Tail of Hope

"Tail of Hope"
Single by BoA
B-side	"Baby You..."
Released	June 26, 2013 (2013-06-26)
Recorded	2013
Genre	J-Pop electropop
Length	3:51
Label	Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Sara Sakurai Claire Rodriguez Daniel Sherman Andrew Gilbert
BoA singles chronology
"Only One" (2013) "Tail of Hope" (2013) "Message" (2013)
Music video
"Tail of Hope" on YouTube

"Tail of Hope" is a song recorded by South Korean singer BoA, released on June 26, 2013. The song serves as the theme song for the Japanese Fuji-TV drama Hakui no Namida . The B-side is the song "Baby You...", a rewritten Japanese version of her Korean song "Disturbance".

Background

"Tail of Hope" is the theme song for the Japanese drama Hakui no Namida , which began airing on April 1, 2013. ^{[1] [2]} This is BoA's thirty-third Japanese single and was released on June 26, 2013. ^[3] A Japanese version of BoA's self-written Korean song "Disturbance" released earlier in January 2013 is the single's B-side. ^[4] An English version of the song released as a separate special edition CD was also made available exclusively to members of BoA's official fan club who purchased both the CD and CD+DVD editions. ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tail of Hope"	Sara Sakurai	Claire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert	3:51
2.	"Baby You.."	BoA, Sakurai (supervision)	BoA	3:20
3.	"Tail of Hope (Instrumental)"	Sara Sakurai	Rodrigues, Sherman, Gilbert	3:51
4.	"Baby You.. (Instrumental)"	BoA, Sara Sakurai (supervision)	BoA	3:17
Total length:				14:19

DVD

No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Tail of Hope (music video)"	Toshiyuki Suzuki	5:36
2.	"Sonna Kimi (Disturbance) Korean version (music video)" (そんな君 "You the Way You Are")	Kwon Soonwook	3:47
3.	"Tail of Hope (making)"	Suzuki	3:43

Digital download ^[6]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tail of Hope"	Sara Sakurai	Claire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert	3:51
2.	"Baby You.."	BoA, Sakurai (supervision)	BoA	3:20
Total length:				7:11

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon) [7]	12
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [8]	19

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from the liner notes booklet of "Tail of Hope." ^[9]

Anna – Hair, make-up Andrew Gilbert – arrangement (#1, #3) Yu Hamashima – "Tail of Hope" music video producer Kim Terung – arrangement (#2, #4) Kim Yongshin – arrangement (#2, #4) Kwon BoA – vocals Kwon Soonwook – "Disturbance" music video director Metaoloz Creative Group – "Disturbance" music video production

Daniel Sherman – arrangement (#1, #3) Satsuki Naono – creative coordination Claire Rodrigues – arrangement (#1, #3) Chie Sekine – graphic design Shino Suganuma – styling Toshiyuki Suzuki – art direction, "Tail of Hope" music video director Tisch – photographer

References

1. "BoA and Kawamura Ryuichi to sing theme songs for daytime drama, Hakui no Namida". TokyoHive. 6Theory Media, LLC. March 30, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
2. "BoA, 河村隆一がフジ昼ドラ「白衣のなみだ」テーマ曲担当". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
3. ""Tail of Hope" of BoA". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
4. "BoA to release single 'Disturbance' for her first solo concert". Allkpop . 6TheoryMedia. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
5. ""BoA"NEW SINGLE「Tail of Hope」豪華2形態連動特典決定！！"もれなく"＜スペシャルCD＞プレゼント!!" (in Japanese). Avex Marketing. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
6. ""Tail of Hope" by BoA" (in Japanese). iTunes JP, Apple. 26 June 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
7. "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (11—20)" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 24–30, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
8. "Billboard-Japan Weekly Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Billboard-Japan. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
9. Tail of Hope (Media notes) (in Japanese). BoA. Tokyo, Japan: Avex. 2013.