Hatenai Sora
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{{Infobox song
| name = Hatenai Sora
| cover = Arashi - Hatenai Sora.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Arashi
| album = Beautiful World
| released = {{Start date|2010|11|10|df=y}}
| recorded = 2010
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length =
| label = J Storm
| writer = QQ
| producer =
| prev_title = Dear Snow
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Lotus
| next_year = 2011
}}
{{nihongo|"Hatenai Sora"|果てない空|Endless Sky}} is a song by Japanese boy band Arashi from their tenth studio album Beautiful World (2011). It was released as a CD single on 10 November 2010, through J Storm. "Hatenai Sora" was the theme song for the television drama Freeter, Ie wo Kau, which stars member Kazunari Ninomiya.
"Hatenai Sora" debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart for the week ending 22 November 2010 with initial sales of 572,000 copies, making it Arashi's 30th number-one single in Japan.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2010-11-22/ |script-title=ja:週間 シングルランキング 2010年11月22日付 |date=22 November 2010 |access-date=20 February 2019 |publisher=Oricon |language=ja }}{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/82082/full/ |script-title=ja:嵐、男性歌手最速11年でシングル通算30作目首位 史上3組目の快挙 |date=16 November 2010 |access-date=20 February 2019 |work=Oricon News |publisher=Oricon |language=ja }} It debuted on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 at number 71{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2010&month=11&day=1 |title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 2010/11/01 |date=1 November 2010 |access-date=20 February 2019 |work=Billboard Japan |language=ja }} and reached the top of the chart three weeks later.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2010&month=11&day=22 |title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 2010/11/01 |date=22 November 2010 |access-date=20 February 2019 |work=Billboard Japan |language=ja }} In the same month of release, the single was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipment of 500,000 copies.
{{cite journal |date=January 2011 |title=The Record Vol. 614 |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=422 |language=ja |format=PDF |journal=The Record |page=14 |access-date=20 February 2019 }} According to Oricon, "Hatenai Sora" was the sixth best-selling single of 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index02.html |script-title=ja:2010オリコン年間ランキング シングル |date=20 December 2010 |access-date=20 February 2019 |work=Oricon Style |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222011137/https://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index02.html |archive-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Regular edition
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 35:46
| title1 = Hatenai Sora
| note1 = {{nihongo2|果てない空}}
| lyrics1 = QQ
| music1 = QQ
| extra1 = Ha-j
| length1 = 4:27
| title2 = Story
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Takashi Ogawa|Alt}}
| music2 = Kōsuke Ōba
| extra2 = Taku Yoshioka
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Maboroshi
| note3 =
| lyrics3 = Tateki Kobayashi
| music3 = Kobayashi
| extra3 = Sachiko Miyano
| length3 = 5:01
| title4 = Ano Hi no Merry Christmas
| note4 = {{nihongo2|あの日のメリークリスマス}}
| lyrics4 = Soluna
| music4 = Takuya Harada
| extra4 = Hirofumi Sasaki
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Hatenai Sora
| note5 = instrumental
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| extra5 =
| length5 = 4:27
| title6 = Story
| note6 = instrumental
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 = 4:01
| title7 = Maboroshi
| note7 = instrumental
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| extra7 =
| length7 = 5:01
| title8 = Ano Hi no Merry Christmas
| note8 = instrumental
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 = 4:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 8:51
| title1 = Hatenai Sora
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = QQ
| music1 = QQ
| extra1 = Ha-j
| length1 = 4:27
| title2 = Ano Hi no Merry Christmas
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Soluna
| music2 = Harada
| extra2 = Sasaki
| length2 = 4:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition {{nobold|– DVD}}
| title1 = Hatenai Sora
| note1 = Music video
| length1 =
| title2 = Hatenai Sora
| note2 = Making-of
| length2 =
| title3 = Hatenai Sora
| note3 = Photo gallery
| length3 =
}}
References
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Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Japanese television drama theme songs
Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles
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