"Silly-Go-Round" is the fifth 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...

 duo FictionJunction Yuuka

FictionJunction YUUKA

is a pop duo, part of Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura’s solo project FictionJunction, consisting of Yuuka Nanri and Kajiura .-Biography:...

. It was released on May 10, 2006.

This single includes the opening theme song for the anime series .hack//Roots

.hack//Roots

is a 26-episode anime series, animated by studio Bee Train, that sets as a prologue for the .hack//G.U. video games. It is the first .hack TV series broadcast in HDTV . It is set seven years after the events of the first two anime series and games...

, as well as "angel gate", a song from the musical in which Yuuka Nanri

Yuuka Nanri

, commonly referred to as Yuuka, is a seiyū and also a known Japanese pop singer. She is contracted to Space Craft Entertainment of Space Craft Group.-Biography:Yuuka Nanri first debuted on NHK's in 1995, as a child star....

, the vocalist of FictionJunction Yuuka, stars. Both songs were composed by Yuki Kajiura

Yuki Kajiura

, born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese composer and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as one of the Kimagure Orange Road movies, Noir, .hack//SIGN, Aquarian Age, Madlax, My-HiME, My-Otome, .hack//Roots, Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi...

. Its catalog number is VICL-35889.

Track listing

Charts

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...

 Sales Chart (Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
May 10, 2006	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	12	16,125	25,932*	10 weeks

(*): Sales after 3 weeks

External links

• Victor Animation Network: discography entry