Rakuen (Do As Infinity song)
"Rakuen" (楽園 Paradise) is Do As Infinity's seventeenth single, released in 2004. It was their first and only single to reach the top three in the Oricon charts. This single is available in two editions, CD and CD+DVD, each with a different cover. It was used as an opening track for the fourth InuYasha movie, InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island.
This song was included in the band's compilation album Do the A-side.
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Rakuen
Rakuen (Japanese "paradise" 楽園 らくえん) may refer to:
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Rakuen (album)
Rakuen (楽園 Paradise) is Yui Horie's fourth solo album. Like sky, her third album, Rakuen also had a limited edition version with an alternate album cover and an exclusive photo book. The album includes the ending theme for the anime Jubei-chan 2, Kokoro Harete Yo mo Akete and the opening theme for the anime Sister Princess Re Pure Character's Part, A Girl in Love (used for DVD release only). Although the other sisters from Sister Princess Re Pure and even Ritsuko Okazaki, who wrote the song herself, have performed the latter song, the version on this album is the only full-length version ever recorded. The rest of the tracks are all original songs.
Track listing
- (Kurōbā, Clover)
- (Nijiiro sāchi, Searching for the colour of the rainbow)
- (Koigokoro, Awakening of love)
- (Nami no mabataki, Sparkling of the waves)
Lakuen
"Lakuen" (Japanese: 楽園 Hepburn: Rakuen, "Paradise"), stylised as "LAKuEN", is a song by Japanese singer Ken Hirai. It was released on January 19, 2000 as his eighth single, and became his biggest hit since his debut in 1995.
Background and development
"Lakuen" was Hirai's first release in two years, since the single "Love Love Love" in 1998. Hirai's debut single "Precious Junk" in 1995 charted at number 50 on Oricon's singles charts, but since then he had not charted on Oricon's singles chart. The popularity of this song managed to revitalise Hirai's career.
Promotion and release
The song became popular after intense radio play from FM stations across Japan. Hirai's follow-up album The Changing Same, released in June 2000, debuted at number one on Oricon's albums chart, and became certified for over one million copies sold.
Hirai performed the song three times on TV Asahi's Music Station: first on March 10, 2000, followed by on the 2000 New Year's special on December 29, and a week before the release of his sixth album Sentimentalovers on November 19, 2004. Hirai performed the song at the 51st Kōhaku Uta Gassen New Year's TV song contest on December 31, 2000.
Song
A song is a single (and often standalone) work of music intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections. Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert performances. Songs are performed live and recorded. Songs may also appear in plays, musical theatre, stage shows of any form, and within operas.
& (disambiguation)
&, or ampersand, is a typographic symbol.
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Song (airline)
Song, LLC was a low-cost air service within an airline brand owned and operated by Delta Air Lines from 2003 to 2006.
Song's main focus was on leisure traffic between the northeastern United States and Florida, a market where it competed with JetBlue Airways. It also operated flights between Florida and the West Coast, and from the Northeast to the west coast.
Song's aircraft were fitted with leather seats and free personal entertainment systems at every seat, with audio MP3 programmable selections, trivia games that could be played against other passengers, a flight tracker, and satellite television (provided by the DISH Network). Song offered free beverages, but charged for meals and liquor. Both brand-name snack boxes and healthy organic meals were offered. The flight safety instructions were sung or otherwise artistically interpreted, depending on the cabin crew. In addition to crew uniforms designed by Kate Spade, customized cocktails created by nightlife impresario Rande Gerber and an in-flight exercise program designed by New York City fitness guru David Barton, the airline created its own distinct mark in the industry. The Song brand was placed on more than 200 flights a day which carried over ten million passengers.
