"Mysterious Eyes" is one of Garnet Crow

GARNET CROW

Garnet Crow is a Japanese pop/rock band formed in 1999 and associated with the Giza Studio record label. Members include Yuri Nakamura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Nana Azuki, and Hirohito Furui, with Nakamura leading on vocals...

's two debut singles that was released on March 29, 2000. The two release marks the signing of band with the Giza Studio

GIZA studio

is a Japanese record label....

 record label

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. The other single that was a part of this release was "Kimi no uchi ni tsuku made zutto hashitte yuku

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is a song by Garnet Crow, which was released as one of their two debut singles - which they released on the same day, March 29, 2000, after being signed record label Giza Studio. The other debut single was "Mysterious Eyes"...

". "Mysterious Eyes" was used as the seventh opening theme for Case Closed

Case Closed

Case Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...

in Japan

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 and had a direct impact on helping it score in the 20th position on the Oricon

Oricon

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 chart. The song has some alternate versions too, those being "Mysterious Eyes ~dry flavor of G mix~" from the album "SPARKLE ~Sujigakidoori no Skyblue~", and, more recently, guitarist Okamoto Hitoshi created a version called "Mysterious Eyes ~Reason P.~", available for download using a QR code

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 card included in his album "Now Printing...".

Background

"Mysterious Eyes"'s melody was written by Yuri Nakamura, the lyrics by AZUKI Nana, and it was produced by Hirohito Furui for the Case Closed

Case Closed

Case Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...

 series.

Track listing

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Mysterious Eyes".

• CD single

1. Mysterious Eyes - 4:29
2. Timing
3. Mysterious Eyes (Instrumental version) - 4:29

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	20

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Japan	March 29, 2000	CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...

External links

GARNET CROW's official website GIZA studio's website