. It reached #25 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 7 weeks. *
WORD OF THE VOICE is FLOW's fifteenth single. Its A-Side was used as the second opening theme song for Persona -trinity soul-. It reached #15 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 6 weeks. *
WORLD END is FLOW's sixteenth single. Its A-Side was used as the second opening theme song for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2. It reached number 4 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 10 weeks. *
Snow Flake ~Kioku no Koshitsu~ / Pulse is FLOW's seventeenth single. PULSE was the official image song of the world’s biggest snowboard event "X-TRAIL JAM in TOKYO DOME ‘08." It reached #24 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 4 weeks. *
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