| Dozing Green | |
| Cover: | Dozing Green (Regular)- Dir en grey.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dir En Grey |
| Album: | Uroboros |
| Released: | October 24, 2007 (JP) October 26, 2007 (DE) October 29, 2007 (UK/FR) October 31, 2007 (FI) |
| Recorded: | Studio Innig, Sony Music Studios, Sound Crew Studios, Studio Fine (1, 2) Pacifico Yokohama, April 21, 2007 (3) |
| Genre: | Alternative metal |
| Length: | 4:05 |
| Label: | Firewall Div./SMEJ (JP) Gan-Shin (EU) |
| Producer: | Dir En Grey |
| Prev Title: | Agitated Screams of Maggots |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Glass Skin |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
"Dozing Green" (stylized as DOZING GREEN) is a single by Dir En Grey, released on October 24, 2007 in Japan and across Europe as well as in the iTunes Store until the end of October.[1] The Japanese edition includes two b-sides, "Hydra -666-" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots [Live]".[2] The European release features only "Dozing Green" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots", while the iTunes release is sold as the title track only.[3]
The music video for "Dozing Green" shows cells from The Drifting Classroom by horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The music video of "Hydra -666-" can be found on In Weal or Woe.
"Dozing Green" is one of the two singles featured on Uroboros, along with "Glass Skin". Like its counterpart, the song is re-recorded in English for the album.
The music video for "Dozing Green" was voted the #1 video of the year 2008 on the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball.[4]
For "Dozing Green", guitarist Kaoru performed on a PRS Custom 24, while Die recorded on a Fender Stratocaster in the studio.[5] The music video however, shows Kaoru performing on the usual ESP Viper and Die on an ESP Eclipse.[6]
The first b-side, "Hydra -666-", is a rearrangement of the song "Hydra" originally recorded for Macabre (2000). The "Agitated Screams of Maggots" live recording was performed at a concert limited to registered purchasers of the band's previous album, The Marrow of a Bone (2007).