"Honey" is the eleventh single by

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. It was released simultaneously with " Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" and "

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weekly charts, approaching

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's record of 24. "Honey" recorded first week sales of over 544,000 copies, but "Home" debuted at No. 1 with sales of over 559,000 copies. Nevertheless, it topped the Oricon charts the following week and sold over one million copies.''L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング''
Retrieved May 18, 2011 The single was re-released on August 30, 2006.

Track listing

Chart positions

References

1998 singles L'Arc-en-Ciel songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Songs written by Hyde (musician) 1998 songs {{1990s-single-stub