Heaven's Drive Explained

Heaven's Drive
Type:single
Artist:L'Arc-en-Ciel
Album:Ark
Released:April 21, 1999
Genre:Alternative rock
Label:Ki/oon Records
Producer:L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
Prev Title:Forbidden Lover
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Pieces
Next Year:1999

"Heaven's Drive" is the sixteenth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on April 21, 1999. The single sold over 634,000 copies in the first week of release.[1] It topped the Oricon chart for two weeks and sold over one million copies.[2] The band performed the song at the 50th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

The length of its b-side "Metropolis ~Android Goes to Sleep Mix~" is 9 minutes 59 seconds. The song "Metropolis" was originally included in the single "Winter Fall" as the b-side.

Track listing

TitleLyricsMusic
1"Heaven's Drive"HydeHyde
2"Metropolis ~Android Goes to Sleep Mix~"HydeKen

References

  1. Web site: Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the first week of May 1999. Oricon. 2008-12-05. ja.
  2. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/14296/ranking/cd_single/p/1/ L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング