Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)

"Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)"
Single by Miyuki Nakajima
from the album Short Stories (Tanpenshū)
A-side	"Headlight, Taillight"
Released	July 19, 2000
Genre	Folk rock, ambient rock
Length	5:11
Label	Yamaha Music Communications
Songwriter(s)	Miyuki Nakajima
Producer(s)	Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima singles chronology
"Not Even Blinking" (1998) "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)" / "Headlight, Taillight" (2000) "Ride on the Gentle Luminous Dragon" (2003)
Music video
"Earthly Stars" on YouTube

"Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)" (地上の星, Chijō no Hoshi) is a song that Japanese musician Miyuki Nakajima composed and recorded for the country's acclaimed television documentary program Project X -Chōsenshatachi-, which aired on NHK during the first half of the 2000s. It was released as a double A-Side single with "Headlight, Taillight" (ヘッドライト・テールライト, Heddoraito Tēruraito) in July 2000 and reached the number-one spot after 30 months, becoming one of the longest running singles in history of the Japanese Oricon chart started in 1968.^[1]