Eien no Tsubasa

Eien no Tsubasa
Single by B'z
from the album ACTION
Released	May 9, 2007
Promotions	#1 (For Those We Love) #2 (Fist of the North Star Film) #2 (Polemelo JOYSOUND CM)
Length	9:58
Label	Vermillion Records
Producer	Tak Matsumoto
B'z singles chronology
"SPLASH!" (2006) "Eien no Tsubasa" (2007) "SUPER LOVE SONG (2007)

Eien no Tsubasa (永遠の翼, Eternal Wings) is the forty-third single by B'z, released on May 9, 2007. At release, the song premiered at the top spot and became the thirty-eighth consecutive single to do so for the band.

"Eien no Tsubasa" would become the first film theme that B'z contributed to a work that wasn't part of the Detective Conan franchise.

Two promotional videos were prepared for the title song: a normal video featuring the band and actors and another with footage from the film for which the song served as the theme. In addition, another video was shot and aired for the B-side, "Lonely Stars", although it only covered the first half of the song.

After first week sales in excess of 150,000, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and was the twenty-seventh highest selling release of 2007.

Track listing

1. Eien no Tsubasa — Eternal Wings, 永遠の翼

   The song and the imagery that inspired it made quite an impression on Tak himself, who would revisit it on two occasions. In 2010, he said he thought back to the band's visit to Chiran when he wrote something of a sequel to the song in "hotalu" for his joint album with Jazz legend Larry Carlton, Take Your Pick. Later, Tak would craft an instrumental version from the original composition for his 2012 solo album Strings of My Soul.

2. Lonely Stars — ロンリースターズ

Personnel

B'z

• Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
• Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement

Drums

• Josh Freese

Bass

• Shawn Hurley

Production

• TAMA STRINGS: Strings (Track 1)
• Akihito Tokunaga: Arrangement (Track 1)
• Daisuke Ikeda: Arrangement (Track 2)