Spitz -- Namida ga Kirari （涙がキラリ☆）

Next to Spitz's "Cherry", "Namida ga Kirari"(Tears Are Glittering) is the song that I know the most when it comes to the band. I've always loved the refrain for this one. It was not only getting lots of exposure on TV, including being the opening theme for TBS' late-night ranking program "CDTV" for a while, and it was also used as the campaign song for the Sharp MD (remember Mini-Discs?)

Written and composed by the lead vocalist, Masamune Kusano（草野正宗） as its 12th single, "Namida ga Kirari" was released on July 7 1995. I'm being more exact with my date here since there is the issue of that star at the end of the title. According to J-Wiki, the members appreciated the Tanabata Star Festival, which came on every July 7th, more than Christmas, so the star was put up to commemorate that fact, and that was probably the reason behind the release date. And if we go by the Japanese year system by reigning emperor, the song was released on the 7th day of the 7th month of the 7th year of Heisei （平成７年７月７日）.

The song went Triple Platinum in Japan, selling over a million copies. It reached No. 2 on the Oricon weeklies and ended the year as the 30th-ranked song. It has stayed one of my memory songs of my early years in Ichikawa.