Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru

Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (聖なる鐘がひびく夜, "Holy Bell Resounding Through the Night") is the fourth single of Morning Musume subgroup Tanpopo. It was released on October 20, 1999, as an 8 cm CD, and peaked at #2 on the weekly Oricon charts, charting for twelve weeks and selling 86,090 copies in its first week.^[1][2] The first press edition contained a special trading card.^[3]

"Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru"
Single by Tanpopo
from the album Tanpopo 1
Released	October 20, 1999 (JP)
Recorded	1999
Genre	J-pop
Label	Zetima
Producer(s)	Tsunku
Tanpopo singles chronology
"Tanpopo" (1999) "Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru" (1999) "Otome Pasta ni Kandō" (2000)

It is the only Tanpopo single that doesn't have a B-side track and an instrumental, which are standards for Hello! Project singles. Instead, it includes three solo versions of the songs, sung by the first generation line-up of the group.

In 2002, an English-language cover ("My Love (Holy Night)") was recorded by Lalah Hathaway for the album Cover Morning Musume Hello! Project!.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru" (聖なる鐘がひびく夜, "Holy Bell Resounding Through the Night")
2.	"Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (featuring Iida)"
3.	"Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (featuring Ishiguro)"
4.	"Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (featuring Yaguchi)"

All tracks are written by Tsunku, arranged by Takao Konishi

Members at the time of single

• Aya Ishiguro (石黒彩)
• Kaori Iida (飯田圭織)
• Mari Yaguchi (矢口真里)

References

1. "Oricon singles ranking for first week of November 1999" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
2. "Oricon - Tanpopo: Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yori" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
3. "Zetima - Tanpopo: Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru" (in Japanese). Up-Front Works. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
4. "カバー・モーニング娘。ハロー！プロジェクト！". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2016-10-12.

External links

• Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru entry at the Up-Front Works official website