Fragile (Every Little Thing song)

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"Fragile"
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Single by Every Little Thing
from the album 4 Force
ReleasedJanuary 1, 2001
RecordedAugust 2–10, 2000
Genre J-pop
Length9:17 ("Fragile" and "Jirenma" only)
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Kaori Mochida
Every Little Thing singles chronology
"Ai no Kakera"
(2000)
"Fragile"
(2001)
"Graceful World"
(2001)

"Fragile", released with a B-side track "Jirenma", is a single by the J-pop group Every Little Thing, released as their eighteenth single on January 1, 2001. It was their fourth single to top the Oricon chart.

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"Fragile" is the theme music of Fuji Television's Ainori , broadcast between October 2000 and September 2001. It is also the theme music of original video animation Fragtime , an anime adaption produced by Tear Studio and based on the manga of the same title. It was also used as the fourth insert song for the romance anime Tsuki ga Kirei (2017), covered by Nao Tōyama. Its cover version by Rie Takahashi was used as the third ending theme music for Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie (2022). [1] "Jirenma" was used as the ending theme song for Initial D Third Stage .

Track listing

  1. Fragile (Words - Kaori Mochida / music - Kazuhito Kikuchi)
  2. Jirenma (Words - Kaori Mochida / music - Ichiro Ito)
  3. Jirenma (FPM Young Soul mix)
  4. Fragile (instrumental)
  5. Jirenma (instrumental)

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Japan Oricon 1

Remixes

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References

  1. 劇場版『からかい上手の高木さん』、3週目ED曲はELT「fragile」をカバー [Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie Week 3 ED song is a cover of ELT's "Fragile"]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). June 24, 2022. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  2. Discogs, Super Eurobeat Presents Euro Every Little Thing
  3. Discogs, J-Euro Non-Stop Best