| Cosmetic | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | SID |
| Album: | Dead Stock |
| Released: | September 29, 2010 |
| Label: | Ki/oon Records |
| Prev Title: | Rain |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Ranbu no Melody |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Cosmetic" (stylized as cosmetic) is a single by Japanese rock band SID, released on September 29, 2010, by Ki/oon Records. The song was included on the Dead Stock album and SID All Singles Best compilation.[1]
Details of the single, such as cover art, composers and tracks, were revealed in early September 2010.[2] A part of the song began to be distributed on the Recochoku Chaku-Uta (R) smartphone app on September 4, and ranked first in the daily rankings, being the band's third consecutive single to do so. A day earlier, the app had released the song's lyrics.[3] On September 22, they published the entire version, at the same time DAM Karaoke also published it.[4] Downloading on DAM also included a free gift.[5]
"Cosmetic" was officially released on September 29 in three editions: regular edition and limited editions A and B. The regular edition comes with the CD with three tracks ("Cosmetic", side B "Sugu Hata de" and a live version of "Memai") only, and limited editions include a bonus DVD, different for edition A or B.[2] On the day of release, they announced the follow-up single: "Ranbu no Melody"[6] and a few days later, a performance in the Tokyo Dome stadium.[2]
The title track was composed by guitarist Shinji and the B-side "Sugu Hata de" by bassist Aki.[2] The song is about complicated love relationships between adults.[7] [3] Vocalist Mao told What's In? magazine that the theme is "curveball" (an expression). Guitarist Shinji added that the key word "poison" is also part of the theme.[8] CD Journal website described it as a pop song with a touch of funk.
"Cosmetic" reached third place on weekly Oricon Albums Chart and stayed on chart for eight weeks.[9] On Tower Records' Japanese Rock & Pop Singles chart, it ranked second place.[7]