Melody of Eyes explained

Melody of Eyes
Cover:	Melody of Eyes.jpg
Caption:	Limited edition cover
Type:	single
Artist:	Boyfriend
Album:	Seventh Mission
B-Side:	To Moon
Recorded:	2013
Genre:	J-pop, Dance-pop
Length:	18:22
Label:	Being Group Starship Entertainment
Producer:	Daiko Nagato
Chronology:	Boyfriend
Prev Title:	I Yah
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	ON&ON
Next Year:	2013

"Melody of Eyes (Hitomi no Melody)" is the third Japanese single by the South Korean boy band Boyfriend. It was released on March 27 in 4 different editions.^[1] "Hitomi no Melody" was the 44th ending theme song of long time Japanese anime series Detective Conan and TO MOON was used as the ending theme song of Boyfriend's TV show in Japan entitled, Tokyo Etoile Academy of Music last January and February 2013.

Background

The album was announced by the group's Japanese official website, with details of the album release and along with a release of the group's first DVD 1st Live DVD [Love Communication 2012~XMass Bell~]. The single was released in four different editions: a Normal Edition [CD] consists of 2 song with 2 instrumentals and extra trading card in 1 of 7; a Limited Edition [CD +DVD] with "Hitomi no Melody" music video and making of and a trading card (1 of 7); Lawson HMV Limited Edition [CD + DVD] with 40 page full color photobook and trading card (1 of 7); Lawson HMV Limited Edition [CD + DVD](Detective Conan version) with Hitomi no Melody (TV SIZE) and Detective Conan card (1 of 2).^[2]

Singles

Hitomi no Melody/Melody of Eyes, the song was picked up as the 44th ending theme song for popular Japanese anime series Detective Conan.

Promotion

Melody of Eyes makes to top five for six days and their highest ranked is second place on Oricon,^[3] and they ranked number one on weekly chart of Billboard Hot Animation.

Charts

Oricon

Oricon Chart	Peak	Debut sales	Sales total
Daily Singles Chart	2	10,114	—
Weekly Singles Chart	4	34,010
Monthly Singles Chart	20	36,004
Yearly Singles Chart	—	—

Other charts

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100^[4]	5
Billboard Japan Hot Singles sales^[5]	3
Billboard Japan Hot Animation	1

Notes and References

Web site: 3rdシングル『瞳のメロディ』2013年3月27日リリース決定!!! . boyfriend-jp.com . 2012-12-22.
Web site: http://boyfriend-jp.com/news/130108.html . ja:第27回日本ゴールドディスク大賞ベスト3ニュー・アーティスト（アジア）受賞!!! . boyfriend-jp.com. 2013-01-08. Japanese.
Web site: Boyfriend Stays at No. 2 on the Oricon . enewsworld . April 2, 2013 . https://archive.today/20130413152801/http://mwave.interest.me/news/newsdetail.m?searchNewsVO.news_id=201304021522_32999&category=All&page=1 . April 13, 2013 . dead .
Billboard Japan Hot 100 / Billboard JAPAN (Billboard Japan Hot 100 for April 8th) . 2013-04-08. Billboard. 2013-04-03. Japanese.
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales / Billboard JAPAN (Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales for April 8th). 2013-04-08. Billboard. 2013-04-03. Japanese.