is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto, from the album Follow Me Up. It was released as the album's fourth single on August 20, 2014, through FlyingDog. The song was written by Sakamoto and composed by Takahito Uchisawa from the band Androp. It served as the second opening theme to the Tokyo MX anime series M3: The Dark Metal.
Chart performance "Replica" debuted on the Oricon Singles Chart at number 17, with 7,000 copies sold in first charting week. The single charted on the chart for four consecutive weeks, selling a reported total of 9,000 copies sold.
Track listing
Credits and personnel Personnel
Vocals, backing vocals – Maaya Sakamoto Songwriting – Maaya Sakamoto, Takahito Uchisawa Arrangement – Takahito Uchisawa, Tōru Ishitsuka Bass – Ichiro Yoshida Drums – Noriyasu Kawamura Guitar, programming – Takahito Uchisawa Strings – Tomomi Tokunaga Strings Engineering – Takahiro Okubo, Tohru Takayama Mixing – Tohru Takayama Mastering – Hiroshi Kawasaki
Charts Chart (2015) Peakposition Sales Japan Daily Singles (Oricon)179,000 Japan Weekly Singles (Oricon)17 Japan Hot 100 (Billboard)24 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)6 Japan Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)16
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