Graffiti (Gackt song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Graffiti
| cover =
| alt =
| caption = Cover A
| type = single
| artist = Gackt
| album =
| B-side = Iki Toshi Ikeru Subete ni Tsugu
| released = November 30, 2011
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 14:00
| label = Avex Entertainment
| writer = Ryo, Shoko Fujibayashi
| producer =
| prev_title = Episode.0
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Until The Last Day
| next_year = 2012
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|1B6XnUMo6wE|"Graffiti"}}}}
}}
"Graffiti" is the fortieth single of Japanese solo artist Gackt, released on November 30, 2011.{{cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/9259/products/949964/1/| title="Graffiti" on Oricon| publisher=Oricon| access-date=December 10, 2015| language=ja}} It's the third opening song of the anime Sket Dance.{{cite web| url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/56466| title=Gackt「Sket Dance」新OPに疾走ロックチューン提供| date=2011-09-13| work=natalie.mu| publisher=Natasha| access-date=December 5, 2011| language=ja}}
Summary
Gackt announced that he will continue his collaboration with the anime Sket Dance in November.{{cite web| url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000070785| title=Gackt、TVアニメ『Sket Dance』に声優出演、自身がモデルのキャラで熱唱も| date=2011-06-20| work=barks.jp| publisher=Global Plus| access-date=December 5, 2011| language=ja}} Dante, the vocalist of a band named JardiN, was modeled after Gackt, and he himself voiced the character. He also sang the song "Iki Toshi Ikeru Subete ni Tsugu", which Dante performs in the story.
The music video was filmed in the late-night streets of Shibuya, Tokyo.{{cite web| url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000074638| title=Gackt、新曲「Graffiti」ビデオ解禁。渋谷の街を白馬で疾走| date=2011-11-04| work=barks.jp| publisher=Global Plus| access-date=December 5, 2011| language=ja}} In the beginning, it features Gackt in the limousine and as he gets off the car as a camera guy follows him through the streets. It ends with him going to the parking area, and riding off on a horse he used in the NHK drama Fūrin Kazan and regularly uses at Joetsu city's Great Kenshin Festival.
Track listings and formats
{{tracklist
|all_music = Ryo
|all_lyrics = Shoko Fujibayashi
|headline = CD (AVCA-49097)
| title1 = Graffiti
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 ={{nihongo|Iki Toshi Ikeru Subete ni Tsugu|生きとし生けるすべてに告ぐ}}
| length2 =3:59
| title3 = Graffiti (instrumental)
| length3 =
| title4 =Iki Toshi Ikeru Subete ni Tsugu (instrumental)
| length4 =
}}
{{tracklist
|headline = CD + DVD (AVCA-49098)
| title1 =Graffiti (Music Film)
}}
Charts
;Oricon
| class="wikitable"
!align="center"|Release !align="center"|Provider(s) !align="center"|Chart !align="center"|Peak position !align="center"|Sales total |
| align="center" rowspan="2"| November 30, 2011
|align="center" rowspan="2"| Oricon |align="center"| Weekly Singles |align="center"| 15,953 |
| align="center"| Monthly Singles
|align="center"| 38 |align="center"| — |
;Billboard Japan
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| align="left"|Chart (2011)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
|---|
| Billboard Japan Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2011&month=12&day=12 |title="Graffiti" on Japan Hot 100 chart |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=December 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009043620/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2011&month=12&day=12 |archive-date=October 9, 2014 }}
|align="center"| 21 |
| Billboard Japan Hot Animation{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=anime&year=2011&month=12&day=12 |title="Graffiti" on Japan Hot Animation chart |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=December 10, 2015}}
|align="center"| 3 |
References
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