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| Single by Shizuka Kudo | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2008 | |||
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| Length | 4:35 | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon | |||
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"Night Wing" | ||||
"Night Wing" (stylized as "NIGHT WING") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released as a double A-side single alongside "Yukigasa" by Pony Canyon on November 5, 2008. [1] It served as the ending theme to the AX music show Ongaku Senshi Music Fighter. [2]
"Night Wing" is Kudo's first single to be released as a double A-side, with "Yukigasa". Her 1998 single, "Kirara", and its coupling song, "In the Sky", received a similar treatment, but was never officially released as such. "Night Wing" was written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, [3] and arranged by Ichizō Seo. [4] The song marks Kudo's first collaboration with Nakajima in two years, since "Clāvis (Kagi)". It is described as a powerful midtempo song written by an invigorated Nakajima. [5] Lyrically, the song describes a protagonist metaphorically "spreading her heart-shaped wings and soaring through a windy sky" and ambiguously pondering about her contradictory actions and mixed feelings. The song is composed in the key of A-sharp minor and Kudo's vocals span from G♯3 to A4.
Nakajima performed a cover of "Night Wing" in concert during her Enkai 2012-3 tour. [6] In 2014, a live recording of one of her performances of the song was included on the live album, Miyuki Nakajima "Enkai" 2012-3: Live Selection. [7]
"Night Wing" debuted at number 75 on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 1,000 copies sold. [8] The single charted for two weeks and sold a total of 2,000 copies. [9] It also charted on Billboard Japan's Top Single Sales chart, on which it peaked at number 88. [10]
All tracks are written by Miyuki Nakajima.
| No. | Title | Arranger(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Night Wing" |
| 4:35 |
| 2. | "Yukigasa" |
| 5:33 |
| 3. | "Night Wing" (Less Vocal) |
| 4:35 |
| 4. | "Yukigasa" (Less Vocal) |
| 5:32 |
| Total length: | 20:17 | ||
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon) [11] | 75 |
| Japan Top Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [10] | 88 |
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My Precious: Shizuka Sings Songs of Miyuki is the second cover album by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released on August 20, 2008, through Pony Canyon. The album features eleven covers of songs originally penned and performed by Miyuki Nakajima, chosen by Kudo from Nakajima's exhaustive catalog. The record also includes, as bonus tracks, three songs of Kudo's that were written and composed by Nakajima: "Gekijō" (1996), "Setsu Getsu Ka" (1998) and "Clāvis (Kagi)" (2006).
