"Uchiage Hanabi" (; English title: "Fireworks") is a song by Daoko featuring Kenshi Yonezu released in August 2017. "Uchiage Hanabi" means "launching fireworks". The song is used for the 2017 anime film Fireworks and the album Thank You Blue. There are two solo versions, Yonezu's solo version released for Bootleg for minimalist rearrangement, and Daoko's solo version for Shiteki Ryoko. It ranked number one in Billboard Japan Hot Animation for 25 weeks. It won Song of the Year of Space Shower Music Awards in 2018.
Reception The song received many positive reviews, and was described as merging the light sadness of summer and floweriness of fireworks, mixing delicate piano and strings with an electro effect and producing a beautiful scene. The music video for the song has garnered over 700 million views on YouTube.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from the CD liner notes Kenshi Yonezu – music (track 1), lyrics (track 1), producer (track 1) arrangement (track 1), vocals (track 1), Daoko – vocals (tracks 1–3), composer (track 3), lyrics (track 3) Hayato Tanaka – arrangement (track 1) Youhei Makabe – guitar (track 1) Masaki Hori – drums (track 1) Hiroaki Yokoyama – piano (track 1) Koichiro Muroya – strings (track 1) Yoshio Arimatsu – drum technician (track 1) Remedios – music (track 2), lyrics (track 2) Satoru Kosaki – arrangement (track 2) Hitoshi Konno – strings (track 2) Takato Saijo – horn (track 2) Yu Kumai – horn (track 2) Hitoshi Watanabe – bass (track 2) Masahiro Itami – guitar (track 2) Satoru Kosaki – piano (track 2), programming (track 2) Yuri Misumi – sound coordinate (track 2) Kazuo Sudo – sound coordinate (track 2) Keiichi Ejima – arrangement (track 3) Masashi Uramoto – recording (track 3), mixing (track 3) Keiji Kondo – recording (track 3), Pro Tools operation (track 3) Tetsuro Sawamoto – assistant Masayuki Yoshii – assistant Ted Jensen – mastering (all tracks) Genki Kawamura – executive producer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2017)PeakpositionJapan (Oricon)9Japan (Japan Hot 100)1
Year-end charts Chart (2017)Position Japan Hot 1003 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)1 Chart (2018)Position Japan Hot 1004 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)1 Chart (2019)Position Japan Hot 10021 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)2 Chart (2020)Position Japan Hot 10075 Japan Hot Animation (Billboard)9
All-time charts Chart (2008–2022) Position Japan (Japan Hot 100) 13
Certifications
Accolades Year Award Category Result201832nd Japan Gold Disc AwardSong of the Year by DownloadSpace Shower Music AwardsSong of the Year
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