Bokutachi no Yukue

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"Bokutachi no Yukue (僕たちの行方?)"
"Bokutachi no Yukue (僕たちの行方, Bokutachi no Yukue?)" cover
Single by Hitomi Takahashi
from the album sympathy
Released April 13, 2005
Format CD single
Recorded C MUSIC Studio, Studio Sound DALI, MIT Studio
Genre J-pop & J-Rock
Length 19 min 39 s
Label gr8! records
Writer(s) Yuta Nakano, Hitomi Takahashi, Natsumi Watanabe & mavie
Producer(s) Kazuma Jo
Chart positions
Hitomi Takahashi singles chronology
"Bokutachi no Yukue"
(2005)		 "evergreen"
(2005)

"Bokutachi no Yukue" is Hitomi Takahashi's debut single under the Sony Records (gr8! records) label. The single was released on April 13, 2005, in one format. This is the first retail single for her first album "sympathy."

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[edit] Overview

"Bokutachi no Yukue" is Hitomi Takahashi's debut single, and so far, her most successful single. The single became an instant hit, and debuted at #1 for its first week on the Oricon Charts. This made her the 2nd female to have had a debut single reach #1 and the third solo artist to have a debut single reach #1 (in Japan). The single ended up selling well over 100,000 copies. The A-side song "Bokutachi no Yukue" is the 3rd opening theme song for the very popular TV series Gundam SEED DESTINY.

When the song was unveiled on the Gundam SEED DESTINY Official Site, the website received so many hits that it had to temporarily shutdown for lack of bandwidth.

The song is a darker pop/rock tune with "violin" type sounds to add gloominess to the song. A guitar is played throughout most of the song, stopping every once in a while for no more than 20 seconds, there is also a long guitar solo after the second chorus is sung.

Sample of the translated lyrics:

While we lose our way
We continue to search for our destination
Even if painful tears are shed
Someday they'll change into radiance
'Cause I'm Never Gonna Stop Streak My Dream

[edit] Music video

A screen capture of the music video.
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A screen capture of the music video.

The music video used for "Bokutachi no Yukue" was shot in an, as of now, unknown studio by director SEKI★RYUUJI. The video has Hitomi singing in a seemingly deserted wasteland. Hitomi is also shown running throughout the video, until she stops in front of a cloaked man. After receiving a white rose from him, everything starts to become blurred as a fierce wind forms from the rose. Once the wind dissipates, she proceeds to follow the man and then the video ends.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "僕たちの行方 (Bokutachi no Yukue)" (Yuta Nakano, shungo.) - 4:31
  2. "風のキリン (Kaze no KIRIN)" (Hitomi Takahashi, Natsumi Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamasaki) - 6:41
  3. "メロディ (MERODI)" (Hitomi Takahashi, mavie, BOUNCEBACK) - 3:50
  4. "僕たちの行方 -Instrumental- " (Yuta Nakano) - 4:31

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producers - Kazuma Jo
  • Director - Kazuma Jo, Taku Sugawara
  • Mixing - Eiichi Nishizawa (Studio Rine)
  • Hair & Make-up - Mihoko Fujiwara
  • Styling - Itoko Shiino
  • Photography - Makoto Okuguchi
  • Design - Sachie Shibata

[edit] Performances

[edit] Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
13 April 2005 Oricon Daily Singles Chart #1
13 April 2005 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart #1 60,445 135,898+ 14 weeks
13 April 2005 Oricon Yearly Singles Chart #75

[edit] RIAJ Certification

"Bokutachi no Yukue" has been certified gold for shipments of over 100,000 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Hitomi Takahashi
Albums
sympathy
Singles
Bokutachi no Yukue | evergreen | Aozora no NAMIDA | Communication | Ko·mo·re·bi
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