Flying Easy Loving Crazy Explained

Flying Easy Loving Crazy
Cover:	Flying Easy Loving Crazy.png
Type:	Single
Artist:	Toshinobu Kubota featuring Misia
Album:	Timeless Fly
Label:	Mastersix Foundation
Chronology:	Toshinobu Kubota singles
Prev Title:	Magic
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Tomorrow Waltz
Next Year:	2010

"Flying Easy Loving Crazy" (stylized as "FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY") is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Toshinobu Kubota and Japanese singer Misia for Kubota's fifteenth studio album Timeless Fly.^[1] It was released by Mastersix Foundation as the album's second single on March 26, 2008.^[2]

Background

"Flying Easy Loving Crazy" is the second in a series of collaborative singles released by Kubota.^[3] The song, which features guest vocals by Japanese singer Misia, whom Kubota has worked with in the past on the album Singer for Singer (2004), was written, composed and produced by Kubota and arranged by Daisuke Mori. It was used in the promotional campaign of the Cirque du Soleil production Dralion, dubbed Daihatsu Dralion in Japan.^[3] Kubota describes "Flying Easy Loving Crazy" as "courage, freedom, and colorfulness bloomed into a love song."^[2] In a press release, Misia commented that "during recording, it felt like Kubota's unique rhythm and melodies had opened up the doors to a new world." Kubota and Misia performed the song together twice at Misia's two-date Take Action! benefit concert tour, held at the Yokohama Blitz on May 26–27, 2008.^[4]

Chart performance

"Flying Easy Loving Crazy" entered the daily Oricon Singles Chart at number 10 and debuted at number 18 on the weekly chart, with 6,000 copies sold in its first week.^{[5] [6]} The single charted for six weeks and sold a reported total of 11,000 copies.^{[7] [8]}

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position	Sales
Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)	20	11,000<	--10,505-->
Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)^[9]	18
Japan Weekly Singles (SoundScan)^[10]	18
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)^[11]	26
Japan Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)^[12]	14

Notes and References

1. News: 久保田利伸、約4年ぶりのオリジナル・アルバム『Timeless Fly』を2月にリリース! KREVAやMISIAらとのコラボ・ソングも収録. June 22, 2011. January 26, 2010. Tower Records Japan.
2. News: 久保田利伸×MISIAで極上ラブソング誕生. Natalie. December 27, 2007. February 25, 2018.
3. News: 久保田利伸によるコラボレート企画第2弾！ MISIAとの新曲が完成. June 22, 2011. February 13, 2008. CDJournal.
4. News: MISIA ニューシングル発売、ライブでは久保田利伸と共演！！. June 22, 2011. May 29, 2008. Hotexpress.
5. Web site: 20th Centuryがデイリー首位発進☆3/25付 シングルデイリー. 2008-03-26. 2011-06-22. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322214736/http://blog.oricon.co.jp/earo/archive/2137/0. 2012-03-22. dead.
6. Web site: オリコン 2008.4.7. February 25, 2018.
7. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」. Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju'. Oricon. subscription . February 25, 2018.
8. Web site: 【周榜单】2008/05/12付oricon周榜单（单曲top200）. June 22, 2011. May 10, 2008.
9. Web site: FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY 久保田利伸. Oricon. February 25, 2018.
10. Web site: 週間 CDソフト TOP20. SoundScan Japan. June 20, 2011.
11. Billboard Japan Hot 100 . Billboard. February 25, 2018.
12. Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales . Billboard. February 25, 2018.