Tenohira o Taiyō ni / Delighted explained

Tenohira o Taiyō ni" / "Delighted
Cover:	Lead - Tenohira wo Taiyou ni-Delighted.jpeg
Type:	single
Artist:	Lead
Album:	Lead! Heat! Beat!
B-Side:	"Funky Days!" (Does It Be Funky? Remix)
Released:	October 27, 2004
Recorded:	2004
Length:	20:27
Label:	Flight Master
Prev Title:	Night Deluxe
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Atarashii Kisetsu e
Next Year:	2005

"Tenohira o Taiyō ni" / "Delighted" (手のひらを太陽に / Palm to the Sun) is the seventh domestic single by Japanese hip hop group Lead and their first double A-side release. The single charted in the top ten on the Oricon charts, coming in at #8, and remained on the charts for four weeks.

Unlike their previous singles, which featured a limited edition CD+DVD combo, "Tenohira o Taiyō ni" / "Delighted" was only released a standard CD.

Information

"Tenohira o Taiyō ni" / "Delighted" peaked in the top ten on the Oricon Singles Charts at #8 and remained on the charts for four consecutive weeks.^[1] The limited editions of the single contained one of five possible trading cards, a URL that would take purchasers to site for a chance to win their live DVD Lead 1st Live Tour ~Brand New Era~ and for buyers to download a specialized wallpaper.

"Tenohira o Taiyō ni" was a cover of the Japanese nursery rhyme of the same name written by Takashi Yanase in the 1960s.^{[2] [3]} "Delighted" was used as the for the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~, which was an adaption of the cell phone novel Deep Love by Yoshi.

Despite being a double a-side, only "Tenohira o Taiyō ni" received a music video. While the music video was released for syndication upon the single's release, it was not available for purchase until March 16, 2005 on their second compilation VHS/DVD Lead Movies 2 (stylized as Lead MOVIES2).^[4]

Promotional activities

The coupling track "Delighted" was used as the theme song for the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~ (アユの物語 / Story of Ayu).^[5] The show was a television adaption of the cell phone novel Deep Love by Yoshi and ran for twelve episodes from January 7, 2005 to March 25, 2005.^[6]

Keita had played Yoshiyuki in both the film Deep Love and the television show Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~.^{[7] [8]}

External links

• Lead Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ｌｅａｄのシングル売り上げランキング. Oricon Style Archives. April 2, 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304161812/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/304509/ranking/cd_single. March 4, 2014.
2. Web site: Japanese Children's Songs for Environmental Education. Akane Yamamoto. Environmental Studies Electronic Thesis Collection. April 2, 2018.
3. Web site: Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial hall. Anpanman Museum. April 2, 2018.
4. Web site: DVD/VHS ｢Lead MOVIES2｣. Lead Official. April 2, 2018.
5. Web site: Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari (Serial TV 2004-). Polish. Filmweb. April 2, 2018.
6. Web site: Deep Love アユの物語 [DVD]]. Amazon Japan. April 2, 2018.
7. Web site: LEAD and Furuya Keita. October 8, 2013. November 11, 2018.
8. Web site: Deep Love Ayu no Monogatari (2004). IMDb. November 11, 2018.