is the debut (and to date only) single by

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group

High-King was a Japanese girl group associated with Hello! Project. The group was created to promote Morning Musume's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella'', titled . Their sound is said to have an R&B feel. History The group's debut si ...

. It was released on June 11, 2008 on the

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label in two editions - a normal edition (EPCE-5561), containing only the normal CD, and a limited edition (EPCE-5559 - 60), containing a bonus DVD with an alternate version of the PV on it. The limited edition and first press of the normal edition also included a bonus serial number card, used in a promotional draw. The single peaked at #6 on the weekly

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chart, charting for five weeks, selling 26,805 copies in its first week. The song, like the unit itself, was created specially for

Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an ...

's second collaboration with the

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, '' Cinderella The Musical'', for which it served as the theme song. The

Single V A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

(EPBE-5294) was released on June 25, 2008. The PV for the single was released on Dohhh Up!, a video streaming site, a week prior to the single's release. Due to guidelines drawn up by

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and the NAB to reduce negative health effects (including photosensitive seizures) from animation and other video, the cut initially shown on the site has been replaced with a re-edited version. The video on the single V is the re-edited cut.

Track listings

CD

Limited edition DVD

Single V

External links

C\C (Cinderella\Complex)
at the Hello! Project official discography of High-King

References

Songs based on fairy tales Zetima Records singles Hello! Project songs 2008 singles 2008 songs Songs written by Tsunku Song recordings produced by Tsunku {{2000s-Japan-single-stub