Blue Rose (song)

"Blue Rose"
Single by Shizuka Kudo
from the album Expose
ReleasedMarch 18, 1994 (1994-03-18)
Genre
Length4:40
LabelPony Canyon
Songwriter(s)
  • Aeri
  • Takashi Tsushimi
Producer(s)
Shizuka Kudo singles chronology
"Anata Shika Inai Desho"
(1993)
"Blue Rose"
(1994)
"Jaguar Line"
(1994)
Audio sample

"Blue Rose" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo, from her ninth studio album, Expose. It was released through Pony Canyon as the album's lead single on March 18, 1994. The song marks a significant change in artistic direction for Kudo, as it is her first single to be self-produced,[1] as well as her first release since parting ways with long-time collaborator Tsugutoshi Gotō, who has helmed Kudo's songwriting team since her solo debut.[2] It was featured on TV commercials for Seagaia Ocean Dome.[3] The single's B-side, "Door", is the ending theme to the TX television series Tsumiki Kuzushi: Hōkai, Soshite....[4] Kudo performed "Blue Rose" on the 45th Kōhaku Uta Gassen, marking her seventh consecutive appearance on the show.[5] It is the first in a trilogy of singles with the word "blue" in the title: "Blue Rose" was later followed by "Blue Velvet" and "Blue Zone".

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