Dozing Green
{{Infobox song
| name = Dozing Green
| cover = Dozing Green (Regular)- Dir en grey.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dir En Grey
| album = Uroboros
| released = October 24, 2007 (JP)
October 26, 2007 (DE)
October 29, 2007 (UK/FR)
October 31, 2007 (FI)
| format =
| recorded = Studio Innig, Sony Music Studios, Sound Crew Studios, Studio Fine (1, 2)
Pacifico Yokohama, April 21, 2007 (3)
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative metal
| length = 4:05
| label = Firewall Div./SMEJ (JP)
Gan-Shin (EU)
| writer = Die, Toshiya, Kaoru, Kyo, Shinya
| producer = Dir En Grey
| prev_title = Agitated Screams of Maggots
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Glass Skin
| next_year = 2008
}}
"Dozing Green" (stylized as DOZING GREEN) is a single by Dir En Grey, released on October 24, 2007 in Japan and across Europe as well as in the iTunes Store until the end of October.{{cite web|title=Dir En Grey "Dozing Green" single |work=jvstore.com |url=http://www.jvstore.com/ganshin/lang-en/index.php?content=news |accessdate=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228093604/http://www.jvstore.com/ganshin/lang-en/index.php?content=news |archivedate=February 28, 2007 }}
The Japanese edition includes two b-sides, "Hydra -666-" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots [Live]".
{{cite web
|title=Dozing Green 2007.10.24 Release
|work=direngrey.co.jp
|url=http://direngrey.co.jp/english/dozing.html
|accessdate=2007-09-14
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915235657/http://www.direngrey.co.jp/english/dozing.html
|archivedate=2007-09-15
|url-status=dead
}}
The European release features only "Dozing Green" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots", while the iTunes release is sold as the title track only.
{{cite web
|title = "Dozing Green" European release at Amazon
|work = amazon.de
|url = https://www.amazon.de/Dozing-Green-Dir-en-Grey/dp/B000WGMS3Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/303-0087145-1412250?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1193074545&sr=8-1
|language = De
|accessdate = 2007-10-22
}}
The music video for "Dozing Green" shows cells from The Drifting Classroom by horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The music video of "Hydra -666-" can be found on In Weal or Woe.
"Dozing Green" is one of the two singles featured on Uroboros, along with "Glass Skin". Like its counterpart, the song is re-recorded in English for the album.
The music video for "Dozing Green" was voted the #1 video of the year 2008 on the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball.{{cite web | url=http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/12/19/headbangers-viewers-hbb-blog-pick-best-videos-of-2008/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223045649/http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/12/19/headbangers-viewers-hbb-blog-pick-best-videos-of-2008/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 23, 2008 | title=News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity }}
Music
For "Dozing Green", guitarist Kaoru performed on a PRS Custom 24, while Die recorded on a Fender Stratocaster in the studio.{{cite video
| title = In Weal or Woe
| medium = DVD
| publisher = Firewall/SMEJ
| location = Tokyo, Japan
|date = 2008}} The music video however, shows Kaoru performing on the usual ESP Viper and Die on an ESP Eclipse.{{cite video
| title = Dozing Green
| medium = Music video
| publisher = Firewall/SMEJ
| location =
|date = 2007}}
The first b-side, "Hydra -666-", is a rearrangement of the song "Hydra" originally recorded for Macabre (2000). The "Agitated Screams of Maggots" live recording was performed at a concert limited to registered purchasers of the band's previous album, The Marrow of a Bone (2007).
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics = Kyo
| all_music = Dir En Grey
| title1 = Dozing Green
| note1 =
| length1 = 4:05
| title2 = Hydra -666-
| note2 =
| length2 = 3:36
| title3 = Agitated Screams of Maggots [Live]
| note3 =
| length3 = 4:33
}}
=European version=
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics = Kyo
| all_music = Dir En Grey
| title1 = Dozing Green
| note1 =
| length1 = 4:05
| title2 = Agitated Screams of Maggots [Live]
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:33
}}
Personnel
- Dir En Grey – producer
- Kyo – vocals
- Kaoru – guitar
- Die – guitar
- Toshiya – bass guitar
- Shinya – drums
- Yasushi "Koni-Young" Konishi – recording, mixing
- Miles Showell – mastering
- Dynamite Tommy – executive producer
- Takato Yamamoto – cover art
- Kazuya Nakajima, Taka Hashinoto – live recording
- Yoshinori Abe & Kaoru – Programming