Akatsuki no Kuruma

Single infobox
Name = Akatsuki no Kuruma

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Artist = FictionJunction YUUKA | from Album =
Released = September 22, 2004 (JP, CD)
June 21, 2003 (JP, EP)
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Japanese Pop
Length =
Label = Victor Entertainment
VICL-35646 (JP, CD)
Producer = Victor Entertainment
Reviews =
Last single = "inside your heart"
(2004)
This single = "Akatsuki no Kuruma"
(2004)
Next single = "Honoh no Tobira"
(2005)

nihongo|"Akatsuki no Kuruma"|暁の車|Wheels of Dawn is the third single of J-pop duo FictionJunction YUUKA. It was released on September 22, 2004.

This single includes an insert song of the anime Gundam SEED, composed by Yuki Kajiura. There are two other versions of the song on the single (piano and acoustic), along with its karaoke version. Its catalog number is VICL-35646. Coincidentally, the insert song of Gundam SEED DESTINY (Gundam SEED's sequel), Honoh no Tobira, was released exactly one year after this single.

Originally, this song was released on "SUIT CD vol.4 Miguel Ayman x Nicol Amarfi", an EP from Gundam SEED, under the name "FictionJunction featuring YUUKA". Due the song's popularity and the fact that September 2004 was Gundam SEED's one-year anniversary, it was later released as a single, which sold over 19,481 copies in the first week,Fact|date=February 2007 at first obtaining the twelfth place on the Oricon charts, which later rose to the tenth.

Track listing [ [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/m-serve/-/Discography/A018153/VICL-35715.html Release of tracklist at Victor Animation Network] ]

# nihongo|Akatsuki no Kuruma|暁の車|Wheels of Dawn / Trains of Dawn
# nihongo|Akatsuki no Kuruma ~piano version / Yuki Kajiura|暁の車　～piano version / 梶浦　由記|
# nihongo|Akatsuki no Kuruma ~acoustic version|暁の車　～acoustic version|
# nihongo|Akatsuki no Kuruma ~without vocal|暁の車　～without vocal|

External links

*Victor Animation Network: [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/m-serve/-/Discography/A018153/VICL-35715.html discography entry]

References