Tail of Hope

"Tail of Hope"
"Tail of Hope"
Single by BoA
B-side	"Baby You..."
Released	June 26, 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	J-Pop; electropop;
Length	3:51
Label	Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Sara Sakurai; Claire Rodriguez; Daniel Sherman; Andrew Gilbert;
BoA singles chronology
Music video
	"Tail of Hope" on YouTube

"Tail of Hope" is a song recorded by South Korean singer BoA, released on June 26, 2013. The song serves as the theme song for the Japanese Fuji-TV drama Hakui no Namida. The B-side is the song "Baby You...", a rewritten Japanese version of her Korean song "Disturbance".

Background

"Tail of Hope" is the theme song for the Japanese drama Hakui no Namida, which began airing on April 1, 2013.^[1]^[2] This is BoA's thirty-third Japanese single and was released on June 26, 2013.^[3] A Japanese version of BoA's self-written Korean song "Disturbance" released earlier in January 2013 is the single's B-side.^[4] An English version of the song released as a separate special edition CD was also made available exclusively to members of BoA's official fan club who purchased both the CD and CD+DVD editions.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tail of Hope"	Sara Sakurai	Claire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert	3:51
2.	"Baby You.."	BoA, Sakurai (supervision)	BoA	3:20
3.	"Tail of Hope (Instrumental)"	Sara Sakurai	Rodrigues, Sherman, Gilbert	3:51
4.	"Baby You.. (Instrumental)"	BoA, Sara Sakurai (supervision)	BoA	3:17
Total length:				14:19

DVD
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Tail of Hope (music video)"	Toshiyuki Suzuki	5:36
2.	"Sonna Kimi (Disturbance) Korean version (music video)" (そんな君 "You the Way You Are")	Kwon Soonwook	3:47
3.	"Tail of Hope (making)"	Suzuki	3:43

Digital download^[6]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tail of Hope"	Sara Sakurai	Claire Rodrigues, Daniel Sherman, Andrew Gilbert	3:51
2.	"Baby You.."	BoA, Sakurai (supervision)	BoA	3:20
Total length:				7:11

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon)^[7]	12
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[8]	19

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from the liner notes booklet of "Tail of Hope."^[9]

Anna – Hair, make-up
Andrew Gilbert – arrangement (#1, #3)
Yu Hamashima – "Tail of Hope" music video producer
Kim Terung – arrangement (#2, #4)
Kim Yongshin – arrangement (#2, #4)
Kwon BoA – vocals
Kwon Soonwook – "Disturbance" music video director
Metaoloz Creative Group – "Disturbance" music video production

Daniel Sherman – arrangement (#1, #3)
Satsuki Naono – creative coordination
Claire Rodrigues – arrangement (#1, #3)
Chie Sekine – graphic design
Shino Suganuma – styling
Toshiyuki Suzuki – art direction, "Tail of Hope" music video director
Tisch – photographer

References

^ "BoA and Kawamura Ryuichi to sing theme songs for daytime drama, Hakui no Namida". TokyoHive. 6Theory Media, LLC. March 30, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
^ "BoA, 河村隆一がフジ昼ドラ「白衣のなみだ」テーマ曲担当". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
^ ""Tail of Hope" of BoA". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
^ "BoA to release single 'Disturbance' for her first solo concert". Allkpop. 6TheoryMedia. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
^ ""BoA"NEW SINGLE「Tail of Hope」豪華2形態連動特典決定！！"もれなく"＜スペシャルCD＞プレゼント!!" (in Japanese). Avex Marketing. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
^ ""Tail of Hope" by BoA" (in Japanese). iTunes JP, Apple. 26 June 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
^ "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (11—20)" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 24–30, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
^ "Billboard-Japan Weekly Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Billboard-Japan. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
^ Tail of Hope (Media notes) (in Japanese). BoA. Tokyo, Japan: Avex. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] "BoA and Kawamura Ryuichi to sing theme songs for daytime drama, Hakui no Namida". TokyoHive. 6Theory Media, LLC. March 30, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.

[2] "BoA, 河村隆一がフジ昼ドラ「白衣のなみだ」テーマ曲担当". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.

[release-3] ""Tail of Hope" of BoA". CDJapan.co.jp. Retrieved September 29, 2013.

[4] "BoA to release single 'Disturbance' for her first solo concert". Allkpop. 6TheoryMedia. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.

[5] ""BoA"NEW SINGLE「Tail of Hope」豪華2形態連動特典決定！！"もれなく"＜スペシャルCD＞プレゼント!!" (in Japanese). Avex Marketing. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.

[6] ""Tail of Hope" by BoA" (in Japanese). iTunes JP, Apple. 26 June 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.

[7] "Oricon Weekly Singles Chart (11—20)" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 24–30, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.

[8] "Billboard-Japan Weekly Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Billboard-Japan. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.

[booklet-9] Tail of Hope (Media notes) (in Japanese). BoA. Tokyo, Japan: Avex. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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