Red Fraction

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"Red Fraction"
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Single by Mell
ReleasedJune 14, 2006
Genre Industrial rock
Length3:46
Label Geneon
Songwriter(s) Kazuya Takase, Mell
Producer(s) I've Sound
Mell singles chronology
"Red Fraction"
(2006)
"'Proof/No Vain'"
(2007)

"Red Fraction" is the first single of I've Sound singer Mell and her first single under Geneon Entertainment. Currently, this is Mell's most successful single as it reached #11 in the Oricon charts and sold a total of 38,006 copies. [1] It was featured in the opening credits of the 2006 Japanese anime series Black Lagoon , produced by Madhouse and directed by Sunao Katabuchi.

Track listing

  1. Red Fraction—3:42
    Composition: Kazuya Takase
    Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
    Lyrics: Mell
  2. Red Fraction (instrumental) – 3:41
  3. Red Fraction (G.M.S remix) – 6:02
    Composition: Kazuya Takase
    Arrangement: G.M.S
    Lyrics: Mell

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References

  1. "MELL-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-12-14.[ dead link ]