Colors (Flow song)

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"COLORS"
FLOWColors.jpg
Single by FLOW
ReleasedNovember 8, 2006
Genre
Label Ki/oon
Songwriter(s)
  • Kōshi Asakawa
  • Keigo Hayashi
  • Takeshi Asakawa
[1]
FLOW singles chronology
"Around The World / Kandata"
(2006)
"COLORS"
(2006)
"Answer"
(2007)

"Colors" (stylised as COLORS) is the eleventh single by Japanese rock band Flow. 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. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Colors"3:41
2."Astro Slider (アストロスライダー, Asutoro Suraida)"3:38
3."Love Dub"4:41
4."Colors" (-vocalless mix-)3:41
5."Colors" (- Code Geass opening mix-)1:36

[3]

Cover version

Cover by fictional rock band Afterglow (Voiced by Ayane Sakura) was added as a playable song in the smartphone rhythm game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! on December 11, 2021, featured FLOW as a guest performer.

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References

  1. "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  2. "Oricon Profile".
  3. "Sony Music Japan Profile".