Spirit Dreams Inside (Another Dream) Explained

"Spirit Dreams Inside -Another Dream-" is the twenty-second single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on September 5, 2001.^[1] It was their first single of the 21st century and their last single until "Ready Steady Go" in 2004. The song debuted at number 1 on the Oricon chart^[2] and sold over 201,000 copies in its first week.^[3]

The single contains an English language b-side, "Spirit Dreams Inside", which was played during the credits of the film . As well as appearing on the film's soundtrack,^[4] Spirit Dreams Inside was also featured on L'Arc-en-Ciel's 2004 album Smile.^[5]

Track listing

	Title	Lyrics	Music
1	"Spirit Dreams Inside -Another Dream-"	Hyde	Hyde
2	"Spirit Dreams Inside"	Hyde	Hyde

Personnel

• Hyde – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Ken – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, lap steel guitar
• Tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Yukihiro – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Hajime Okano – keyboards
• Hiroaki Sugawara – synthesizer
• Hal-Oh Togashi – acoustic piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/14296/ranking/cd_single/p/1/ L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム売り上げランキング
2. Book: Hits of the World . 22 September 2001. . 54.
3. Web site: Oricon Weekly Single Charts for the third week of September 2001. Oricon. 24 June 2010. ja.
4. Web site: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within by Elliot Goldenthal . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226151530/http://tracksounds.com/reviews/finalfantasy.htm . 26 December 2014 . Coleman . Christopher . Tracksounds . 30 January 2015.
5. Web site: Smile: L'Arc〜en〜Ciel . . 30 January 2015.