Flying Easy Loving Crazy
{{Infobox song
| name = Flying Easy Loving Crazy
| cover = Flying Easy Loving Crazy.png
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| type = Single
| artist = Toshinobu Kubota featuring Misia
| album = Timeless Fly
| released = {{Start date|2008|3|26}}
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| genre = {{hlist|R&B}}
| length = {{duration|m=5|s=29}}
| label = Mastersix Foundation
| writer = {{hlist|Toshinobu Kubota}}
| producer = {{hlist|Toshinobu Kubota}}
| chronology = Toshinobu Kubota singles
| prev_title = Magic
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Tomorrow Waltz
| next_year = 2010
| prev_track =
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Misia
| type = single
| prev_title = Royal Chocolate Flush
| prev_year = 2007
| title = Flying Easy Loving Crazy
| year = 2008
| next_title = Yes Forever
| next_year = 2008
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|Qi4q2SUjk3o|"Flying Easy Loving Crazy"}}}}
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"Flying Easy Loving Crazy" (stylized as "FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY") is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Toshinobu Kubota and Japanese singer Misia for Kubota's fifteenth studio album Timeless Fly.{{cite news|url=http://tower.jp/article/news/2284|title=久保田利伸、約4年ぶりのオリジナル・アルバム『Timeless Fly』を2月にリリース! KREVAやMISIAらとのコラボ・ソングも収録|accessdate=June 22, 2011|date=January 26, 2010|work=Tower Records Japan}} It was released by Mastersix Foundation as the album's second single on March 26, 2008.{{cite news|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/4772|title=久保田利伸×MISIAで極上ラブソング誕生|publisher=Natalie|date=December 27, 2007|accessdate=February 25, 2018}}
Background
"Flying Easy Loving Crazy" is the second in a series of collaborative singles released by Kubota.{{cite news|url=http://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/misia/18066|title=久保田利伸によるコラボレート企画第2弾！ MISIAとの新曲が完成|accessdate=June 22, 2011|date=February 13, 2008|work=CDJournal}} The song, which features guest vocals by Japanese singer Misia, whom Kubota has worked with in the past on the album Singer for Singer (2004), was written, composed and produced by Kubota and arranged by Daisuke Mori. It was used in the promotional campaign of the Cirque du Soleil production Dralion, dubbed Daihatsu Dralion in Japan. Kubota describes "Flying Easy Loving Crazy" as "courage, freedom, and colorfulness bloomed into a love song." In a press release, Misia commented that "during recording, it felt like Kubota's unique rhythm and melodies had opened up the doors to a new world." Kubota and Misia performed the song together twice at Misia's two-date Take Action! benefit concert tour, held at the Yokohama Blitz on May 26–27, 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/news/080529_misia/|title=MISIA ニューシングル発売、ライブでは久保田利伸と共演！！|accessdate=June 22, 2011|date=May 29, 2008|work=Hotexpress}}
Chart performance
"Flying Easy Loving Crazy" entered the daily Oricon Singles Chart at number 10 and debuted at number 18 on the weekly chart, with 6,000 copies sold in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://blog.oricon.co.jp/earo/archive/2137/0|title=20th Centuryがデイリー首位発進☆3/25付 シングルデイリー|date=2008-03-26|accessdate=2011-06-22|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322214736/http://blog.oricon.co.jp/earo/archive/2137/0|archive-date=2012-03-22|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/080407.html|title=オリコン 2008.4.7|accessdate=February 25, 2018}} The single charted for six weeks and sold a reported total of 11,000 copies.{{cite web|title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」|trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju'|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp|work=Oricon|url-access=subscription |accessdate=February 25, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=374216786|title=【周榜单】2008/05/12付oricon周榜单（单曲top200）|accessdate=June 22, 2011|date=May 10, 2008}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| all_writing = Toshinobu Kubota
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| title1 = Flying Easy Loving Crazy
| extra1 = {{hlist|Daisuke Mori}}
| length1 = 5:29
| title2 = Babylon Lovers
| extra2 = {{hlist|Yōichirō Kakizaki}}
| length2 = 4:18
| title3 = Flying Easy Loving Crazy
| note3 = Instrumental
| extra3 = {{hlist|Mori}}
| length3 = 5:30
| total_length = {{Duration|m=15|s=17}}
}}
Charts
References
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Category:Toshinobu Kubota songs
Category:Male–female vocal duets