V.I.P (Sid song)

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"V.I.P"
Single by SID
from the album Outsider
ReleasedNovember 21, 2012
Genre J-pop
Length10:58
Label Ki/oon Records
Songwriter(s) Mao, Aki, Shinji
SID singles chronology
"S"
(2012)		"V.I.P"
(2012)		"Koi ni Ochite"
(2012)

"V.I.P" is the twenty-first single by Japanese rock band SID, released on November 21, 2012, by Ki/oon Records. It is opening theme of the anime Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic . The song ranked in second place at the 35th Anime Grand Prix in the best anime song category. [1]

Contents

"V.I.P" was featured on Outsider album and Sid 10th Anniversary Best and SID Anime Best 2008-2017 compilations. [2] [3] The group Morfonica covered the song and released on the album Bang Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol. 6 in 2021. [4]

Promotion and release

V.I.P was announced in September as SID's third single of 2012 and the opening theme for Magi . The song premiered on the series on October 7. [5] [6]

It was released in four editions: regular, limited A and B and a special limited edition. The regular edition had only the three tracks on CD: "V.I.P", the B-side "Soumatou" and a live recording of "Sympathy". In addition to the CD, Limited editions A and B came with a different DVD for each version. The special edition included the anime version of "V.I.P" and its instrumental version. [7] [8]

Musical style

CD Journal website described the song as energetic, lively and dynamic with a typical melody for the band. [8]

Commercial performance

"V.I.P" peaked at number four on weekly Oricon Albums Chart and stayed on chart for eleven weeks. [9] On Tower Records J-rock and J-pop singles chart, it ranked 19th. [8] On Billboard, it reached seventh place on the Hot 100, [10] second at Hot Animation [11] and third on Top Singles Sales. [12]

In January 2014, it was certified gold disc by RIAJ for selling more than 100.000 digital copies. [13]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mao.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."V.I.P"Aki3:14
2."Soumatou" (走馬灯)Shinji4:00
3."Sympathy" (Live from TOUR 2012 M&W)AKi4:43
Total length:10:58

Personnel

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