Honey (L'Arc-en-Ciel song)

"Honey"
Single by L'Arc~en~Ciel
from the album Ray
Released	July 8, 1998
Format	CD
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	03:48
Label	Ki/oon Records
Writer(s)	Hyde
Producer(s)	L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
L'Arc~en~Ciel singles chronology
"Dive to Blue" (1998) "Honey" (1998) "Kasou" (1998) "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" (1998) "Snow Drop" (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.

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.^[1] Nevertheless, it topped the Oricon charts the following week and sold over one million copies.^[2] The single was re-released on August 30, 2006.^[2]

Track listing

#	Title	Lyrics	Music
1	"Honey"	Hyde	Hyde

Chart positions

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Japan Oricon	1

References

1. "Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the third week of July 1998" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
2. L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved May 18 2011