"Blood on Fire" (stylized as "BLOOD on FIRE") is the debut

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. The song was written by Osamu Sasaki and Mitsuhiro Hidaka, and produced by

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. The single was released in Japan on September 14, 2005, under Avex Trax in two editions: a CD-only edition, and a CD and DVD edition. "Blood on Fire" debuted at number nine on the weekly

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singles chart. The single charted for 19 weeks and went on to sell over 46,000 copies in Japan.

Composition

"Blood on Fire" was written by Osamu Sasaki and Mitsuhiro Hidaka, composed and arranged by Miki Watanabe, and produced by

Release and promotion

"Blood on Fire" was released on September 14, 2005, in two editions: a CD-only edition, and a CD and DVD edition, which included the

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for the song. The song was used as the theme song for the 2005

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''. In September 2007, an English-language

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version of the song by Go 2 and Christine was released on Avex Trax's ''Super Eurobeat Vol. 181'' in September 2007. The AAA version was also included on ''Super Eurobeat 200'' and Avex Trax's 20th anniversary album.

Chart performance

"Blood on Fire" debuted at number nine on the weekly

singles charts, selling 16,053 copies in its first week. It went on to chart for 19 weeks and sold over 46,000 copies in Japan. The song earned AAA the Best Newcomer Award at the 47th Japan Record Awards.

Track listing

Notes

* The sales figure of 46,000 copies is taken from accumulating the sales of the single during its first six charting weeks on the

weekly chart (16,053, 11,017, 7,509, 5,399, 4,014, 2,500).

References

2005 debut singles AAA (band) songs Japanese-language songs Song recordings produced by Max Matsuura 2005 songs Avex Trax singles Songs written by Mitsuhiro Hidaka {{2000s-Japan-single-stub