Signal (KAT-TUN song)

Infobox Single
Name = SIGNAL


Artist = KAT-TUN
from Album = Cartoon KAT-TUN II You
A-side = SIGNAL
B-side = I'll be with you
Released = July 19, 2006 (Japan)
Format = CD
Recorded = 2006
Genre = J-Pop
Length = 3:39
Label = J-One Records JACA-5043 (Limited) JACA-5044 (Normal Edition)
Last single = "Real Face" {2006}
This single = "SIGNAL"
(2006)
Next single = "Bokura no Machi de" (2006)
Misc =

"SIGNAL" is a song written by Ma-saya, Joker, Joey Carbone, Lisa Huang and Akira for the second single and second studio album of the Japanese boy band, KAT-TUN. It was released on July 19 2006 in Japan, and became the group's second consecutive number one single on the Oricon daily and weekly singles charts.

Release and promotion

The single was released in two pressings - a regular version with instrumental versions of all the songs and a limited edition containing the songs, the music video of the title track and a short film of the making of the the music video. [http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=JACA-5043 KAT-TUN/Signal w/ DVD, Limited Edition] , CD Japan; retrieved on July 28, 2008.] The single was used in a commercial for NTT DoCoMo's FOMA "9 Series" cell phone which all KAT-TUN members starred in.

KAT-TUN performed the song on television for the first time on "Utawara", a variety talk show where they were already regulars alongside senpai Jun Matsumoto of Arashi, on July 16 2006. They sung on Fuji TV's "Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ" the day after and made their second appearance on Masahiro Nakai's "Utaban" on July 20. KAT-TUN performed on "Music Station" on July 21 and two days later, returned to "Utawara" where they performed two weeks in a row - the latter performance being a medley of "Six Senses", "Real Face" and the single itself.

Other subsequent performances were on "Utawara" on October 1 and November 26 - the latter being a medley performance of "SIGNAL", "Shorty" and "Understandable" and "Shōnen Club" on November 5, which Yuichi Nakamaru performed alone.

Chart performance and reception

Following the immensely successful chart performance of their debut single "Real Face", "SIGNAL" was released on July 19, 2006 and continued the band's chart-topping run on the Oricon singles chart when it debuted at number 1 knocking off Koichi Domoto's double a-side single "Deep in Your Heart/+Million But -Love" by selling 450,752 copies in its first week. [http://wiki.theppn.org/SIGNAL SIGNAL] , Wiki.theppn; retrieved on July 28, 2008.] [ [http://wiki.theppn.org/2006_Oricon_Number_1_Releases 2006 Oricon Number 1 Releases] , Oricon, Wiki.theppn; retrieved on September 2, 2008.] It also peaked at number 18 on the United World Chart. [http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-week31-2006.htm week 31 / 2006 - August 5] , United World Chart; retrived on July 28, 2008.] The song was certified as the fifth best-selling song of 2006 by Oricon with reportedly 566,233 copies sold at the end of its chart run. [http://wiki.theppn.org/2006_Oricon_Top_100_Singles 2006 Oricon Top 100 Singles, Wiki.theppn] ; retrieved on July 28, 2008.] The single was honored at the 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards when it placed on the "Best 10 Singles (Domestic)" list along with "Real Face" and "Bokura no Machi de". [http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2007.html Recording Industry Association of Japan - 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards] ; retrieved on July 29, 2008.]

Track listings

* Normal EditionTracklist
writing_credits = yes
title1 = Signal
writer1 = Ma-saya (lyrics), Joker (rap), Joey Carbone & Lisa Huang (music), Akira (arrangement)
length1 = 3:39
title2 = I'll be with You
writer2 = Yuuki Shirai (lyrics), Shusui, Carl Sahlin, Peter Ledin and Peter Moden (music), Seikou Nagaoka (arrangement)
length2 = 3:30
title3 = Signal (Instrumental)


title4 = I'll be with You (Instrumental)
|
* Limited EditionTracklist
writing_credits = no
title1 = Signal

title2 = I'll be with You|
title3 = Signal (music video

title4 = I'll be with You (making of music video)|

References