is the twentieth single by Japanese recording artist Misia

MISIA (Japanese singer)

, commonly stylized as MISIA, is a Japanese R&B singer originally from Fukuoka. She debuted in 1998 on BMG Japan, but has since moved to Sony Music Japan's Ariola Japan imprint...

. It was released on May 28, 2008 as the second single from Misia's ninth studio album Just Ballade

Just Ballade

-Personnel:* Misia – producer, arranger, vocals, background vocals, vocal producer* Herb Powers Jr. - mastering* Hiroto Tanigawa – executive producer* Shigenobu Karube – co-executive producer* Kazuyuki Kobayashi – co-executive producer...

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Overview

The single was released as the second of a set of three releases planned for a three month period. The first press edition comes housed in a cardboard sleeve and includes a 720mm×477mm poster of the cover artwork, which features Misia holding two lilies

Lilium

Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...

 and posing on her knees with wings of steel attached to her back, reminiscent of the angel in the Annunciation

Annunciation (Leonardo)

The Annunciation is a a painting by Italian Renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea del Verrocchio, dating from circa 1472–1475 and housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy....

by Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...

. The wings, designed by Tokyo-based stainless steel artist Nobuyuki Yoshimoto, were subsequently recreated on the back of a prop chair on which Misia sat to perform the song during The Tour of Misia Discotheque Asia

The Tour of Misia Discotheque Asia

The Tour of Misia Discotheque Asia is the fourteenth concert tour by Japanese R&B singer Misia. The tour is her first Asian one, which attracted 250,000 fans across Japan, China, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.- About the Tour :...

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"Yakusoku no Tsubasa" was written by Misia and composed and produced by Jun Sasaki

Jun Sasaki

is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his work as a record producer for acts including Misia, Chara, and Yuki Koyanagi. Sasaki also works as a photographer under the alias of Yajimax. In 2005, Sasaki married musician and actress Kaori Hifumi.-External links:...

. It was penned for the movie Cyborg She

Cyborg She

is a 2008 Japanese film by South Korean director & writer Kwak Jae-yong starring Haruka Ayase and Keisuke Koide.- Story :It is November 22, 2007. Jirou Kitamura is spending his 20th birthday alone. As he buys a birthday present for himself, he spies a 'cute girl'...

, starring Haruka Ayase

Haruka Ayase

, born in Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 24, 1985, is a Japanese actress.-Career:In 1999, she successfully passed a Horipro audition. She first achieved widespread recognition for her starring roles in the short film Justice; in 2004 she rose to stardom as Aki in the TV series Crying Out Love, In...

 and Keisuke Koide. At a press conference for the film, the director, Kwak Jae-yong

Kwak Jae-yong

Kwak Jae-yong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyunghee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the...

, explained his choice of theme song:

The movie runs the panoply of emotions — from love to sadness to sorrow to exhilaration — and by having this song play at the end, the main focus is brought back to love, which is why it is perfect for the film.

The B-side, "So Beautiful," was written by Misia, composed by Toshiaki Matsumoto and produced by Tohru Shigemi. The single includes two remixes, one of "Any Love

Any Love (Misia song)

"Any Love" is the seventeenth single by Japanese recording artist Misia. It was released on July 4, 2007 as the first single from Misia's eighth studio album Eighth World.- Background :...

," remixed by producer Sinkiroh himself, and one of "To Be in Love," remixed by Studio Apartment

Studio apartment

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. Also included is a live version of "Yakusoku no Tsubasa," recorded during the Hoshizora no Live IV Classics

Hoshizora no Live IV Classics

Hoshizora no Live IV Classics is the twelfth concert tour and third acoustic tour by Japanese R&B singer Misia.- Set list :- Tour dates :-External links:**...

 tour.

Chart performance

"Yakusoku no Tsubasa" debuted on the 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...

 Daily Singles chart at number 8 and peaked at number 12 on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart, with 8,042 copies sold in its first week. The single charted for five weeks and sold a total of 13,095 copies.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....	4
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay	3
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...  Daily Singles	8
Oricon Weekly Singles	12
Oricon Yearly Singles	481
SoundScan Nielsen SoundScan Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...  Japan Weekly Singles (Limited Edition)	17
Taiwan Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart	13

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	May 28, 2008	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	BMG Japan
Hong Kong	July 4, 2008	CD	Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
Taiwan	August 1, 2008