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Hoshi wo Mezashite

Limited Edition Cover
Regular Edition Cover
Artist
NEWS
Single
Hoshi wo Mezashite (星をめざして)
Released
2007.03.21
Catalog Number
JECN-0125/6 (Limited Edition)
JECN-0127 (Regular Edition)
Price
¥1,300 (Limited Edition)
¥800 (Regular Edition)
Limited Edition Tracklist
  1. Hoshi wo Mezashite (星をめざして)
  2. Boom! Boom! POWER
  3. Akai Hana (紅い花)
Regular Edition Tracklist
  1. Hoshi wo Mezashite (星をめざして)
  2. Boom! Boom! POWER
  3. Best Friend
  4. Hoshi wo Mezashite (Original Karaoke) (星をめざして)
DVD Tracklist
  1. NEWS SPRING CONCERT TOUR 2006 in SENDAI
  2. JACKET SHOOTING


Information

Hoshi wo Mezashite is NEWS' sixth single and the first one after their year long suspension. Once again, this release featured only six members, as Kusano Hironori and Uchi Hiroki were demoted to the status of "trainees". Hoshi wo Mezashite was used as the theme song of the Japanese release of the film Happy Feet for which member Tegoshi Yuya voiced the main character. This single sold 310,505 copies in 2007, becoming the #13 single of the year.

TV Performances

Song Information

PV Shot
Lyrics
Nakanishi Rei
Music
Peter Björklund, Johan Sahlén, Claes Andreasson, Torbjörn Wassenius
Other Information
Arrangement: Aoi Yoshiki
Synthesizer Programming: Hashimoto Shigeaki
Guitar: Hayashibe Naoki
Bass: Kudo Takeshi
Strings: RUSH by Kato Takashi
Chorus: Takahashi Tetsuya
Mixed by Kosugi Maki

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 243,608
2 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 31,083
4 13 13 10 7 8 6 10 14,441
6 11 12 16 13 10 9 12 8,005
9 - - - - - - 29 4,251

Total Reported Sales: 310,505

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