Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (song)

"Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni"
Single by Eiko Shimamiya
from the album
O (A-side)
Hikari Nadeshiko (B-side)
B-side All Alone
Released May 24, 2006
Format Maxi
Genre Trance
Electropop
J-pop
Industrial
Length 20:56
Label Frontier Works
Producer(s) I've Sound
Eiko Shimamiya singles chronology
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
(2006)
Naraku no Hana
(2007)

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に When the cicadas cry) is the first single of Eiko Shimamiya under I've Sound and Geneon Entertainment label. Released on May 24, 2006 and reached #18 in the Oricon weekly charts.[1] It has sold an approximate total of 35,000 copies and stayed in the charts for 26 weeks making this Eiko's most selling and longest charting single to date. The title track was used as the opening theme for the anime series Higurashi When They Cry. Composition wise, it is written in the key of E Minor.

Note: If you play this song backwards, you can hear the word Nigerarenai (逃げられない, "you cannot escape").

Track List

All lyrics written by Eiko Shimamiya. 

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に)"  Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Kazuya Takase 4:27
2. "All Alone"  Kazuya Takase 6:04
3. "Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に)" (instrumental)Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Kazuya Takase 4:23
4. "All Alone" (instrumental)Kazuya Takase 6:02
Total length:
20:56

References

  1. "島みやえい子-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-27.