"Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted"
Single by Lead
from the album Lead! Heat! Beat!
B-side"Funky Days! (Does It Be Funky? Remix)"
ReleasedOctober 27, 2004
Recorded2004
Genre
Length20:27
LabelFlight Master
CD (PCCA-02099)
Songwriter(s)
Lead singles chronology
"Night Deluxe"
(2004)		 "Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted"
(2004)		 "Atarashii Kisetsu e"
(2005)

Tenohira wo Taiyou 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. 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 wo Taiyou ni / Delighted was only released a standard CD.

Information

Tenohira wo Taiyou ni / Delighted is the seventh single released by Japanese hip-hop group Lead. The single 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 wo Taiyou 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 wo Taiyou 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]

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" (手のひらを太陽に / Palm to the Sun)Takashi YanaseHisashi NawataIzumi Taku3:04
2."Delighted"
Tatsuyuki OkawaTatsuyuki Okawa4:35
3."Funky Days!" (Does It Be Funky? Remix)Tsuchi EnokiYANAGIMAN & DJ TAKI-SHITShinji Tamura5:09
4."Tenohira wo Taiyou ni" (Instrumental) Hisashi NawataIzumi Taku3:04
5."Delighted" (Instrumental) Tatsuyuki OkawaTatsuyuki Okawa4:35
Total length:20:27

Charts

Release Chart Peak position
October 27, 2007 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 8

References

  1. ↑ "Ｌｅａｄのシングル売り上げランキング". Oricon Style Archives. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Akane Yamamoto. "Japanese Children's Songs for Environmental Education". Environmental Studies Electronic Thesis Collection. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial hall". Anpanman Museum. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "DVD/VHS ｢Lead MOVIES2｣". Lead Official. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari (Serial TV 2004- )". Filmweb (in Polish). Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Deep Love アユの物語 [DVD]". Amazon Japan. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ "LEAD and Furuya Keita". October 8, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Deep Love Ayu no Monogatari (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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