Rolling Star

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"Rolling Star"
Yuirollingstar.jpg
Single by Yui
from the album Can't Buy My Love
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2007
Recorded2006
Genre Pop rock
Label Studioseven Recordings
Songwriter(s) Yui (lyrics & music)
Producer(s) Hisashi Kondo
Yui singles chronology
"I Remember You"
(2006)
"Rolling Star"
(2007)
"Cherry"
(2007)

"Rolling Star" is the seventh single of Japanese singer-songwriter Yui released January 17, 2007, and her first under the official Studioseven Recordings label. This single has been certified Gold by RIAJ. [1] The music video was directed by Takahiro Miki. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yui.

CD
No.TitleArranger(s)Length
1."Rolling Star"northa+3:34
2."Winter Hot Music"northa+ 
3."I Remember You ~Yui Acoustic Version~"Yui & Hajime Mizoshita 
4."Rolling Star ~Instrumental~"northa+ 

Commercial endorsements

"Rolling Star" is used as fifth opening of the popular anime series Bleach. This would be Yui's second time to have one of her songs used in the show, as her third single, "Life", was used as the fifth closing theme. In addition, the instrumental version of Rolling Star was used in a Fairchild TV commercial for a singing competition in 2008[ citation needed ].

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak PositionSales Total
January 17, 2007Oricon Daily Singles Chart3
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart4169,277
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart6
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart35

The song was used in the fifth opening theme for the anime, Bleach .

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  2. "Rolling star". Space Shower TV (in Japanese). Retrieved December 18, 2014.