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

References