My Friend (Zard song)

"My Friend"
Single by Zard
from the album Today Is Another Day
ReleasedJanuary 8, 1996
GenrePop rock
LabelB-Gram Records
Songwriter(s)Izumi Sakai, Tetsurō Oda
Zard singles chronology
"Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu"
(1995) 		"My Friend"
(1996) 		"Kokoro wo Hiraite"
(1996)

"My Friend (マイ フレンド)" is the 17th single by Zard,[1] released 8 January 1996. The single debuted at ranked #1 on its first week. It charted for 21 weeks and sold over a million copies, becoming the third highest-selling single in Zard's career.[2] When she died, it was elected as her third best song on the Oricon polls.[3][4] The song is best known as the 4th Ending theme for Slam Dunk anime.

Track list

All songs are written by Izumi Sakai.

  1. My Friend (マイ フレンド)
  2. Mezameta asa wa... (目覚めた朝は・・・)
  3. My Friend (マイ フレンド) (original karaoke)
  4. Mezameta asa wa... (目覚めた朝は・・・) (original karaoke) [5]

References

  1. ^ ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html
  2. ^ Official rankings (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/123564/1/
  3. ^ "心に残るZARDの名曲、1位は「負けないで」" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  4. ^ "ZARD坂井泉水さん、不慮の事故で死去" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  5. ^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBDJ-1011



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