Sample (Sakanaction song)

"Sample"
A cut-out picture of Sakanaction's band-members places in a landscape of grassy hills and black sky.
"Word" / "Sample" digital download cover
Single by Sakanaction
from the album Night Fishing
ReleasedDecember 5, 2007 (2007-12-05)
Recorded2007
GenrePop, dance, electronica, post-rock
Length4:41
LabelVictor Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Ichiro Yamaguchi
Producer(s)Sakanaction
Sakanaction singles chronology
"Sample" / "Word"
(2007)
"Night Fishing Is Good"
(2007)

"Sample" (Japanese: サンプル, Hepburn: Sanpuru) (Japanese pronunciation: [sampɯɾɯ]) is a song by Japanese band Sakanaction. Originally a song recorded by Sakanaction's vocalist Ichiro Yamaguchi's high-school band Dutchman in 2002, it was later released by Sakanaction on December 5, 2007 as a double A-side digital single alongside "Word", two months before the band's second album Night Fishing.[1] As the leading promotional track from Night Fishing, "Sample" was heavily promoted on radio stations in Hokkaido in February, however did not receive noticeable national airplay. Since its release, "Sample" has become a staple of the band's live concert set-lists.

  1. ^ "サカナクションのヒストリー" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2015.