The Next Decade

This article is about the album. For the George Friedman book, see The Next Decade (book).

"The Next Decade" is the thirty-fifth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on August 11, 2009.

"The Next Decade"
Single by Gackt
Released	August 11, 2009
Genre	Hard rock, Symphonic rock
Length	13:44[1]
Label	Avex Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Shoko Fujibayashi (lyricist) Ryo (composer, arranger)
Gackt singles chronology
"Flower" (2009) "The Next Decade" (2009) "Setsugekka (The End of Silence)/Zan" (2009)
Kamen Rider Series theme song singles chronology
"Journey Through the Decade" (2009) "The Next Decade" (2009) "W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)" (2009)
Alternative cover
CD+DVD

Summary

It was used as the theme song for the Kamen Rider Series film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker^[2] in which Gackt portrays Riderman.^[3] It was released as a CD single and a CD single coupled with a DVD of the music video.

The theme of "The Next Decade" is that of the "War" (戦, Ikusa).^[4]

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Next Decade"	5:03
2.	"T.N.D.Orchestra Attack Ride"	3:38
3.	"The Next Decade (Instrumental)"	5:03

DVD

The music video of "The Next Decade" was later released in Stay the Ride Alive,^[5] as a "special memorial single" version which is a Digipak with a special cover, a third disc and a booklet describing Gackt's collaboration with the Kamen Rider Decade production.^[6]

1. "The Next Decade" music cinema film

Charts

On its first day of release, it hit #3 on the Oricon Daily Charts after selling 13,000 copies.^[7]

Oricon

Release	Provider(s)	Chart	Peak position	Sales total
August 11, 2009	Oricon	Daily Singles	3[7]	13,534
		Weekly Singles	4[8]	37,033
		Monthly Singles	12	51,041
		Yearly Singles	103	56,335

Billboard Japan

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[9]	11