is the thirty-sixth single of J-pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 idol group Morning Musume

Morning Musume

, sometimes referred to as is a Japanese idol girl group, whose act generally revolves around singing and dancing to upbeat melodies. They are the lead group of Hello! Project, which is managed and produced by Tsunku, who composes nearly all the lyrics and melodies of their songs...

. It was released under the Zetima

Zetima

is a Japanese record label owned by Up-Front Works, a Japanese entertainment management company. The label is handled by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Outside Japan the label is most famous for releasing music by several participants in Hello! Project, the most famous...

 label on April 16, 2008. The Single V

Single V

A is a type of DVD released by artists who are part of the J-Pop idol conglomerate, Hello! Project.- Single V :A Single V is often released in coordination one or two weeks after the release of a Hello! Project single. Most artists follow this pattern, except a few including Melon Kinenbi...

 DVD of the single was released on April 23, 2008.

There are three editions. Limited edition A comes along with a bonus DVD, while limited edition B comes with another DVD. The catalog numbers of each limited edition copies are EPCE-5540 and EPCE-5542, respectively. The regular edition has a catalog number EPCE-5544.

With the original, Another ver., a Studio Dance Shot version, a Night Scene version, and a One-cut Dance version, it makes the most PVs ever released for one single. Also notable is the smoky eye make-up used on the members, a daring new look for Morning Musume as they attempt to expand into Asia.

CD

3. "Resonant Blue (Instrumental)"

Single V

1. "Resonant Blue"
2. "Resonant Blue (Night Scene Ver.)"

Event V

1. "Resonant Blue (One Cut Dance Ver.)"
2. "Resonant Blue TV - SPOT (15sec./30sec.)"
3. "Resonant Blue TV - SPOT (Solo Ver.)"

Members at the time of single

• 5th generation: Ai Takahashi
  Ai Takahashi
  is a Japanese pop singer formerly associated with Hello! Project, and best known as leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project until 2011, and former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni...
  
  , Risa Niigaki
  Risa Niigaki
  is a fifth generation member and current leader of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after moving there at age six. As of 2009, she was the longest-serving sub-leader of Morning...
  
  
• 6th generation: Eri Kamei
  Eri Kamei
  was a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined in late 2003 as a sixth generation member along with Miki Fujimoto, Sayumi Michishige, and Reina Tanaka. She graduated on December 15, 2010 in Yokohama Arena along with Junjun and Linlin....
  
  , Sayumi Michishige
  Sayumi Michishige
  is a sixth generation member of the J-pop group Morning Musume and has the third longest tenure of any member in the group ....
  
  , Reina Tanaka
  Reina Tanaka
  is one of the sixth generation members of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Her professional first name is spelled in hiragana to distinguish her from the Japanese actress Rena Tanaka, whose name is spelled using the same kanji , who is similarly from Fukuoka Prefecture.- Biography :Tanaka auditioned...
  
  
• 7th generation: Koharu Kusumi
  Koharu Kusumi
  , is a former J-pop singer and voice actress, and currently a model. She joined Morning Musume as the only seventh generation member and as the youngest soloist to debut in Hello! Project, being only twelve years old when she joined. Before she joined Morning Musume, she was the captain of her...
  
  
• 8th generation: Aika Mitsui
  Aika Mitsui
  is a member of the J-pop group Morning Musume, joining as a member of the eighth generation from the audition in Japan during December 2006. Mitsui's audition process was documented during the late 2006 episodes of Hello! Morning...
  
  , Linlin, Junjun

Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 ranks and sales

CD single
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week rank	Sales
–	2	5	3	3	4	10	3	48,086
4	37	36	37	30	33	37	33	4,965
44	50	50	44	43	40	–	51	1,733
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	99	747
Single V
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week rank	Sales
–	2	5	6	5	5	9	3	–
12	15	19	20	17	–	–	19	–

• Total (CD single) sales: 55,531 (as of May 16, 2008)
• Total (DVD single) sales: —

External links

• Resonant Blue entry on the Up-Front Works official website
• ThePPN: Resonant Blue