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Tail of Hope

CD+DVD 1st Press Cover
CD+DVD Regular Edition Cover
CD Only Cover
Special Edition Cover
Artist
BoA
Single
Tail of Hope
Released
2013.06.26
Catalog Number
AVCK-79149/B (CD+DVD)
AVCK-79150 (CD Only)
AQZ1-50915 (USB Music Memory Card Type A)
AQZ1-50916 (USB Music Memory Card Type B)
AVCS-13900 (Special Edition)
Price
¥2,100 (CD+DVD First Press)
¥2,000 (CD+DVD Regular Edition)
¥1,050 (CD Only)
¥1,500 (USB Music Memory Cards)
CD Tracklist
  1. Tail of Hope
  2. Baby you...
  3. Tail of Hope (inst)
  4. Baby you... (inst)
DVD Tracklist
  1. Tail of Hope (Music Video)
  2. Sonna Kimi (Disturbance) Korean Ver. (Music Video) (そんな君 (Disturbance) Korean ver. (Music Video))
  3. Tail of Hope (Making Video)
"Special Edition" Tracklist
  1. Tail of Hope ~English Version~


Information

"Tail of Hope" is the 34th Japanese single released by BoA. It was released in four versions: a CD+DVD edition, a CD only edition and two limited USB editions only sold on BoA's official fan club shop, SOUL shop. The title track was used as the theme song for the drama Hakui no Namida. The b-side was originally titled "Sonna Kimi (Disturbance) Japanese Ver." but it was replaced to "Baby you...". The CD+DVD First Press Edition come with a post card of size 20cm x 13cm, the Special Edition with the CD+DVD Edition come with a mini-poster with the lyrics and the Special Edition with the CD Only Edition come with a ticket (not specificated for that).

The special edition containing the English version of the title track can only be obtained by people who bought both editions (limited and regular) and used two special codes that included those two editions to claim their special edition.

Song Information

Lyrics
Sara Sakurai
Music
Claire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert
Other Information
Arrangement: Claire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert

USB Covers

USB Type A Cover
USB Type B Cover


BoA promoting the single

Disambiguation

There are three known versions of "Tail of Hope" to be found in BoA's discography. These include:

Tail of Hope
Found on the "Tail of Hope" single as track #1. This is the standard version.
Tail of Hope (inst)
Found on the "Tail of Hope" single as track #3. This is the standard version except without vocals.
Tail of Hope ~English Version~
Found on the "Tail of Hope" (Special Edition) single as track #1. This is the English version of the standard version.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 11 10 20 16 3 38 12 9,560
21 x x x x x x 66 963
x x x x x x x 121 434
x x x x x x x x x,xxx
Year Month Rank Sales
2013 June 45 9,560

Total Reported Sales: 10,957*

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