"Hatenai Sora"
Single by Arashi
from the album Beautiful World
Released10 November 2010 (2010-11-10)
Recorded2010
GenrePop
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)QQ
Arashi singles chronology
"Dear Snow"
(2010)		 "Hatenai Sora"
(2010)		 "Lotus"
(2011)

"Hatenai Sora" (果てない空, Endless Sky) is a song by Japanese boy band Arashi from their tenth studio album Beautiful World (2011). It was released as a CD single on 10 November 2010, through J Storm. "Hatenai Sora" was the theme song for the television drama Freeter, Ie wo Kau, which stars member Kazunari Ninomiya.

"Hatenai Sora" debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart for the week ending 22 November 2010 with initial sales of 572,000 copies, making it Arashi's 30th number-one single in Japan.[1][2] It debuted on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 at number 71[3] and reached the top of the chart three weeks later.[4] In the same month of release, the single was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipment of 500,000 copies.[5] According to Oricon, "Hatenai Sora" was the sixth best-selling single of 2010.[6]

Track listing

Regular edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Hatenai Sora" (果てない空)QQQQHa-j4:27
2."Story"
  • Takashi Ogawa
  • Alt
Kōsuke ŌbaTaku Yoshioka4:01
3."Maboroshi"Tateki KobayashiKobayashiSachiko Miyano5:01
4."Ano Hi no Merry Christmas" (あの日のメリークリスマス)SolunaTakuya HaradaHirofumi Sasaki4:24
5."Hatenai Sora" (instrumental)   4:27
6."Story" (instrumental)   4:01
7."Maboroshi" (instrumental)   5:01
8."Ano Hi no Merry Christmas" (instrumental)   4:24
Total length:35:46
Limited edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Hatenai Sora"QQQQHa-j4:27
2."Ano Hi no Merry Christmas"SolunaHaradaSasaki4:24
Total length:8:51
Limited edition – DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Hatenai Sora" (Music video) 
2."Hatenai Sora" (Making-of) 
3."Hatenai Sora" (Photo gallery) 

References

  1. ↑ 週間 シングルランキング 2010年11月22日付 (in Japanese). Oricon. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ↑ 嵐、男性歌手最速11年でシングル通算30作目首位 史上3組目の快挙. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2010/11/01". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 1 November 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2010/11/01". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 22 November 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Record Vol. 614" (PDF). The Record (in Japanese): 14. January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ↑ 2010オリコン年間ランキング シングル. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.


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