Ai o Komete Hanataba o

is a song by Japanese pop-rock act Superfly. Used as Edison no Hahas theme song, "Ai o Komete Hanataba o" was released as the band's fourth single on February 27, 2008. The song was Superfly's break-through single, breaking into the Oricon physical singles chart's top 20. As of 2011, it is Superfly's most successful single, being certified as a million ringtone download, triple platinum as a cellphone download, and single platinum for digital sales. Writing and background The melody of "Ai o Komete Hanataba o" was first written in 1997 by Kōichi Tabo at age 15. The song was re-arranged to be used as a song by the band in 2005, after Superfly had moved to Tokyo to pursue their musical career. The song was performed at many lives performed by Superfly before their debut in 2006. While Tabo had already written basic lyrics for "Ai o Komete Hanataba o", they were replaced with new lyrics in 2006 after "Ai o Komete Hanataba o" had been chosen as the theme for the TV drama. The new lyrics were written by vocalist Shiho Ochi, who was assisted by former Supercar member Junji Ishiwatari. The original version was titled the same and had the same theme of a person putting their feelings of love into a bouquet, however in the new version, Ochi changed the gender of a receiver, so it was a boy who received the bouquet. Ochi based the lyrics around her own experience of giving a boy a bouquet of flowers. "Ai o Komete Hanataba o" felt like a restart to Superfly for vocalist Shiho Ochi, as it was her first solo release after Kōichi Tabo left the official band line-up, and her collaboration song with Jet, "I Spy I Spy."