Colorful (ClariS song)

"Colorful"
Single by ClariS
from the album Party Time
Released	October 30, 2013
Format	Maxi single
Recorded	2013
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:33
Label	SME
Writer(s)	Shō Watanabe
ClariS singles chronology
"Reunion" (2013) "Colorful" (2013) "Click" (2014)
Party Time track listing "Kakurenbo" (10) "Colorful" (11) "Orange" (12)

"Colorful" (カラフル Karafuru) is a pop song by the Japanese duo and idol unit ClariS, written by Shō Watanabe. It was released as the unit's eighth single on October 30, 2013 by SME Records. The song was used as the opening theme to the film Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion.^[1][2] A music video was produced for "Colorful", directed by Jungo. The single peaked at No. 3 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart.

Composition

"Colorful" is a J-pop song with instrumentation from piano, violin and drums. It is set in common time and moves at a tempo of 178 beats per minute. Beginning in the G-flat major key, the introduction starts with a music box and adds piano, drums and violin to transition into the first verse, followed by the chorus in A-flat major. After a short bridge, the key shifts back to G-flat major for the second verse and is again followed by the chorus in A-flat major, which use the same music with different lyrics. This is immediately followed by the third verse, interposed with a short break in F major followed by G-flat major, before finishing the third verse still in G-flat major. This is immediately followed by the chorus in A-flat major as the outro. A coda is used to close the song.

Release and reception

"Colorful" was released in a regular edition and two limited editions on October 30, 2013 as a CD by SME Records in Japan.^[3][4][5] One of the limited edition versions was packaged with Puella Magi Madoka Magica artwork and instead of containing an instrumental version of "Colorful" as in the other two editions, it has a short version of the song.^[5][6] The other limited edition version came bundled with a DVD containing the music video for "Colorful".^[4] The song peaked at No. 3 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart, and charted for 19 weeks.^[2] "Colorful" debuted and peaked on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 at No. 2.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Colorful" (カラフル Karafuru)	Shō Watanabe	Shō Watanabe	Atsushi Yuasa	4:33
2.	"Surely"	Manabu Ida	Manabu Ida	Manabu Ida	4:21
3.	"Pieces"	Mayuko Maruyama	Mayuko Maruyama	Mayuko Maruyama	4:18
4.	"Colorful (Instrumental)" (カラフル Karafuru)		Shō Watanabe	Atsushi Yuasa	4:33
Total length:					17:45

Madoka Magica limited edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Colorful" (カラフル Karafuru)	Shō Watanabe	Shō Watanabe	Atsushi Yuasa	4:33
2.	"Surely"	Manabu Ida	Manabu Ida	Manabu Ida	4:21
3.	"Pieces"	Mayuko Maruyama	Mayuko Maruyama	Mayuko Maruyama	4:18
4.	"Colorful (Movie Mix)" (カラフル Karafuru)	Shō Watanabe	Shō Watanabe	Atsushi Yuasa	1:35
Total length:					14:47

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Colorful" (Music Video)	4:33

Personnel

ClariS

• Clara – vocals
• Alice – vocals

Production

• Takashi Koiwa – mixer
• Kōtarō Kojima – mastering
• Tatsuo Murai – art direction, design

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Japan Billboard Japan Hot 100[7]	2
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles[2]	3

References

1. "ClariS, Kalafina to Sing 3rd Madoka Magica Film's Theme Songs". Anime News Network. July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
2. "カラフル" [Colorful]. Oricon. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
3. "カラフル(通常盤)" [Colorful (regular edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
4. "カラフル【初回生産限定盤】" [Colorful (limited edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
5. "カラフル【まどか☆マギカ盤/期間限定】" [Colorful (Madoka Magica disc / limited production edition)] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
6. "カラフル(期間生産限定盤/アニメ盤)" [Colorful (limited production edition / anime disc)] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
7. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2013/11/11" (in Japanese). Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2015.