| Cover | Tail of Hope cover.jpg |
|---|---|
| Artist | BoA |
| B-side | Baby You... |
| Released | June 26, 2013 |
| Recorded | 2013 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:51 |
| Label | Avex Trax |
| Writer |
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| Chronology | BoA |
| Prev year | 2013 |
| Next year | 2013 |
"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 "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 "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]
Charts
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japan (Oricon)[6] | 12 |
| Japan (Japan Hot 100)[7] | 19 |
Personnel
Personnel details were sourced from the liner notes booklet of "Tail of Hope."[8]
- 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "BoA, 河村隆一がフジ昼ドラ「白衣のなみだ」テーマ曲担当" (in Japanese). Music Natalie. Natasha. March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ ""Tail of Hope" of BoA". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ "BoA to release single 'Disturbance' for her first solo concert". Allkpop. 6TheoryMedia. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ ""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 October 2, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (11—20)" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 24–30, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ^ "Billboard-Japan Weekly Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Billboard-Japan. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ^ Tail of Hope (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Avex. 2013.