Uchiage Hanabi

"Uchiage Hanabi" (Japanese: 打上花火, official English is "Fireworks") is a single by Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu released in August 2017. "Uchiage Hanabi" means "rocket firework". It is used as the theme song for the 2017 anime film Fireworks. The song is included in Thank You Blue. There are also two solo versions, Yonezu's solo version, released in November of the same year in Bootleg, is a minimalist rearrangement. While Daoko solo version is included in Shiteki Ryoko. The song occupied number one in Billboard Japan Hot Animation for over twenty five weeks.[1] The song won Song of the Year of Space Shower Music Awards in 2018.[2]

"Uchiage Hanabi (打上花火)"
Single by Daoko with Kenshi Yonezu
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Forever Friends"
"Cinderella step"
ReleasedAugust 9, 2017 (2017-08-09)
FormatCD single, digital download
Recorded2017
GenreJ-pop
LabelToy's Factory
Music video
"打上花火" on YouTube

Reception

The song received many positive reviews; it was described as merging the light sadness of summer and floweriness of fireworks, mixing delicate piano and strings with an electro effect and producing a beautiful scene.[3][4][5][6]

Charts
Weekly Chart (2017) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[7] 9
Japan (Japan Hot 100) 1
Yearly Chart (2017) Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 3
Billboard Japan Hot Animation 1
Billboard Japan Streaming 3
Billboard Japan Download 4
Yearly Chart (2018) Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[8] 4
Billboard Japan Hot Animation 1
Billboard Japan Streaming 1
Billboard Japan Download 8

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[9] 2× Platinum 500,000*

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Uchiage Hanabi"Kenshi Yonezu4:49
2."Forever Friends"Reimy4:08
3."Cinderella step"Daoko4:02

Accolades
Year Award Category Result
2018 32nd Japan Gold Disc Award Song of the Year by Download Won
Space Shower Music Awards Song of the Year Won

Reference
  1. "【ビルボード】DAOKO×米津「打上花火」がアニメ・チャート26週ぶり首位、ロングヒット曲が続々と浮上 | Daily News". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. "WINNERS". SPACE SHOWER MUSIC AWARDS 2018 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  3. Department, Skream! Editorial. "打上花火 / DAOKO". Skream! 邦楽ロック・洋楽ロック ポータルサイト. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  4. "星野源、DAOKO、DISH//……今夏注目の主題歌・OP曲揃い踏み！". Real Sound｜リアルサウンド (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  5. "DAOKO『打上花火』／2017年のアンセム、出ました－rockinon.com｜https://rockinon.com/disc/detail/165468". rockinon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  6. "『打ち上げ花火、下から見るか?横から見るか?』とDAOKO×米津玄師"打上花火"について－rockinon.com｜https://rockinon.com/news/detail/165851". rockinon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  7. "打上花火 | DAOKO". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  8. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End | Charts". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  9. "Japanese digital certifications – DAOKO x Yonezu Kenshi – Uchiage Hanabi" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 12 December 2019. Select 2018年1月 on the drop-down menu
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