"Uchiage Hanabi" (, official English is "Fireworks") is a song by

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and Kenshi Yonezu released in August 2017. "Uchiage Hanabi" means "launching fireworks". The song is used for the anime film ''

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'' and the album ''Thank You Blue''. There are two solo versions, Yonezu's solo version released for ''Bootleg'' for minimalist rearrangement, and Daoko's solo version for ''Shiteki Ryoko''. It ranked number one in ''Billboard'' Japan Hot Animation for 25 weeks. It won Song of the Year of

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in 2018.

Reception

The song received many positive reviews, and was described as merging the light sadness of summer and floweriness of fireworks, mixing delicate piano and strings with an electro effect and producing a beautiful scene. The music video for the song has garnered over 505 million views on

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* {{Kenshi Yonezu 2017 singles Kenshi Yonezu songs Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Songs written for animated films