Rollin' Days

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"Rollin' Days"
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Single by Superfly
from the album Mind Travel
ReleasedMay 18, 2011 (2011-05-18)
Genre Pop-rock
Length4:01
Label Warner Music Japan
Songwriter(s) Shiho Ochi, Kōichi Tabo
Producer(s) Koichi Tsutaya
Superfly singles chronology
"Beep!!"
(2011)
"Rollin' Days"
(2011)
"Ah"
(2011)
Music video
"Rollin' Days" at YouTube

"Rollin' Days" is a song by Japanese rock act Superfly. It is a digital single from the band's third studio album Mind Travel . The song itself is featured as the theme song for the Japanese drama BOSS. [1] "Rollin' Days" reached the top of the iTunes Store charts, peaked at 11 on the Japan Hot 100, and at 7 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart. Superfly's vocalist Shiho Ochi wrote the lyrics while former guitarist Kōichi Tabo composed the track with Koichi Tsutaya arranging the song.

The "Rollin' Days" music video is one of the 50 nominees for the various categories in the 2012 SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards. [2] In 2015, the song was certified gold by the RIAJ. [3]

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from the liner notes booklet of Mind Travel . [4]

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