"The Next Decade"
Single by Gackt
ReleasedAugust 11, 2009
GenreHard rock, Symphonic rock
Length13:44[1]
LabelAvex Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Shoko Fujibayashi (lyricist)
Ryo (composer, arranger)
Gackt singles chronology
"Flower"
(2009) 		"The Next Decade"
(2009) 		"Setsugekka (The End of Silence)/Zan"
(2009)
Kamen Rider Series theme song singles chronology
"Journey Through the Decade"
(2009) 		"The Next Decade"
(2009) 		"W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)"
(2009)
Alternative cover
CD+DVD

"The Next Decade" is the thirty-fifth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on August 11, 2009.

Summary

It was used as the theme song for the Kamen Rider Series film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker[2] in which Gackt portrays Riderman.[3] It was released as a CD single and a CD single coupled with a DVD of the music video.

The theme of "The Next Decade" is that of the "War" (戦, Ikusa).[4]

CD

No.TitleLength
1."The Next Decade"5:03
2."T.N.D.Orchestra Attack Ride"3:38
3."The Next Decade (Instrumental)"5:03

DVD

The music video of "The Next Decade" was later released in Stay the Ride Alive,[5] as a "special memorial single" version which is a Digipak with a special cover, a third disc and a booklet describing Gackt's collaboration with the Kamen Rider Decade production.[6]

  1. "The Next Decade" music cinema film

Charts

On its first day of release, it hit #3 on the Oricon Daily Charts after selling 13,000 copies.[7]

Oricon
Release Provider(s) Chart Peak position Sales total
August 11, 2009 Oricon Daily Singles 3[7] 13,534
Weekly Singles 4[8] 37,033
Monthly Singles 12 51,041
Yearly Singles 103 56,335
Billboard Japan
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[9] 11

References

  1. ^ "The Next Decade". Spotify. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  2. ^ "Kamen Rider Decade SOUND WEB" (in Japanese). AVEX. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  3. ^ "GACKTが超美形ライダーマンに"変身"！ ニュース-ORICON STYLE-" (in Japanese). 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  4. ^ "GACKT : 劇場版『仮面ライダー×仮面ライダーW＆ディケイド MOVIE大作戦2010』主題歌はGACKT / BARKS ニュース" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  5. ^ "The Next Decade" (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  6. ^ "GACKT -PICKUP- Music Lounge". Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  7. ^ a b "GACKT、『仮面ライダー』主題歌が3位発進 ニュース-ORICON STYLE-" (in Japanese). 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  8. ^ "Weekly single rankings" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  9. ^ "The Next Decade on Japan Hot 100 chart" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

External links

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