Journey Through the Decade

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"Journey Through the Decade"
Journey through the Decade CD.jpg
The cover of the standard CD release featuring Gackt in the foreground
Single by Gackt
ReleasedMarch 25, 2009
Genre Alternative rock, symphonic rock, techno
Length19:15
Label Avex Mode
Songwriter(s) Shoko Fujibayashi (lyricist)
Ryo (composer, arranger)
Kōtarō Nakagawa (arranger)
Gackt singles chronology
"Ghost"
(2009)
"Journey Through the Decade"
(2009)
"Koakuma Heaven"
(2009)
Kamen Rider Series theme songsingles chronology
"Break the Chain"
(2008)
"Journey Through the Decade"
(2009)
"The Next Decade"
(2009)
No.TitleLength
1."Journey Through the Decade"4:35
2."J.t.D. Re-Mix RIDE "Distort""4:16
3."J.t.D. Re-Mix RIDE "Symphony""5:52
4."Journey Through the Decade (Instrumental)"4:32

DVD

The music video of "Journey Through the Decade" was later released in Stay the Ride Alive, "special memorial single" version which is a Digipak with a special cover, a third disc and a booklet describing Gackt's collaboration with the Kamen Rider Decade production. [2]

No.TitleLength
1."Journey Through the Decade music video" 

Charts

On its first day of release, it sold 15,000 copies and weekly reached #2 with 50,000 copies sold on the Oricon Singles Chart. [3] By the release of its follow up single "The Next Decade", "Journey Through the Decade" had sold 94,000 copies. [4] It stayed 25 weeks on the music charts. [5] In June 2009, the Recording Industry Association of Japan certified it as gold. [6] In December 2012, it was certified as platinum for sales of over 250,000 copies. [7]

Oricon
ReleaseProvider(s)ChartPeak positionSales total
March 25, 2009 Oricon Daily Singles115,441
Weekly Singles251,666
Monthly Singles4 [8] 74,117
Yearly Singles63 [9] 97,616
Billboard Japan
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [10] 6

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