The Next Decade

"The Next Decade"
Single by Gackt
Released	August 11, 2009
Format	DVD single CD single CD maxi single
Genre	Hard rock, Symphonic rock
Length	5:05
Label	Avex Entertainment
Writer(s)	Shoko Fujibayashi (lyricist) Ryo (composer, arranger)
Gackt singles chronology
"Flower" (2009) "The Next Decade" (2009) "Setsugekka (The End of Silence)/Zan" (2009)
Kamen Rider Series theme song chronology "Journey Through the Decade" (2009) "The Next Decade" (2009) "W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)" (2009) Alternative cover CD+DVD

"The Next Decade" is the thirty-fifth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on August 11, 2009.

Summary

It will be used as the theme song for the Kamen Rider Series film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker^[1] in which Gackt portrays Riderman.^[2] It was released as a CD single and a CD single coupled with a DVD of the music video.

The theme of "The Next Decade" is that of the "War" (戦 Ikusa).^[3]

CD

1. "The Next Decade"
2. "T.N.D.Orchestra Attack Ride"
3. "The Next Decade" (Instrumental)

DVD

The music video of "The Next Decade" was later released in Stay the Ride Alive,^[4] "special memorial single" version which is a Digipak with a special cover, a third disc and a booklet describing Gackt's collaboration with the Kamen Rider Decade production.^[5]

1. "The Next Decade" music cinema film

Charts

On its first day of release, it hit #3 on the Oricon Daily Charts after selling 13,000 copies.^[6]

Oricon

Release	Provider(s)	Chart	Peak position	Sales total
August 11, 2009	Oricon	Daily Singles	3	13,534
		Weekly Singles	4	37,033
		Monthly Singles	12	51,041
		Yearly Singles	103	56,335

Billboard Japan

Charts (2009)	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[7]	11

References

1. (Japanese) Kamen Rider Decade SOUND WEB
2. "GACKTが超美形ライダーマンに“変身”！ ニュース-ORICON STYLE-" (in Japanese). 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
3. "GACKT : 劇場版『仮面ライダー×仮面ライダーW＆ディケイド MOVIE大作戦2010』主題歌はGACKT / BARKS ニュース" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-10-22.
4. (Japanese) http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCA-29599
5. "GACKT -PICKUP- Music Lounge". Retrieved 2009-12-22.
6. "GACKT、『仮面ライダー』主題歌が3位発進 ニュース-ORICON STYLE-" (in Japanese). 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
7. "The Next Decade on Japan Hot 100 chart" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

External links

• Kamen Rider Decade on Avex Mode's official website