Connect (song)

"Connect"
Single by ClariS
from the album Birthday
Released	February 2, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:27
Label	SME
Songwriter(s)	Shō Watanabe
ClariS singles chronology
"Irony" (2010) "Connect" (2011) "Nexus" (2011)
Audio sample
A 23-second sample from "Connect", featuring ClariS singing the first verse as it transitions from C minor to G-flat major at 0:11. file help

"Connect" (コネクト, Konekuto) is a pop song by the Japanese duo and idol unit ClariS, written by Shō Watanabe. It was released as the unit's second single on February 2, 2011, by SME Records. The song was used as the opening theme to the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.^[1] A music video was produced for "Connect", directed by Takumi Shiga. The single peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart, and was later awarded a Gold Disc by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year.