Ashita e no Sanka

16 tracks
"Tennyo (Interlude)" "Ashita e no Sanka" "Sora Uta" "Natsukashii Mirai (Longing Future)" "Hitotsu" "Kaze no Tegami" "Brave" "Yume no Garden" "Gunjou no Tani" "My Friend" "Liberty" "Tsuki ga Watashi" "Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)" "Megumi no Ame" "Together" * "Red Cliff (Shin-Sen) (Modern Rock Version)" ** * First press bonus track ** Tower Records bonus CD

"Ashita e no Sanka" (明日への讃歌) is the debut Japanese-language single by Chinese singer Alan. The song was produced by Kikuchi Kazuhito and written by Nojima Shinji, with arrangement by Nakano Yuuta. It was released on November 21, 2007, as the lead single from her debut studio album, Voice of Earth (2009). It was later released in Taiwan on June 20, 2008.

The single peaked at number sixty-nine on the Oricon charts,^[1] number twenty on the G-Music Jpop/Kpop charts^[2] and number nine on the Five-Music Jpop/Kpop charts.^[3]

An orchestral version of "Ashita e no Sanka" was included as a b-side on her sixth Japanese single "Red Cliff: Shin-Sen", while the Chinese version, titled "Mingri Zange" (明日讚歌), was included on her second Chinese album Xin De Dongfang. A Chinese version of the b-side song "Sakura Modern", titled "San Sheng Shi San Sheng Lu" (三生石三生路), was included on her Chinese single "Xin Zhan (Red Cliff)".

Marty Friedman covered "Ashita e no Sanka" on his instrumental album Tokyo Jukebox (2009).

Track listing

CD single:
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ashita e no Sanka" (明日への讃歌; A Hymn for Tomorrow)	Nojima Shinji	Kikuchi Kazuhito	5:06
2.	"Sakura Modern" (桜モダン; Modern Cherry Blossoms)	Watanabe Natsumi	Kikuchi Kazuhito	5:09
3.	"Ashita e no Sanka" (Instrumental)			5:05
4.	"Sakura Modern" (Instrumental)			5:07
Total length:				20:40

DVD:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ashita e no Sanka"	7:06
2.	"Making of Ashita e no Sanka"	7:06

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Japanese Singles Chart^[1]	69

References

1 2 "ａｌａｎのCDシングルランキング、ａｌａｎのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon Style. Oricon Inc. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
↑ G-Music 風雲榜 (東洋榜)
↑ 五大唱片 (日韓榜)

Alan

Chinese albums	Shengsheng Zui Rulan/Yujian Alan Xin De Dongfang Love Song Mo Lan

Chinese EPs	Xin Zhan: Red Cliff Lan Se: Love Moon Light

Chinese digital releases	"Ai Jiushi Shou" "Jiayou! Ni You Me!" "Chibi: Da Jiangdong Qu" "Huhuan" "Yinghua De Yanlei" "Wo Huilaile"

Japanese albums	Voice of Earth My Life Japan Premium Best & More

Japanese singles	"Ashita e no Sanka" "Hitotsu" "Natsukashii Mirai (Longing Future)" "Sora Uta" "Kaze no Tegami" "Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)" "Megumi no Ame" "Gunjō no Tani" "Kuon no Kawa" "Ballad (Namonaki Koi no Uta)" "Swear" "Diamond/Over the clouds" "Kaze ni Mukau Hana" "Kanashimi wa Yuki ni Nemuru" "Ai wa Chikara" "Minna dene - PANDA with Candy BEAR's - / Ikiru" "DREAM EXPRESS ~Mugen Kukan Cho Tokkyu~"

Japanese digital releases	"Shiawase no Kane" "Happy Birthday"

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