Bandage (song)

"Bandage" is a song by Japanese rock band, Lands and serves as their debut single as well as the lead single from their debut album Olympos. The song was written and produced by composer Takeshi Kobayashi (小林 武史) and serves as the theme song of the film with the same name that stars Jin Akanishi, who plays the leader and vocalist of the fictional band. "Bandage" was released on November 25, 2009, their record label J Storm.

Background
Back in November 2008, it was reported that Lands was planning on making their "real world" debut, In September 2009, it was confirmed that the band would be making their debut in the fall of 2009 with the CD release of "Bandage", which was also confirmed to be the theme song of the movie also titled, Bandage. In October, the release date of the song was announced.

Chart performance
On the Japan Hot 100 "Bandage" debuted at number 87. The following week the song went straight to the number-one spot on the chart. It peaked at number one on the Hot Singles Sales, and number nine on the Hot Top Airplay chart. On the Oricon chart, "Bandage" claimed the number-one spot with 211,000 copies sold. In total the single has sold about 248,000 copies and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

Format

 * CD single (JACA-5185)
 * CD+DVD (JACA-5183)