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~Infinity~

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Artist
Hayashibara Megumi
Single
~infinity~∞
Released
1998.04.24
Catalog Number
KIDA-161
Price
¥1000
Tracklist
  1. ~infinity~∞
  2. EXTRICATION
  3. ~infinity~∞ (Off Vocal Version)
  4. EXTRICATION (Off Vocal Version)


Information

"~infinity~∞" is the 28th single (22nd major label single) released by Hayashibara Megumi. The title track was used as the opening theme song to the Lost Universe anime. The B-side, "EXTRICATION" was used as the ending theme song to the series. The title track was covered in 2007 by Hoshi Souichirou on his "Starting again" single, where Hayashibara also wrote the lyrics to the title track.

The single reached #8 on the weekly Oricon chart, and stayed on the chart for a total of nine weeks. This is Hayashibara's fourth best selling single. The song also managed to reach #1 on the radio program, SOMETHING DREAMS Multimedia Countdown. After falling to #3 and #4 in following weeks, the song jumped back to #1 during its fourth week on the show. The single sold over 142,000 copies in total.

Song Information

Hayashibara promoting the single
Lyrics
MEGUMI
Music
Sato Hidetoshi
Other Information
Arrangement: Soeta Keiji

Disambiguation

There are currently two version of "~infinity~∞" to be found in Hayashiara Megumi's discography.

~infinity~∞
Found on Hayashibara's "~infinity~∞" single as track #1. This is the standard version of the song. The song is later found on the Lost Universe soundtrack, Lost Universe Tracks Contents 1 as track #2.
~infinity~∞ (Off Vocal Version)
Found on Hayashibara's "~infinity~∞" single as track #4. This is the same as the standard version of the song, execpt without the vocals.
~infinity~∞ (TV Size)
Found on the Lost Universe soundtrack, Lost Universe Tracks Contents 1 (released on 1998.07.03) as track #24. This is the short version of the song, which was used in the anime.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- - - - - - - 8 64,040
- - - - - - - 22 26,040
- - - - - - - 27 20,370
- - - - - - - 48 8,550
- - - - - - - 56 7,120
- - - - - - - 63 4,750
- - - - - - - 72 3,840
- - - - - - - 65 3,510
- - - - - - - 77 3,290

Total Reported Sales: 141,510

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