"Sign"
Single by Mr. Children
from the album I Love U (I♥U)
ReleasedMay 26, 2004
GenrePop rock, power pop
Length12:19
LabelToy's Factory
Songwriter(s)Kazutoshi Sakurai
Producer(s)Takeshi Kobayashi
Mr. Children singles chronology
"Tenohira/Kurumi"
(2003) 		"Sign"
(2004) 		"Yonjigen: Four Dimensions"
(2005)

"Sign" is the twenty-sixth single released by Mr. Children on May 26, 2004. The title track was used as the theme song to the Japanese drama Orange Days[1] and won the 'Song of the Year' award, known as the 'Grand Prize', in addition to the 'Gold Prize' award at the 46th annual Japan Record Awards[2][3] ten years after the group's win for their 1994 single "Innocent World". The single went on to also win 'Best Theme Song' at the 41st Television Drama Academy Awards[4] and also 'Song of the year' at the 19th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.[5] Like their previous single, it debuted at number one with 370,000 copies in its first week. It has sold over 770,000 copies, and became the 2nd best selling single of 2004.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kazutoshi Sakurai

No.TitleLength
1."Sign"5:22
2."Mousou mangetsu (妄想満月)"3:03
3."Konna fuu ni hidoku mushiatsui hi (こんな風にひどく蒸し暑い日)"3:54

References

  1. ^ The distance to "HOME". 別冊カドカワ総力特集 Mr.Children (Separate volume Kadokawa special issue Mr.Children) (in Japanese). Kadokawa television. 2007. p. 168. ISBN 978-4-04-894488-5.
  2. ^ "日本レコード大賞・最優秀新人賞 (Japanese Japan Record Grand Prix and the best rookie of the year award)". yomiuri.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  3. ^ "第46回日本レコード大賞 (The 46th annual Japanese record prize)". jacompa.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  4. ^ "Television Drama Academy Awards". television.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  5. ^ "Japan Gold Disc Award Official Website". golddisc.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-07-11.


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