Don't Wanna Lie
| Don't Wanna Lie | |
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| Single by B'z | |
| from the album C'mon | |
| Released | June 1, 2011 |
| Length | 10:33 |
| Label | Vermillion Records |
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto |
Don't Wanna Lie is the forty-ninth single by B'z, released on June 1, 2011. The song served as the theme to the fifteenth movie in the Detective Conan franchise entitled Quarter of Silence, and also acted as the opening theme of the series' accompanying television anime from April to July. As had been the case twelve years earlier when "girigiri chop" was used as an opening, footage of the promotional video for "Don't Wanna Lie" featuring B'z themselves was inserted between scenes with characters from the series. The filming of the video itself marked Tak's first project following his win at the 2010 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The song would be the first to be used in a Detective Conan feature since 2006's "Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu" appeared as the theme to the tenth installment in the franchise's film series.
Along with others that would also make it onto 2011's studio album C'mon, the song was recorded in November 2010. As has been the case with other B'z themes in the past, "Don't Wanna Lie" was also collected on a Detective Conan themes compilation. Entitled The Best of Detective Conan 4, the collection was released on December 14, 2012, with "Don't Wanna Lie" serving as the opening track.
Due to the earthquake disaster striking Japan and delaying the release of the album's first single, "Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo", its follow-up—this single—was announced before the first single could be released. When "Don't Wanna Lie" was released on June 1, it came in two editions: a standard CD version and a CD with DVD combination package, the latter of which came bundled with the promotional video. A third edition was offered to those that purchased both of the other packages and sent in their proofs of purchase. Those that did received a bonus CD featuring "Don't Wanna Lie -Ballad Version-" and were also entered into a lottery to win one of a hundred special autographed flags akin to the one pictured on the single's cover.
Track listing
- Don't Wanna Lie
- Homebound
- The song was recorded in November 2010 in the process of working on the rest of C'mon. Koshi noted that "the lyrics were written after I took a good look at the clock. The scenario of the song came to me as a result of that." To promote the single, the song was used at the closing of broadcasts for TBS program "NEWS23".
- Limited Edition (CD+DVD):
- 「Don't Wanna Lie」 Music Video
- Mail-In Edition (CD):
Personnel
B'z
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
- Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement
Drums
Bass
Production
- Maiko Sugiyama: Strings
- Limes Ladies Orchestra: Strings
- Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement