"Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de (翼を広げて/愛は暗闇の中で)" is the 44th single by Japanese band Zard. It was released 9 April 2008 under B-Gram Records label.
Background
This is the second posthumously released single after vocalist Izumi Sakai's death.
Tsubasa wo Hirogete is self-cover song of Japanese band Deen's second single. The vocalist of Deen band, Ikemori Shuuichi, didn't participate in chorus part, however he appeared as guest member during their What A Beautiful Memory live series. The song was used as theme song in anime movie Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear.[1]
Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de is the re-arranged coupling song from their debut single Good-bye My Loneliness. Japanese singer Aya Kamiki participated in chorus part. The song was used as opening theme for the anime television series Detective Conan.[2] To date, it is the last Zard song used for Detective Conan.
The songs weren't included in any studio album, however it was released in their compilation album Zard Forever Best: 25th Anniversary in 2016.
It was released in two formats: regular CD edition and limited CD+DVD edition. The DVD disc includes footage from live "What a beautiful memory 2007" of their song Kitto Wasurenai. The jacket cover is same in both editions.[3]
Oricon charting
The single reached #3 rank in its first week. It charted for 12 weeks and sold over 83,000 copies.[4]
