Hakuro (song)

"Hakuro"

CD only cover
Single by Gackt
B-side "Jounetsu no Inazuma"
Released October 10, 2012
Format CD single, DVD, digital download
Recorded 2012
Genre Hard rock, Folk rock
Length 4:08
Label Avex Trax, Gan-Shin (EU)
Writer(s) Gackt C.
Producer(s) Gackt
Gackt singles chronology
"Until The Last Day"
(2012)		 "Hakuro"
(2012)		 "White Lovers"
(2012)

"Hakuro" (白露-Hakuro-, lit. "White Dew") is the forty-second single of Japanese solo artist Gackt, released on October 10, 2012. It is the theme song for the drama Sengoku Basara.[1][2] The single debuted at number six on the Oricon chart, selling 13,200 copies in its first week,[3] and charted for five weeks.[4] The title song was simultaneously released in Europe by Gan-Shin as a digital download on Amazon and other sites, but is not available on iTunes.[5]

Track listings and formats

All songs composed and written by Gackt C.

  1. "Hakuro" (白露-Hakuro-, White Dew) [nb 1] - 4:08
  2. "Jounetsu no Inazuma" (情熱のイナズマ, Inazuma's Passion) - 3:58
  3. "Hakuro (Instrumental)"
  4. "Jounetsu no Inazuma (Instrumental)"
  1. "Hakuro" (Music Film)

Notes

  1. ↑ "Hakuro" in rōmaji, or "Báilù" in (pīnyīn), literally meaning "white dew", is the 15th solar term of East Asian calendar, in the Gregorian calendar usually begins on 7th September and ends around 23rd September.

Chart performance

Oricon sales chart

Release Provider(s) Chart Peak position Sales total
October 10, 2012 Oricon Weekly Singles 6 13,192
Monthly Singles 30 16,214

Billboard Japan

Chart Peak
position
Hot 100 12
Hot Singles Sales 6
Hot Top Airplay 29

References

  1. ↑ "「戦国Basara」が実写ドラマ化！伊達政宗は林遣都、織田信長はGackt！" (in Japanese). Cinematoday. 2012-06-16. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gackt、信長役で出演中ドラマ「戦 国Basara」ED曲発売". natalie.mu (in Japanese). Natasha. 2012-08-14. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Oricon single week 03.19-03.25, 2012" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Hakuro on Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  5. ↑ "New single from Gackt – Hakuro". Japan Underground. 2012-10-09. Retrieved July 16, 2014.