Shinshoku (Lose Control)

"Shinshoku (Lose Control)" (浸食 〜lose control〜, Erosion) is the thirteenth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released simultaneously with "Honey" and "Kasou" on July 8, 1998. The single reached number 2 on the Oricon chart.[1] It was re-released on August 30, 2006.[1]

"Shinshoku (Lose Control)"
Single by L'Arc-en-Ciel
from the album Ray
ReleasedJuly 8, 1998
GenreAlternative rock
Length10:08
LabelKi/oon Records
Songwriter(s)Hyde, Ken
Producer(s)L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
L'Arc-en-Ciel singles chronology
"Dive to Blue"
(1998)
"Shinshoku (Lose Control)"
(1998)
"Snow Drop"
(1998)

The song was used briefly in the background of the American film Godzilla and was included on the Philippines release and Japanese edition of the soundtrack Godzilla: The Album. "Lose Control" became the #20 single of 1998 in Japan, where it sold 938,401 copies.[citation needed]

Track listing edit

# Title Length Lyrics Music
1 "Shinshoku (Lose Control)" 4:44 Hyde Ken
2 "Shinshoku (Lose Control) (Control Experiment Mix)" 7:17 Hyde Ken*

* Remix by Yukihiro.

Covers edit

Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! covered the song on their first solo live Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved May 18, 2011
  2. ^ "それは幻想の一夜ーー「Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-」ライブレポート。眷属たちの目に映る,銀の百合咲き乱れし王国". 4gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-07.