Honey (L'Arc-en-Ciel song) explained

Honey
Cover:honeylarc.jpg
Type:single
Artist:L'Arc~en~Ciel
Album:Ray
Released:July 8, 1998
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:03:48
Label:Ki/oon Records
Producer:L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
Prev Title:Dive to Blue
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Snow Drop
Next Year:1998

"Honey" is the eleventh single by L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released simultaneously with "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" and "Kasou" on July 8, 1998. "Honey" was used as the main theme song and ending song for the TBS Television Football highlights programme "Super Soccer".[1]

The release day of "Honey" was the same as B'z's single "Home". B'z had already had 20 consecutive number-one singles on the Oricon weekly charts, approaching Seiko Matsuda's record of 24. "Honey" recorded first week sales of over 544,000 copies, but "Home" debuted at No. 1 with sales of over 559,000 copies.[2] Nevertheless, it topped the Oricon charts the following week and sold over one million copies.[3] The single was re-released on August 30, 2006.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L'Arc-en-Ciel Biography Archive (1998). August 5, 2024.
  2. Web site: Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the third week of July 1998. Oricon. 2009-12-20. ja.
  3. 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