Love Rainbow

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"Løve Rainbow"
Single by Arashi
from the album Beautiful World
B-side"over"
Released8 September 2010 (2010-09-08)
Recorded2010
GenrePop
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)
  • Furaha
  • Octobar
  • iiiSak
  • Dyce Taylor
Arashi singles chronology
"To Be Free"
(2010)
"Løve Rainbow"
(2010)
"Dear Snow"
(2010)

"Love Rainbow" (stylized as Løve Rainbow) is a song recorded by Japanese boy band Arashi, for their tenth studio album, Beautiful World (2011). It was released as a CD single on 8 September 2010 under the record label J Storm. "Love Rainbow" was used as the theme song for member, Jun Matsumoto's starring drama Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku.

"Love Rainbow" reached number one on the Oricon Singles Chart for the week ending 12 September 2010 with initial sales of 529,000 copies.[1][2] Within the same month of release, it was certified Double Platinum for shipments of over 500,000 units.[3] "Love Rainbow" was the seventh best-selling single of 2010.[4]

Release[edit]

The single was released in two editions. A regular version and a limited edition. The regular edition contains the title track and the b-side, "Over", and instrumentals of both tracks. The limited edition contains the title track and "Over", and the music video and making-of video for the title track.[5]

Track listing[edit]

Regular Edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Løve Rainbow"
  • Furaha
  • Octobar
  • iiSak
  • Dyce Taylor
ha-j4:42
2."over"Tomokazu MiuraHikariHirofumi Sasaki4:58
3."Løve Rainbow (instrumental)"   4:42
4."over (instrumental)"   4:54
Total length:19:16
Limited Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Løve Rainbow"4:42
2."over"4:54
3."Løve Rainbow (music video)" (DVD) 
4."Løve Rainbow (music video making-of)" (DVD) 
Total length:9:36

Charts and certifications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "週間 シングルランキング 2010年09月20日付". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. ^ "嵐、月9主題歌で21作連続首位 今年3作目のシングル初週50万枚超え". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. ^ "The Record: 洋楽の魅力と新たな可能性を語" [The Record: The appeal of western music and new possibilities] (PDF). The Record (in Japanese). 612: 14. November 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Oricon 2010 Yearly Single Ranking". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Løve Rainbow" (in Japanese). J Storm. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. ^ "2010년 41주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  8. ^ "2010년 41주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  9. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年9月". RIAJ. Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 30 September 2010.

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