"Thoughts" | ||||
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Single by Luna Sea | ||||
from the album A Will | ||||
B-side | "Lost World" | |||
Released | August 28, 2013 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 9:49 | |||
Label | Universal | |||
Songwriter(s) | Luna Sea | |||
Producer(s) | Luna Sea | |||
Luna Sea singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Thoughts" on YouTube |
"Thoughts" is the seventeenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on August 28, 2013. It reached number 7 on the Oricon chart and number 14 on Billboard 's Japan Hot 100. [1] [2]
The B-side "Lost World" is one of the few Luna Sea songs originally composed by Ryuichi. Inoran said that Sugizo helped arrange it and thus added his own "essence" into it. [3]
The single was released in three editions; a regular CD single, and two limited editions both with the music video for "Thoughts", but one version with it on Blu-ray, the other on DVD. [4] All three have different cover art.
"Thoughts" was used in a commercial for the mobile game Master of Chaos, [4] while "Lost World" was used in one for the game Space Fighter.
All songs written and composed by Luna Sea.
Luna Sea is a Japanese rock band formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1986. Due to the use of make-up and costumes early in their career and their widespread popularity, they are considered one of the most successful and influential bands in the visual kei movement. Throughout the mid-1990s they used significantly less make-up, and after a one-year break in 1997, came back with a more mainstream alternative rock style and toned down their on-stage attire. They disbanded in 2000. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Luna Sea at number 90 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.
Kiyonobu Inoue, better known exclusively by his stage name Inoran, is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Luna Sea since 1986. He started his solo career in 1997. Luna Sea disbanded in 2000, and he formed Fake? with Oblivion Dust vocalist Ken Lloyd a year later. In 2005 he left Fake? and founded Tourbillon with Luna Sea vocalist Ryuichi Kawamura and Hiroaki Hayama. He rejoined Luna Sea when they reunited in 2010, and in 2012 formed Muddy Apes with bassist Taka Hirose and guitarist Dean Tidey, both from Feeder, and 8otto's vocalist Maeson.
Ryuichi Kawamura is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known as lead singer of the rock band Luna Sea since 1989. He started a solo career in 1997, three years before Luna Sea disbanded in 2000. In 2005, Kawamura formed Tourbillon with fellow Luna Sea member Inoran and Hiroaki Hayama. He rejoined Luna Sea when they reunited in August 2010.
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"Storm" is the ninth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on April 15, 1998. It was their fourth number 1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, charted for 10 weeks, and was certified Platinum in April 1998 by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000. "Storm" was the 29th best-selling single of the year with 720,370 copies sold, which makes it the band's best-selling single. It was used as the April 1998 theme song for NHK's music television show Pop Jam.
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