My Friend (Zard song)

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"My Friend"

Single by Zard

from the album Today Is Another Day

Released

January 8, 1996

B-Gram Records

Izumi Sakai, Tetsurō Oda

Zard singles chronology

"Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu"
(1995)

"My Friend"
(1996)

"Kokoro wo Hiraite"
(1996)

"My Friend (マイフレンド)" is the 17th single by Zard,^[1] released 8 January 1996. The single debuted at ranked #1 on its first week. It charted for 21 weeks and sold over a million copies, becoming the third highest-selling single in Zard's career.^[2] When she died, it was elected as her third best song on the Oricon polls.^[3]^[4] The song is best known as the 4th Ending theme for Slam Dunk anime.

Track list

All songs are written by Izumi Sakai.

My Friend (マイフレンド)
- composer: Tetsurō Oda/arrangement: Takeshi Hayama
  - the song is used as the fourth closing theme song of the anime series Slam Dunk
Mezameta asa wa... (目覚めた朝は・・・)
- composer: Mitsuyoshi Yonezawa/arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda
My Friend (マイフレンド) (original karaoke)
Mezameta asa wa... (目覚めた朝は・・・) (original karaoke) ^[5]

References

^ ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html
^ Official rankings (in Japanese) http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26939/products/123564/1/
^ "心に残るZARDの名曲、1位は「負けないで」" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
^ "ZARD坂井泉水さん、不慮の事故で死去" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
^ Official track list (in Japanese) http://beinggiza.com/ci/item/JBDJ-1011

v t e Zard
Izumi Sakai
Studio albums	Good-bye My Loneliness Mō Sagasanai Hold Me Yureru Omoi Oh My Love Forever You Today Is Another Day Eien Toki no Tsubasa Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita Kimi to no Distance
Other releases	Golden Best: 15th Anniversary Zard Forever Best: 25th Anniversary
Singles	"Good-bye My Loneliness" "Fushigi ne... "Mō Sagasanai" "Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite" "In My Arms Tonight" "Makenaide" "Kimi ga Inai" "Yureru Omoi" "Mō Sukoshi, Ato Sukoshi..." "Kitto Wasurenai" "Kono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukarete mo/Boy" "Konna ni Soba ni Iru no ni" "Anata wo Kanjiteitai" "Just Believe in Love" "Ai ga Mienai" "Sayonara wa Ima mo Kono Mune ni Imasu" "My Friend" "Kokoro wo Hiraite" "Don't You See!" "Kimi ni Aitaku Nattara..." "Kaze ga Toori Nukeru Machi he" "Eien" "My Baby Grand ~Nukumori ga Hoshikute~" "Iki mo Dekinai" "Unmei no Roulette Mawashite" "Atarashii Door ~Fuyu no Himawari~" "Good Day" "Mind Games" "Sekai wa Kitto Mirai no Naka" "Itai Kurai Kimi ga Afureteiru yo" "Kono Namida Hoshi ni Nare" "Get U're Dream" "Promised You" "Sawayakana Kimi no Kimochi" "Ashita wo Yume Mite" "Hitomi Tojite" "Motto Chikaku de Kimi no Yokogao Mitetai" "Kakegae no Nai Mono" "Kyō wa Yukkuri Hanasō" "Hoshi no Kagayaki yo/Natsu wo Matsu Sail no Yō ni" "Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki/Karatto Ikō!" "Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete" "Glorious Mind" "Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de" "Sunao ni Ienakute"
Related articles	B-Gram Records Field of View Wands Deen Sard Underground "Kimi ga Ita kara" "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku"

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