Gardenia (Malice Mizer song)
| "Gardenia" | ||||
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| Single by Malice Mizer | ||||
| Released | May 30, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Art rock | |||
| Length | 20:44 | |||
| Label | Midi:Nette | |||
| Composer | Mana | |||
| Lyricist | Klaha | |||
| Malice Mizer singles chronology | ||||
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"Gardenia" is the 11th single by Japanese visual kei rock band Malice Mizer, released by Midi:Nette on May 30, 2001. It reached number 39 on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 13,540 copies.
Summary
The single was Malice Mizer's attempt at a return to a more pop-oriented sound after the darker and heavier Bara no Seidou album.[1]
Reception
The single reached number 39 and charted for a total of 3 weeks on the Oricon Singles Chart,[2] becoming one of the band's lowest-charting singles.[3] It sold 13,540 copies.[4]
Music video
A music video was shot for "Gardenia",[5] although it was not publicly released in its entirety. In 2017, a fan of Malice Mizer restored the video using fragments of preview clips, and uploaded it to YouTube.[6]
Covers
"Gardenia" was covered by Moi dix Mois during Malice Mizer's 25th anniversary show in 2018.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prologue: Kaisou" (prologue ～回想～) | Mana | 0:28 | |
| 2. | "Gardenia" | Klaha | Mana | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Houkai Jokyoku" (崩壊序曲) | Klaha | Mana | 4:55 |
| 4. | "Gardenia" (instrumental) | Mana | 5:15 | |
| 5. | "Houkai Jokyoku" (instrumental) | Mana | 4:52 | |
| Total length: | 20:44 | |||
References
- ^ "Malice Mizer". Allmusic.
- ^ "Gardenia". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ^ "MALICE MIZERのシングル売上ランキング". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ^ "【MALICE MIZER】のオリコン順位と売り上げ枚数。" (in Japanese). Oricon. August 6, 2010. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019.
- ^ Lao, Robin (2024-01-01). "Zine and Collage-making as an Engine for Queer Self-Making: Cutting, Pasting, and Seeing What Sticks". Postgraduate.
- ^ Reyes Navarro, Javiera Natalia (2021). Creating Chilean Identities to the Rhythm of Japanese Rock: A Study of Santiago de Chile's Visual Kei Fandom as Subculture (Thesis).
- ^ "【ライヴレポート】MALICE MIZER＜25th Anniversary Special＞、「Kamiも降臨しています」". barks.jp (in Japanese). 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2026-03-11.