"Everybody Go" | ||||
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Single by Kis-My-Ft2 | ||||
from the album Kis-My-1st | ||||
Released | August 10, 2011 | (Japan)|||
Genre | J-pop | |||
Length | 4:42 | |||
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Everybody Go" on YouTube |
Everybody Go is the first single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2 released on August 10, 2011. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart [1] and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. [2] It was the 10th best-selling single in Japan in 2011, with 441,680 copies. [3]
The CD release was announced on June 24, 2011. [4] [5] The CD was originally scheduled to be released in May, [6] but was postponed due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In addition, the lyrics and tune of the title song were changed and arranged to be a song that lights up and gives hope to Japan. The album was also released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. [7]
It was released in four formats: First Edition A, First Edition B, Regular Edition, and Kis-My-Ft2 SHOP Limited Edition. In addition, there are "red jacket edition" and "white jacket edition" for the standard edition, and only the "white jacket edition" comes with a lyrics booklet (20 pages).
The title song "Everybody Go" is the theme song for the TBS Television (Japan) Friday night drama He is Beautiful starred Yuta Tamamori and Taisuke Fujigaya. [4]
On September 3, at the "13th Tokyo Girls Collection 2011 A/W" event held at Saitama Super Arena, Taisuke Fujigaya and Yuta Tamamori, who were the cast of the drama, appeared on the tie-in stage for the drama as appeared as secret guests and performed the theme song. [8]
The song was performed during their first appearance on the 70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast on December 31, 2019. [9]
The song debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart dated August 22. With 316,000 first-week sales, [10] it became the third-highest first-week sales record for a debut single, following KAT-TUN's " Real Face" (754,000 copies) and Arashi's " Arashi (song)" (557,000 copies). It became the fourth highest all-time record. [10]