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{{Short description|2008 single by the Brilliant Green}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Ash Like Snow
| cover      = Ash Like Snow cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Brilliant Green]]
| album      = [[Complete Single Collection '97–'08]]
| B-side     = "[[Goodbye and Good Luck (song)|Goodbye and Good Luck]]" (Piano Arrange Version)
| released   = {{start date|2008|2|6}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Japanese rock|J-rock]]
| length     = 13:21
| label      = [[Defstar Records]]
| writer     = [[Tomoko Kawase]], [[Shunsaku Okuda]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Enemy (The Brilliant Green song)|Enemy]]
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = [[Like Yesterday]]
| next_year  = 2010
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3wGJMnFGzAw|"Ash Like Snow"}}}}
}}
"'''Ash Like Snow'''" is the 17th [[single (music)|single]] from the Japanese rock band [[the Brilliant Green]], released on February 6, 2008. It peaked at #8 on the [[Oricon Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ash Like Snow {{!}} the brilliant green|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27166/products/748003/1/|website=[[Oricon News]]|language=ja|access-date=2023-03-14}}</ref>

This song serves as the second opening theme for the Japanese [[anime]], ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. The first press contains a ''Gundam 00'' sticker, which differs between limited edition and regular edition, along with [[Allelujah Haptism]]'s character ID card. The song's music video also made several references to ''Gundam 00'' such as the appearance of [[Lockon Stratos|Lockon]]'s [[Haro (character)#Anno Domini|Haro]] and [[Tomoko Kawase|Tomoko]] dressed as [[Wang Liu Mei]].
The song was released coincidentally with the [[Tomoko Kawase|band's singer]]'s birthday.

Currently it has sold 50,868 copies in Japan according to the year end Oricon Chart of 2008.

It was later covered by [[Bish (group)|Bish]] for the album ''Mobile Suit Gundam 40th Anniversary Album: Beyond''.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| collapsed    =
| headline     =
| all_lyrics   = [[Tomoko Kawase]]
| all_music    = [[Shunsaku Okuda]]
| total_length = 13:21

| title1       = Ash Like Snow
| length1      = 4:32
| title2       = [[Goodbye and Good Luck (song)|Goodbye and Good Luck]]
| note2        = Piano Arrange Version
| length2      = 4:19
| title3       = Ash Like Snow
| note3        = Instrumental Version
| length3      = 4:30
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Tomoko Kawase]] – vocals
*Ryo Matsui – lead guitar, drums
*[[Shunsaku Okuda]] – rhythm guitar, bass

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Brilliant Green}}
{{Mobile Suit Gundam 00}}
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[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:2008 songs]]
[[Category:Defstar Records singles]]
[[Category:Gundam songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Shunsaku Okuda]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tomoko Kawase]]
[[Category:The Brilliant Green songs]]


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