Hakuro (song)

"Hakuro"
CD only cover
Single by Gackt
B-side	"Jounetsu no Inazuma"
Released	October 10, 2012
Recorded	2012
Genre	Symphonic rock
Length	4:08
Label	Avex Trax, Gan-Shin (EU)
Songwriter(s)	Gackt C.
Producer(s)	Gackt
Gackt singles chronology
"Until The Last Day" (2012) "Hakuro" (2012) "White Lovers" (2012)

"Hakuro" (白露-Hakuro-, lit. "White Dew") is the forty-second single of Japanese solo artist Gackt, released on October 10, 2012.^[1] It is the theme song for the drama Sengoku Basara.^[2][3] The title song was simultaneously released in Europe by Gan-Shin as a digital download on Amazon and other sites, but is not available on iTunes.^[4]

Track listings and formats

All tracks are written by Gackt C

CD (YICQ-10251)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hakuro (白露-Hakuro-, White Dew) [nb 1] - 4:08"	4:08
2.	"Jounetsu no Inazuma (情熱のイナズマ, Inazuma's Passion)"	3:58
3.	"Hakuro (Instrumental)"
4.	"Jounetsu no Inazuma (Instrumental)"

CD + DVD (YICQ-10250/B)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hakuro (Music Film)"

Notes

1. "Hakuro" in rōmaji, or "Báilù" in (pīnyīn), literally meaning "white dew", is the 15th solar term of East Asian calendar, in the Gregorian calendar usually begins on 7th September and ends around 23rd September.^[5]

Charts

Oricon

Release	Provider(s)	Chart	Peak position	Sales total
October 10, 2012	Oricon	Weekly Singles	6[1]	13,192
		Monthly Singles	30	16,214

Billboard Japan

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[6]	12

References

1. ""Hakuro" on Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "「戦国Basara」が実写ドラマ化！伊達政宗は林遣都、織田信長はGackt！" (in Japanese). Cinematoday. 2012-06-16. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
3. "Gackt、信長役で出演中ドラマ「戦 国Basara」ED曲発売". natalie.mu (in Japanese). Natasha. 2012-08-14. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
4. "New single from Gackt – Hakuro". Japan Underground / JPU Records. 2012-10-09. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
5. "24 Solar Terms: 8 things you may not know about White Dew". China Daily. 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
6. ""Hakuro" on Japan Hot 100 chart". Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 10, 2015.