Cocoon (Anna Tsuchiya song)

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"Cocoon"
Single by Anna Tsuchiya
from the album Nudy Show!
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2008
Recorded2007
Genre Pop rock, pop, rock
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) ANNA (Anna Tsuchiya), Ayumi Miyazaki, Andreas Ahlenius, Fredrik Strom, Daniel Gibson, Anders Bergstrom
Anna Tsuchiya singles chronology
"Bubble Trip / Sweet Sweet Song"
(2007)
"Cocoon"
(2008)
"Crazy World"
(2008)

"Cocoon" is the seventh single of singer Anna Tsuchiya. The single was released by Mad Pray Records on 30 January 2008 in two versions; as a regular CD and a limited edition CD+DVD version. [1] [2] The song spent four weeks in the Oricon charts, reaching #19 on 11 February 2008. [1] "cocoon" was used in a NTT DoCoMo television commercial, while the B-side "U" was used as the campaign song for the DVD release of The L Word in Japan. [1] [3] The third track, "Guys", was not included in the limited edition version. [2]

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Cocoon"ANNA (Anna Tsuchiya), Ayumi MiyazakiAndreas Ahlenius, Fredrik Strom, Daniel Gibson, Anders Bergstrom Gary Newby 3:46
2."U"ANNAJoey Carbone, Anthony MazzaJoey Carbone, Anthony Mazza3:08
3."Guys"ANNA, Rie Eto Ayumi MiyazakiAyumi Miyazaki4:14
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Cocoon" (Music video) 

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References

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  2. 1 2 "cocoon 土屋アンナ" [cocoon, Anna Tsuchiya] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  3. "Uの歌詞" ["U" lyrics] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 September 2016.