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from the Japanese rock band

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, released on February 6, 2008. It peaked at #8 on the

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''. The first press contains a ''Gundam 00'' sticker, which differs between limited edition and regular edition, along with

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's character ID card. The song's music video also made several references to ''Gundam 00'' such as the appearance of Lockon's Haro and

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dressed as

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. The song was released coincidentally with the band's singer's birthday. Currently it has sold 50,868 copies in Japan according to the year end Oricon Chart of 2008. It was later covered by

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for the album ''Mobile Suit Gundam 40th Anniversary Album: Beyond''.

Track listing

References

2008 singles 2008 songs Defstar Records singles Gundam songs Songs written by Shunsaku Okuda Songs written by Tomoko Kawase The Brilliant Green songs {{2000s-Japan-single-stub