Tail of Hope

"Tail of Hope"
Single by BoA
B-side Baby You...
Released June 26, 2013 (2013-06-26)
Format
Recorded 2013
Genre
Length 3:51
Label Avex Trax
Writer(s)
  • Sara Sakurai
  • Claire Rodriguez
  • Daniel Sherman
  • Andrew Gilbert
BoA singles chronology
"Only One"
(2013)		 "Tail of Hope"
(2013)		 "Message"
"Call My Name"
(2013)
Music video
"Tail of Hope" on YouTube

"Tail of Hope" is a song recorded by South Korean singer BoA, released on June 26, 2013. The song serves as the theme song for the Japanese Fuji-TV drama Hakui no Namida. The B-side is the song "Baby You...", a rewritten Japanese version of her Korean song "Geuleon Neo (Disturbance)".

Background

"Tail of Hope" is the theme song for the Japanese drama Hakui no Namida, which began airing on April 1, 2013.[1][2] This is BoA's thirty-third Japanese single and was released on June 26, 2013.[3] A Japanese version of BoA's self-written Korean song "Geuleon Neo (Disturbance)" released earlier in January 2013 is the single's B-side.[4] An English version of the song released as a separate special edition CD was also made available exclusively to members of BoA's official fan club who purchased both the CD and CD+DVD editions.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Tail of Hope"  Sara SakuraiClaire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert3:51
2."Baby You.."  BoA, Sakurai (supervision)BoA3:20
3."Tail of Hope (Instrumental)"  Sara SakuraiRodrigues, Sherman, Gilbert3:51
4."Baby You.. (Instrumental)"  BoA, Sara Sakurai (supervision)BoA3:17
Total length:14:19
Digital download[6]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Tail of Hope"  Sara SakuraiClaire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert3:51
2."Baby You.."  BoA, Sakurai (supervision)BoA3:20
Total length:7:11

Weekly Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[7] 12
Japan (Billboard)[8] 19

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from the liner notes booklet of "Tail of Hope."[9]

  • Anna – Hair, make-up
  • Andrew Gilbert – arrangement (#1, #3)
  • Yu Hamashima – "Tail of Hope" music video producer
  • Kim Terung – arrangement (#2, #4)
  • Kim Yongshin – arrangement (#2, #4)
  • Kwon BoA – vocals
  • Kwon Soonwook – "Disturbance" music video director
  • Metaoloz Creative Group – "Disturbance" music video production
  • Daniel Sherman – arrangement (#1, #3)
  • Satsuki Naono – creative coordination
  • Claire Rodrigues – arrangement (#1, #3)
  • Chie Sekine – graphic design
  • Shino Suganuma – styling
  • Toshiyuki Suzuki – art direction, "Tail of Hope" music video director
  • Tisch – photographer

References

  1. ↑ "BoA and Kawamura Ryuichi to sing theme songs for daytime drama, Hakui no Namida". TokyoHive. 6Theory Media, LLC. March 30, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ "BoA, 河村隆一がフジ昼ドラ「白衣のなみだ」テーマ曲担当". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ ""Tail of Hope" of BoA". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "BoA to release single 'Disturbance' for her first solo concert". Allkpop. 6TheoryMedia. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ ""BoA"NEW SINGLE「Tail of Hope」豪華2形態連動特典決定！！"もれなく"＜スペシャルCD＞プレゼント!!" (in Japanese). Avex Marketing. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ ""Tail of Hope" by BoA" (in Japanese). iTunes JP, Apple. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (11—20)" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 24–30, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Billboard-Japan Weekly Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Billboard-Japan. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  9. ↑ Tail of Hope (Media notes) (in Japanese). BoA. Tokyo, Japan: Avex. 2013.
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