| Night Wing | |
| Cover: | Night Wing - Yukigasa.png |
| Cover Size: | 193 |
| Type: | Single |
| Artist: | Shizuka Kudo |
| Label: | Pony Canyon |
| Title2: | Yukigasa |
| Prev Title: | Amayo no Tsuki ni |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Kimi ga Kureta Mono |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
"Night Wing" (stylized as "NIGHT WING") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo. It was released as a double A-side single alongside "Yukigasa" by Pony Canyon on November 5, 2008.[1] It served as the ending theme to the AX music show Ongaku Senshi Music Fighter.[2]
"Night Wing" is Kudo's first single to be released as a double A-side, with "Yukigasa". Her 1998 single, "Kirara", and its coupling song, "In the Sky", received a similar treatment, but was never officially released as such. "Night Wing" was written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima,[3] and arranged by Ichizō Seo.[4] The song marks Kudo's first collaboration with Nakajima in two years, since "Clāvis (Kagi)". It is described as a powerful midtempo song written by an invigorated Nakajima.[5] Lyrically, the song describes a protagonist metaphorically "spreading her heart-shaped wings and soaring through a windy sky" and ambiguously pondering about her contradictory actions and mixed feelings. The song is composed in the key of A-sharp minor and Kudo's vocals span from G3 to A4.
Nakajima performed a cover of "Night Wing" in concert during her Enkai 2012-3 tour.[6] In 2014, a live recording of one of her performances of the song was included on the live album, Miyuki Nakajima "Enkai" 2012-3: Live Selection.[7]
"Night Wing" debuted at number 75 on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 1,000 copies sold.[8] The single charted for two weeks and sold a total of 2,000 copies.[9] It also charted on Billboard Japans Top Single Sales chart, on which it peaked at number 88.[10]
| Chart (2008) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)[11] | 75 | |
| Japan Top Singles Sales (Billboard) | 88 |