Sign (Mr. Children song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Sign

| cover = SignMr. ChildrenSinglecover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Mr. Children

| album = I Love U (I♥U)

| released = May 26, 2004

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop rock, power pop

| length = 12:19

| label = Toy's Factory

| writer = Kazutoshi Sakurai

| producer = Takeshi Kobayashi

| prev_title = Tenohira/Kurumi

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Yonjigen: Four Dimensions

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|4wuWJ7GAc2s|"Sign"}}}}

}}

"Sign" is the twenty-sixth single released by Mr. Children on May 26, 2004. The title track was used as the theme song to the Japanese drama Orange Days{{cite book | title = The distance to "HOME" | publisher = Kadokawa television | series = 別冊カドカワ総力特集 Mr.Children (Separate volume Kadokawa special issue Mr.Children) | year = 2007 | pages = 168 | language = Japanese | isbn = 978-4-04-894488-5 }} and won the 'Song of the Year' award, known as the 'Grand Prize', in addition to the 'Gold Prize' award at the 46th annual Japan Record Awards{{cite web | url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/contents/entertainment/list/record.htm | title=日本レコード大賞・最優秀新人賞 (Japanese Japan Record Grand Prix and the best rookie of the year award) | work=yomiuri.co.jp | accessdate=2008-07-11 | language=Japanese | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101035737/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/contents/entertainment/list/record.htm | archivedate=2014-01-01 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d2004.htm | title=第46回日本レコード大賞 (The 46th annual Japanese record prize) | work=jacompa.or.jp | accessdate=2007-12-08 | language=Japanese | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722121616/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d2004.htm | archivedate=2011-07-22 }} ten years after the group's win for their 1994 single "Innocent World". The single went on to also win 'Best Theme Song' at the 41st Television Drama Academy Awards{{cite web | url=http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/ | title=Television Drama Academy Awards | work=television.co.jp | accessdate=2008-07-10 | language=Japanese}} and also 'Song of the year' at the 19th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.{{cite web | url=http://www.golddisc.jp/ | title=Japan Gold Disc Award Official Website | work=golddisc.jp | accessdate=2008-07-11 | language=Japanese}} Like their previous single, it debuted at number one with 370,000 copies in its first week. It has sold over 770,000 copies, and became the 2nd best selling single of 2004.