Gokuraku Jodo
| "Gokuraku Jodo" | |
|---|---|
The regular edition cover | |
| Single by Garnidelia | |
| from the album Violet Cry | |
| A-side | "Yakusoku -Promise Code-" |
| Released | July 28, 2016 (digital) |
| Recorded | 2016 |
| Studio | Sony Music Shinanomachi, Tokyo, Japan |
| Genre | J-pop |
| Length | 3:37 |
| Label | SME |
| Songwriter | MARiA |
| Producer | Garnidelia |
| Music video | |
| "Gokuraku Jodo" on YouTube | |
"Gokuraku Jodo" (極楽浄土, lit. Paradise Land) is a song by Japanese pop rock duo Garnidelia. It was first released digitally on July 28, 2016, as the B-side to its advance single, "Yakusoku -Promise Code-". Despite not being used as an official single by itself, the song gained far more popularity than the single itself, considering the music dance video of this song hit 62 million on YouTube as of June 7, 2020. The song received tremendous popularity in Mainland China, leading to a great number of song and dance covers on YouTube and Bilibili.
The word "Gokuraku Jodo" is a Pure Land Buddhist term that refers more specifically to Amida Buddha's Land of Ultimate Bliss. The song's theme is about an imaginary, floating pleasure world, and merely uses the religious term as a comparison.