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"Tail of Hope"
Single by BoA
B-side"Baby You..."
ReleasedJune 26, 2013 (2013-06-26)
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:51
LabelAvex Trax
Songwriter(s)
  • Sara Sakurai
  • Claire Rodriguez
  • Daniel Sherman
  • Andrew Gilbert
BoA singles chronology
"Only One"
(2013)
"Tail of Hope"
(2013)
"Message"
(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 "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]

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
DVD
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."Tail of Hope (music video)"Toshiyuki Suzuki5:36
2."Sonna Kimi (Disturbance) Korean version (music video)" (そんな君 "You the Way You Are")Kwon Soonwook3:47
3."Tail of Hope (making)"Suzuki3:43
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

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[7] 12
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[8] 19

Personnel

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

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 October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  6. ^ ""Tail of Hope" by BoA" (in Japanese). iTunes JP, Apple. 26 June 2013. 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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)