Hinotori (song)

"Hinotori"
Single by Fanatic Crisis
from the album The.Lost.Innocent
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Blue Earth -Hanasaku Okade-"
ReleasedJuly 1, 1998 (1998-07-01)
Length15:27
LabelFor Life Records
ComposersTsutomu Ishizuki and Kazuya
Fanatic Crisis singles chronology
"Rainy merry-go-round"
(1998)
"Hinotori"
(1998)
"Maybe true"
(1998)

"Hinotori" (火の鳥) is the ninth single by Japanese rock band Fanatic Crisis, released on July 1, 1998, by For Life Records. The song was ending theme for the television program Guruguru Ninety Nine.[1] It is considered the band's most famous and representative song.[2]

It was included on the studio album The.Lost.Innocent and on the greatest hits compilation The Best of Fanatic◇Crisis Single Collection 01, released prior to the band's breakup in 2005. In 2023, three members of Fanatic Crisis reunited and re-recorded the song, releasing it on the album Tenseism.[3]

The song was composed by Tsutomu Ishizuki and guitarist Kazuya.[2] CD Journal praised Ishizuki's vocals and commented that the sound "becomes more melodic during the chorus, rising with a repetitive, flowing rhythm."[4]

Commercial performance

It reached tenth place on Oricon Singles Chart and remained on chart for eleven weeks. It was the first top 10 single of the band on the chart.[1] Debuted at number eight on Billboard Japan.[5]

It sold 136,880 copies while on the Oricon charts, becoming the band's best-selling single.[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tsutomu Ishizuki.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Hinotori" (火の鳥)Tsutomu Ishizuki and Kazuya4:28
2."Blue Earth -Hanasaku Okade-" (Blue Earth -花咲く丘で-)Tsutomu Ishizuki and Shun6:32
3."Hinotori (Vox Less Version)" 4:28
Total length:15:27

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "火の鳥 | Fanatic◇Crisis". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ a b "【Fanatic◇Crisis】石月努の現在とプロフィール|今はソロで活動中|ヴィジュアリズム宮殿". ヴィジュアリズム宮殿 (in Japanese). 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  3. ^ "Fantastic◇Circus「火の鳥」含むセルフカバーアルバム来年発売、30周年ファイナル公演開催も(石月努、kazuya、SHUN.コメントあり)". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  4. ^ "Fanatic◇Crisis / THE.LOST.INNOCENT - CDJournal". artist.cdjournal.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  5. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 18 July 1998.
  6. ^ "ヴィジュアル系のオリコンまとめ。" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-12-27.