"WORD OF THE VOICE" | ||||
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Single by FLOW | ||||
Released | June 4, 2008 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Ki/oon Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kōshi Asakawa, Takeshi Asakawa | |||
FLOW singles chronology | ||||
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WORD OF THE VOICE is FLOW's fifteenth single. Its A-Side was used as the second opening theme song for Persona -trinity soul-. It reached #15 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 6 weeks. * [1]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "WORD OF THE VOICE" | 3:48 |
2. | "ESCA" | 3:18 |
3. | "Always" | 4:05 |
4. | "WORD OF THE VOICE -Instrumental-" | 3:47 |
5. | "WORD OF THE VOICE -PERSONA Opening Mix-" | 1:34 |
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"Go!!!" is Flow's fourth single. Its A-side was used as the fourth opening for the popular Japanese anime Naruto. It reached #6 on the Oricon charts in its first week where it stayed on the Oricon's Top 10 for 3 straight weeks. It charted for 22 weeks in total.
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DAYS is FLOW's seventh single. Its A-Side was used as the first opening theme song for Eureka Seven. It reached number 3 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 14 weeks.
"COLORS" is FLOW's eleventh single. The A-Side was used as the first opening theme song for Code Geass. It reached #2 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 16 weeks.
"Arigatou" is FLOW's fourteenth single. It reached #25 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 7 weeks. *
WORLD END is FLOW's sixteenth single. Its A-Side was used as the second opening theme song for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2. It reached number 4 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 10 weeks. *
Sign is FLOW's eighteenth single. Its A-Side was used as the sixth opening theme song for Naruto Shippuden. The single has two editions: regular and limited. The limited edition includes a bonus CD with extra tracks, a wide cap sticker, double-sided jacket, and Sharingan sticker. It reached number 4 on the Oricon charts in its first week and charted for 6 weeks.