Kiseki (Greeeen song)

"Kiseki" (キセキ^?) is the 7th single released by Greeeen on May 28, 2008. The term "Kiseki" is the kakekotoba of "Miracle" (奇跡, Kiseki^?) and "Track" (軌跡, Kiseki^?) on the lyrics of the song.

It reached the number-one position on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts for 2 weeks and physically sold over 500,000 copies. The song was ranked at the number-one position on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles Yearly Charts of 2008. On May 28, 2009, it was announced that the sales of the full-track ringtone digital-format version (Chaku Uta Full) of the song passed 2.3 million copies, surpassing the Japanese digital sales record of Thelma Aoyama's single "Soba ni Iru ne".^[1] The song was given the certificate for the "best selling download single in Japan" by the Guinness World Records on June 29, 2009.^[2]

The song also was covered by Andrew W.K., Kazunari Ninomiya, and C.J. Lewis.

Tracklist

1. Kiseki (キセキ; Miracle)
2. Rookies (ルーキーズ) – a manga written by Masanori Morita which also turned out to a Japanese television drama with "Kiseki" as their main song.

References

1. ^ (Japanese) "「キセキ」着うたフルＤＬでギネス申請". Sports Nippon. 2009-05-29. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2009/05/29/04.html. Retrieved 2009-05-31. 
2. ^ (Japanese) "GReeeeN、「キセキ」がギネス認定". Barks. 2009-07-02. http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000050756. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 

Chart procession and succession