"Heaven's Drive" is the sixteenth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on April 21, 1999. The single sold over 634,000 copies in the first week of release.[1] It topped the Oricon chart for two weeks and sold over one million copies.[2] The band performed the song at the 50th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

"Heaven's Drive"
Single by L'Arc-en-Ciel
from the album Ark
ReleasedApril 21, 1999
GenreAlternative rock
LabelKi/oon Records
Songwriter(s)Hyde
Producer(s)L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
L'Arc-en-Ciel singles chronology
"Forbidden Lover"
(1998)
"Heaven's Drive"
(1999)
"Pieces"
(1999)

The length of its b-side "Metropolis ~Android Goes to Sleep Mix~" is 9 minutes 59 seconds. The song "Metropolis" was originally included in the single "Winter Fall" as the b-side.

Track listing

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# Title Lyrics Music
1 "Heaven's Drive" Hyde Hyde
2 "Metropolis ~Android Goes to Sleep Mix~" Hyde Ken*

* Remix by Yukihiro.

References

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  1. ^ "Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the first week of May 1999" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  2. ^ L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved May 18, 2011