Blue Train | |
Cover: | BlueTrain.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Asian Kung-Fu Generation |
Album: | Fanclub |
Released: | November 30, 2005 |
Studio: | Landmark Studio |
Genre: | Indie rock, math rock, emo |
Length: | 4:19 |
Label: | Ki/oon KSCL-930 |
Producer: | Asian Kung-Fu Generation |
Prev Title: | Kimi no Machi Made |
Prev Year: | 2004 |
Next Title: | World Apart |
Next Year: | 2006 |
is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released as the first single of their third studio album, Fanclub, on November 30, 2005.[1] The song entered the top five on the Oricon charts and sold well over 100,000 copies by 2006, becoming the 94th single of the year.
The music video for "Blue Train" was directed by Kazuyoshi Oku.[2] The PV premiered on air on Gogoichi -Space Shower Chart Show- on November 13, 2005. It displays the band waiting at a metro station for a train. In 2006, the video earned AKG their third consecutive win at the SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards when it won Best Group Video.[3]