| "Honey" | ||||
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| Single by L'Arc~en~Ciel | ||||
| from the album Ray | ||||
| Released | July 8, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Ki/oon Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hyde | |||
| Producer(s) | L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano | |||
| L'Arc~en~Ciel singles chronology | ||||
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"Honey" is the eleventh single by L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released simultaneously with "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" and "Kasou" on July 8, 1998. "Honey" was used as the main theme song and ending song for the TBS Television Football highlights programme "Super Soccer".[1]
The release day of "Honey" was the same as B'z's single "Home". B'z had already had 20 consecutive number-one singles on the Oricon weekly charts, approaching Seiko Matsuda's record of 24. "Honey" recorded first week sales of over 544,000 copies, but "Home" debuted at No. 1 with sales of over 559,000 copies.[2] Nevertheless, it topped the Oricon charts the following week and sold over one million copies.[3] The single was re-released on August 30, 2006.[3]
- ^ "L'Arc-en-Ciel Biography Archive (1998)". Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the third week of July 1998" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ^ a b L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved May 18, 2011