Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru

Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (聖なる鐘がひびく夜; The Night the Sound of the Holy Bell Echoes) Tanpopo's fourth single. It was released on October 20, 1999, as a 8 cm CD, and peaked at #2 on the weekly Oricon charts, charting for twelve weeks and selling 209,200 copies overall.
This is the only Tanpopo single that doesn't have a B-side track and an instrumental, which are standards for Hello! Project singles. Instead, it includes three solo versions of main song, sung by the first generation line-up of the group.
"Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru" was used as the ending theme to Idol wo Sagase!
==Tracklist==
#Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru
#Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (featuring Iida)
#Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (featuring Ishiguro)
#Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru (featuring Yaguchi)
==Featured Members==
*Ishiguro Aya (last)
*Iida Kaori
*Yaguchi Mari
==Single Information==
;Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru
*Lyrics, Composition: Tsunku
*Arrangement, Keyboard, Programming: Konishi Takao
*Manipulator: Katsuura Go
*Chorus: Tanpopo
*Dance Choreographer: Natsu Mayumi
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
;Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru
* [1999.10.17] ASAYAN
===Concert Performances===
;Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru
*Morning Musume Summer-Autumn Event '99
*Melon Kinenbi Concert Tour 2004 Fuyu ~The☆Melon Show!~ - Murata Megumi, Saito Hitomi
*Hello! Project 2006 Winter ~Elder Club~ - Iida Kaori, Saito Miuna, Shibata Ayumi
*Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2019 12gatsu ~Musubu~ - Yonemura Kirara, Onoda Karin, Hirayama Yuki, Yofuu Runo
*Nakazawa Yuko Chotto Dake Hayai Happy X’mas Show in Tokyo - Nakazawa Yuko
===Event Performances===
;Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru
*[2007.12.16] Nakazawa Yuko Special Christmas Live 2007 ~Blanche~ - Nakazawa Yuko
*[2015.12.19] Tsubaki Factory FC Event 2015 ~Mini Mini☆Christmas Kai~ - Tsubaki Factory
*[2015.12.23] Juice=Juice FC Event 2015 ~Meri Kuri×Juice×Box~ - Juice=Juice
*[2016.12.24] Morning Musume '16×ANGERME FC Event "Gachi☆Kira Christmas Sen" - Fukumura Mizuki, Oda Sakura, Nonaka Miki
*[2018.12.22] Morning Musume '18 FC Event ~Premoni Christmas Kai~ - Morning Musume '18
*[2020.02.14] Iida Kaori FC Event - Iida Kaori
*[2023.02.14] Juice=Juice Ebata Kisaki Birthday Event 2023 - Ebata Kisaki
*[2023.12.16] OCHA NORMA FC Event 2023 Merikuri party ～Seinaru Kane ga CHA CHA CHA CHA～N!～ - OCHA NORMA
*[2023.12.22] CISCO X′mas Party - Taiyou to Ciscomoon
==Covers==
* This song has been covered by several Hello! Project artists over the years. It has been released digitally by Kamei Eri, Niigaki Risa, Tanaka Reina, Tsugunaga Momoko, Yajima Maimi, and Suzuki Airi.
* Nogawa Sakura covered the song for her 2010 album WINTER SONG COVER BEST.
==Trivia==
*First press: one out of four trading cards.
*An English cover of Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru was recorded by Lalah Hathaway as "My Love (Holy Night)" for the album Cover Morning Musume Hello! Project!.
*Niinuma Kisora was born on the same day the single released.
*Tanpopo's Seinaru Kane ga Hibiku Yoru, ℃-ute's Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku (2012), and Juice=Juice's Ganbarenai yo (2021) are the only Hello! Project songs to have official solo versions sung by each member on a main release.
**Buono!'s Hatsukoi Cider also has solo versions, however they were only included on the Buono! COMPLETE CD box set in 2017, and was only made available at the time of the initial release through the solo ver music videos included in Hatsukoi Cider's Single V.
*This is the only Hello! Project a-side not to have an official instrumental/karaoke version.
==Videos==
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: English
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Category:Tanpopo Singles
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