The 7-inch of "WOW WAR TONIGHT" released this past March sold out instantly upon release, and the follow-up second single "GOING GOING HOME" was issued as a centerpiece title for RECORD STORE DAY 2017, generating buzz across the media. Now "FRIENDSHIP," the third and final single from the much-reappraised H Jungle With t, arrives on 7-inch. Breaking free from the jungle-beat framework of the previous two releases, it's a mid-tempo number set to a new jack swing-flavored track, with an urban yet wistful melody line of the sort heard in Komuro's contemporaneous work for globe and Namie Amuro. The lyrics, written around the universal theme of friendship, have also been highly praised, and Tetsuya Komuro himself later said it was "among my top seven favorite songs of everything I've worked on." The B-side features the extended "KC's Extended Mix," with beefed-up beats for the dance floor. The melancholy synth parts are pushed to the fore, giving the arrangement a distinct UK ground-beat feel. While it may not match the million-selling profile of the previous two singles, the quality of the song ranks among the very finest of the peak TK sound era — one of the definitive J-POP classics of the '90s. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)