Melody of Eyes

"Melody of Eyes"
Limited edition cover
Single by Boyfriend
from the album Seventh Mission
B-side	"To Moon"
Released	March 27, 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	J-pop, Dance-pop
Length	18:22
Label	Being Group Starship Entertainment
Writer(s)	La Terre
Producer(s)	Daiko Nagato
Boyfriend singles chronology
"I Yah" (2013) "Melody of Eyes" (2013) "ON&ON" (2013)

"Melody of Eyes (Hitomi no Melody)" is the third Japanese single by the South Korean boy band Boyfriend. It was released on March 27 in 4 different editions.^[1] Hitomi no Melody will be the ending theme song of a long time Japanese anime Detective Conan and TO MOON was used as the ending theme song of Boyfriend's TV show in Japan entitled, Tokyo Etoile Academy of Music last January and February 2013.

Background

The album was announced by the group's Japanese official website, with details of the album release and along with a release of the group's first DVD 1st Live DVD [Love Communication 2012~XMass Bell~]. The single was released in four different editions: a Normal Edition [CD] consists of 2 song with 2 instrumentals and extra trading card in 1 of 7; a Limited Edition [CD +DVD] with "Hitomi no Melody" music video and making of and a trading card (1 of 7); Lawson HMV Limited Edition [CD + DVD] with 40 page full color photobook and trading card (1 of 7); Lawson HMV Limited Edition [CD + DVD](Detective Conan version) with Hitomi no Melody (TV SIZE) and Detective Conan card (1 of 2).^[2]

Singles

Hitomi no Melody/Melody of Eyes, the song has been picked up as the ending theme song for a popular Japanese anime Detective Conan.

Promotion

Melody of Eyes makes to top five for six days and their highest ranked is second place on Oricon,^[3] and they ranked number one on weekly chart of Billboard Hot Animation.

Track listing

CD+DVD edition[4]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Melody of Eyes (瞳のメロディ)"	La Terre	K&K Factory	Hitoshi Munakata	4:59
2.	"TO MOON"	SONG SOO YOON・Keiko Serizawa	HAN JAE HO・KIM SEUNG SOO・AN JUN SUNG	HAN JAE HO・KIM SEUNG SOO・AN JUN SUNG・HONG SEUNG HYUN	4:12
3.	"Melody of Eyes (瞳のメロディ)" (Instrumental)		K&K Factory	Hitoshi Munakata	4:59
4.	"TO MOON" (Instrumental)		HAN JAE HO・KIM SEUNG SOO・AN JUN SUNG	HAN JAE HO・KIM SEUNG SOO・AN JUN SUNG・HONG SEUNG HYUN	4:12
Total length:					18:22

Music Videos

Year	Song	Length	Notes	Official MV on YouTube
2013	"Melody of Eyes" (short ver.)	2:18		Melody of Eyes (Short Version) on YouTube

Charts

Oricon

Oricon Chart	Peak	Debut sales	Sales total
Daily Singles Chart	2	10,114	—
Weekly Singles Chart	4	34,010
Monthly Singles Chart	20	36,004
Yearly Singles Chart	—	—

Other charts

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[5]	5
Billboard Japan Hot Singles sales[6]	3
Billboard Japan Hot Animation[6]	1

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Japan	March 27, 2013	CD, Digital download	Being Group

References

1. "3rdシングル『瞳のメロディ』2013年3月27日 リリース決定!!!". boyfriend-jp.com. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
2. 第27回日本ゴールドディスク大賞　ベスト3ニュー・アーティスト（アジア）受賞!!! (in Japanese). boyfriend-jp.com. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
3. "Boyfriend Stays at No. 2 on the Oricon". enewsworld. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
4. "3rdシングル『瞳のメロディ』2013年3月27日 リリース決定!!!". boyfriendjp. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
5. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 / Billboard JAPAN (Billboard Japan Hot 100 for April 8th)". Billboard (in Japanese). 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
6. "Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales / Billboard JAPAN (Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales for April 8th)". Billboard (in Japanese). 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-04-03.