To U

Single Cover

Artist

Bank Band

Single

to U

Released

2006.07.19

Catalog Number

TFCC-89180

Price

¥1,050

Tracklist

1. to U (Bank Band with Salyu)
2. Umarekuru Kodomotachi no Tame ni (生まれ来る子供たちのために; For the Sake of All the Unborn Children)
3. to U (Piano Version)

Information

"to U" is the first single by Sakurai Kazutoshi's charity band Bank Band, and featured Salyu on track #1. "to U" was the concept song behind the charity concert ap bank fes '06 that both Salyu and Bank Band played a part in. "to U" was also used as the theme song for TBS' show "Chikushitetsuya NEWS23" (interestingly, on Fridays they would use the piano version instead), and "Umarekuru Kodomotachi no Tame ni" was used as the ending theme song for the dorama Hotaru no Haka. "to U" was first performed solo by Salyu at Shibuya Club Quattro on June 17th 2005, and is also featured on her album TERMINAL as a solo version. This single reached #2 on the Oricon charts and sold sold 302,233 copies in 2006, becoming the #23 single of the year. It charted for 42 weeks and sold a total of 319,630 copies.

Song Information

Lyrics

Sakurai Kazutoshi

Music

Kobayashi Takeshi

Other Information

Arrangement: Bank Band

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	133,432
2	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	55,606
3	11	9	8	7	9	6	8	30,839
8	13	14	11	11	10	8	11	18,349
8	13	13	13	10	9	9	11	14,487
9	22	19	15	11	15	13	15	9,943
12	35	35	34	31	21	18	32	7,644
15	24	25	24	20	23	24	26	6,090
18	26	25	27	21	20	21	27	4,734
18	36	36	34	31	26	24	30	3,482
25	38	37	36	35	43	29	38	2,701
29	-	-	42	40	46	-	51	3,521
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	1,945

Total Reported Sales: 319,630

External Links

• Oricon Profile