OCEAN

OCEAN
Single by B'z
from the album MONSTER
Released	August 10, 2005
Promotions	#1 (Umizaru Drama Theme) #2 (Asahi Shimbun Soccer Theme)
Length	12:52
Label	Vermillion Records
Producer	Tak Matsumoto
B'z singles chronology
"Ai no Bakudan" (2005) "OCEAN" (2005) "Shoudou" (2006)

OCEAN is the thirty-ninth single by B'z, released on August 10, 2005. A gentle power ballad in every sense, "OCEAN" is a love song that has become one of the band's most requested and most widely-recognized songs, let alone ballads. Prior to its release, "OCEAN" was tied into the Fuji TV television drama Umizaru Evolution, based on the popular sea-faring manga series by Shuho Sato. The song's popularity as one of the band's staple ballads is rivaled only by the 2000 single "Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni", which also served as a drama theme five years earlier.

The title song has been performed on a great deal of LIVE-GYMs in the relatively short time span since its release, including seeing its premiere on the live stage during LIVE-GYM 2005 "CIRCLE OF ROCK". The song would again return the next summer for LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE", as well as for the twentieth anniversary tour LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS- two years later. In addition to North American performances during LIVE-GYM 2011 -long time no see-, a particularly high-production version of the song was performed during LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic" in which a large rounded screen behind the band depicted footage of the ocean timed to their performance.

Track listing

1. OCEAN

2. Narifuri Kamawazu Dakishimete — Embrace Closely Regardless of Appearance, なりふりかまわず抱きしめて

   Dead stock leftover from the band's fourteenth studio album, THE CIRCLE. Although it did not make the aforementioned album, it would go on to become the soccer cheer song for Asahi Shimbun's soccer coverage when included here. The song has not been performed live nor has it been collected elsewhere.

3. Dear my lovely pain

   Originally used as the ending music for B'z LIVE-GYM 2005 "CIRCLE OF ROCK". The demo presented there differs from that of the final released version found here. The song has never been performed live in either form, nor has it been collected on subsequent albums or compilations.

Personnel

B'z

• Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
• Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement

Drums

• Shane Gaalaas: Drums, Percussion

Bass

• Akihito Tokunaga: Bass, Arrangement

Production

• Daisuke Ikeda: Arrangement (Track 1)
• TAMA Strings: Strings (Track 1)
• Shinichirou Ohta: Chorus (Track 1)