However
| "However" | ||||
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| Single by Glay | ||||
| from the album Review | ||||
| Released | August 6, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, power pop, progressive rock | |||
| Label | Platinum Records | |||
| Producer(s) | Glay, Masahide Sakuma | |||
| Glay singles chronology | ||||
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However is the 12th single release by Japanese band Glay on August 6, 1997. It debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart, appearing at that position for 5 weeks in total, selling 1,341,980 copies.
The title song was used as ending song for the TV-drama "Ryakudatsu Ai Abunai Onna" (略奪愛・アブない女 lit. "Despoiled Love: Dangerous Woman") aired on TBS channel, whose opening theme was another Glay song, "Freeze My Love", and all the music was instrumental versions of Glay's songs.
Awards
- Grand Prize winner at the "30th Japan Cable Broadcast Awards"[1]
- 39th Annual Japan Record Awards "Excellent work prize" [2]
Covers by other musicians
"However" has been recorded by Kiyoshi Maekawa in his album Ballad Selection, in 1999, and by Ayumi Nakamura in her album Voice, in 2008.
Track list
- However
- I'm Yours
- However (Karaoke)
References
- ↑ "Nihon Yusen Taisho" (in Japanese).
- ↑ "第39回日本レコード大賞 (The 39th annual Japanese record prize)". jacompa.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-01-01.
| Preceded by "Glass no Shōnen" by KinKi Kids "Eien" by Zard |
Japanese Oricon Weekly number-one single August 18, 1997 – August 25, 1997 (2 weeks) September 8, 1997 – September 22, 1997 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Eien" by Zard "Tanoshiku Tanoshiku Yasashikune" by Tomomi Kahala |