Pride (High and Mighty Color song)

"Pride"
Single by High and Mighty Color
from the album Go Over
Released	January 26, 2005
Genre	Pop rock, electronic rock
Length	4:18
Label	SMEJ
Writer(s)	High and Mighty Color
Producer(s)	Hal
High and Mighty Color singles chronology
"Pride" (2005) "Over" (2005)
Alternative cover Remix re-release

"Pride" is the debut single of High and Mighty Color and was released on January 26, 2005. A remixed version, titled "Pride Remix" was released on March 24, 2005.

Information

"Pride" is their most successful single in terms of sales to date and was used as the second opening theme for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. The single's first press edition included two character identification cards for characters of the anime.

Sample of the translated lyrics:^[1]

The twinkling light shines, and wakes us now

Sounds echo out carved in from here

I'll continue to believe forever...

Remix

The single was later released as a remix single featuring various versions of the song done by artists from all ranges of Japanese music. Upon its release the single charted on the 20th spot in Oricon.

Track listing

1. "PRIDE"– 4:17
2. "Hikaru Kakera" (光るカケラ; Shards of Light) – 4:20
3. "all alone" – 5:39
4. "PRIDE (Instrumental)" — 4:17

All songs written by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR.

Personnel

• Maakii & Yuusuke — vocals
• Kazuto — guitar
• MEG — guitar
• maCKAz — bass
• SASSY — drums

Production

• Hide2 (Norishrocks) — creative & art direction
• Ryuichi Tamura (Norishrocks) – co-art design

Oricon charting

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	4	5	3	2	2	2	2	85,878
3	6	4	5	2	3	4	3	36,536
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x, xxx

Release	Chart	Peak position	Sales	Chart run
26 January 2005	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	#2
26 January 2005	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	#2	347,830	17 weeks
26 January 2005	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	#40

References

1. "Translated lyrics". Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved 2015-11-15.