"Glorious Mind" is Zard's 43rd and first posthumous single by Japanese band Zard. It was released single on December 12, 2007 through B-Gram Records label.

"Glorious Mind"
Single by Zard
from the album ZARD Request Best: Beautiful memory
ReleasedDecember 12, 2007
Recorded2006
GenrePop rock, J-pop
LabelB-Gram Records
Songwriter(s)Izumi Sakai, Aika Ohno
Producer(s)Daiko Nagato
Zard singles chronology
"'Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete'"
(2006)
"Glorious Mind"
(2007)
"'Tsubasa wo Hirogete/Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de'"
(2008)

Background

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The song was the last song recorded by Izumi Sakai before she died. Although the song was not complete at the time of Izumi Sakai's death, the chorus part had been recorded with assistance of Yuri Nakamura from Japanese pop band Garnet Crow. The extra minutes recorded in English were from another unrelated and unreleased song.

The song was used as a 21st opening theme song of Detective Conan.

Oricon Charting

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The single debuted at number 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts and sold over 84,000 copies in total.[1] This became Zard's best performing single since 2002.

Track listing

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All songs are written by Izumi Sakai and arranged by Takeshi Hayama

# Kanji Rōmaji
1. グロリアス マインド
作曲:大野愛果 作詞:坂井泉水 編曲:葉山たけし
Glorious Mind
Music: Aika Ohno
2. 探しに行こうよ(2007 version)
作曲:徳永暁人 作詞:坂井泉水 編曲:葉山たけし
Sagashi ni Yukou yo (2007 version)
Music: Akihito Tokunaga
3. 愛を信じていたい(2007 version)
作曲:徳永暁人 作詞:坂井泉水 編曲:葉山たけし
Ai wo Shinjite Itai (2007 version)
Music: Akihito Tokunaga
4. グロリアス マインド(Instrumental) Glorious Mind (Instrumental)

References

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  1. ^ "ZARDの"ラストソング"が初登場2位" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2010-04-21.