Honey (L'Arc-en-Ciel song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Honey

| cover = honeylarc.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = L'Arc~en~Ciel

| album = Ray

| released = July 8, 1998

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 03:48

| label = Ki/oon Records

| writer = Hyde

| producer = L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano

| prev_title = Dive to Blue

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Snow Drop

| next_year = 1998

}}

"Honey" is the eleventh single by L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released simultaneously with "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" and "Kasou" on July 8, 1998. "Honey" was used as the main theme song and ending song for the TBS Television Football highlights programme "Super Soccer".{{cite web|url=https://archive.larc-en-ciel.com/sp/biography/1998.php|title=L'Arc-en-Ciel Biography Archive (1998)|access-date=August 5, 2024}}

The release day of "Honey" was the same as B'z's single "Home". B'z had already had 20 consecutive number-one singles on the Oricon weekly charts, approaching Seiko Matsuda's record of 24. "Honey" recorded first week sales of over 544,000 copies, but "Home" debuted at No. 1 with sales of over 559,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=1998&month=7&week=3&submit4.x=36&submit4.y=10|title=Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the third week of July 1998|publisher=Oricon|access-date=2009-12-20|language=ja}} Nevertheless, it topped the Oricon charts the following week and sold over one million copies.[http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/14296/ranking/cd_single/p/1/ L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング] Retrieved May 18, 2011 The single was re-released on August 30, 2006.