Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (album)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に) is a single by Eiko Shimamiya. The title track was used as the opening theme for the first season of the anime. The song is the first single of Eiko Shimamiya's under I've Sound and Geneon Entertainment label. The single was released on May 24, 2006 and reached #18 in the Oricon weekly charts. It has sold an approximate total of 35,000 copies and stayed in the charts for 26 weeks, making it Eiko's highest selling and longest charting single to date.