Sign (Mr. Children song) explained

Sign
Cover:SignMr. ChildrenSinglecover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Mr. Children
Album:I Love U (I♥U)
Released:May 26, 2004
Genre:Pop rock, power pop
Length:12:19
Label:Toy's Factory
Producer:Takeshi Kobayashi
Prev Title:Tenohira/Kurumi
Prev Year:2003
Next Year:2005

"Sign" is the twenty-sixth single released by Mr. Children on May 26, 2004. The title track was used as the theme song to the Japanese drama Orange Days[1] and won the 'Song of the Year' award, known as the 'Grand Prize', in addition to the 'Gold Prize' award at the 46th annual Japan Record Awards[2] [3] ten years after the group's win for their 1994 single "Innocent World". The single went on to also win 'Best Theme Song' at the 41st Television Drama Academy Awards[4] and also 'Song of the year' at the 19th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.[5] Like their previous single, it debuted at number one with 370,000 copies in its first week. It has sold over 770,000 copies, and became the 2nd best selling single of 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The distance to "HOME" . Kadokawa television . 別冊カドカワ総力特集 Mr.Children (Separate volume Kadokawa special issue Mr.Children) . 2007 . 168 . Japanese . 978-4-04-894488-5 .
  2. Web site: 日本レコード大賞・最優秀新人賞 (Japanese Japan Record Grand Prix and the best rookie of the year award) . yomiuri.co.jp . 2008-07-11 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101035737/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/contents/entertainment/list/record.htm . 2014-01-01 .
  3. Web site: 第46回日本レコード大賞 (The 46th annual Japanese record prize) . jacompa.or.jp . 2007-12-08 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722121616/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d2004.htm . 2011-07-22 .
  4. Web site: Television Drama Academy Awards . television.co.jp . 2008-07-10 . Japanese.
  5. Web site: Japan Gold Disc Award Official Website . golddisc.jp . 2008-07-11 . Japanese.