-Akai Hana- You're Gonna Change to the Flower




 * Artist
 * Shiina Hekiru


 * Single
 * -Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower (赤い華; Red Flower)


 * Released
 * 1999.08.04
 * 2004.09.29 (re-release)


 * Catalog Number
 * SRDL-4646
 * SRCL-6210 (re-release)


 * Price
 * ¥1,020


 * Tracklist
 * 1) -Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower (赤い華; Red Flower)
 * 2) Itsu Made mo... (いつまでも・・・)
 * 3) -Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower (Instrumental version) (赤い華; Red Flower)
 * 4) Itsu Made mo... (Instrumental version) (いつまでも・・・)


 * Information

"-Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower" is the thirteenth single released by Shiina Hekiru. "-Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower" was used as the second opening theme song to the Eden's Bowy anime, which Shiina played the voice of the main characters Elisiss and Jsieda. The b-side "Itsu Made mo...", is a mid-tempo pop number which sounds like it could have come from her "with a will" era.

The single reached #14 on the Oricon charts (making it her highest ranking single) and stayed on the charts for a total of six weeks. This single sold a total of 57,016 copies, making it Shiina's best selling single.

The single was re-released on 2004.09.29, in a 12cm CD format.

Song Information

 * Lyrics
 * Shiina Hekiru


 * Music
 * PIPELINE PROJECT


 * Other Information
 * Arrangment: PIPELINE PROJECT

Music Video
The music video for "-Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower" features Shiina sitting in a darkened room. At the begining of the video there are red roses tossed on the floor, and through out the video it shows flashes of a variety of flowers, mainly red (seeing as Akai Hana means Red Flower). One scene shows Shiina hold rose petals which turn into a black butterfly, which is later show inside a transparent cube.

Disambiguation
There are currently three versions of Akai Hana You're gonna change to the flower to be found in Shiina Hekiru's discography. They are the following:


 * -Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower
 * Found as track #1 on the "-Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower" single. This is the version set to the music video.




 * -Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower (Instrumental version)
 * Found as track #4 on the "-Akai Hana- You're gonna change to the flower" single. This is the standard version just without the vocals.


 * -Akai hana- I'm gonna change to the flower (Album Version)
 * Found on Shiina's "RIGHT BESIDE YOU" album as track #10. This version of the song features a different arrangment than the original.