Mayonaka no Shadow Boy

"Mayonaka no Shadow Boy"
Single by Hey! Say! JUMP
from the album Jump No. 1
B-side	"School Kakumei" "Deep Night Omou"
Released	October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28) (Japan)
Format	CD single, CD+DVD
Genre	J-pop
Label	J Storm
Hey! Say! JUMP singles chronology
"Your Seed/Bōken Rider" (2008) "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" (2008) "Hitomi no Screen" (2010)

"Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" (真夜中のシャドーボーイ, Mayonaka no Shadō Bōi^?, "Midnight Shadow Boy") is the fourth single release by the Japanese pop music boy band Hey! Say! JUMP. It was released on October 22, 2008.

Single information

Fourth single release from Hey! Say! Jump featuring their first actual love song, which is used as a theme to the TV drama "Scrap Teacher - Kyoshi Saisei -" starring Hey! Say! Jump members Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuri Chinen, and Daiki Arioka. The track has painfully sad, passionate lyrics and a melancholic melody with a Spanish taste. Limited edition includes a bonus DVD with music video of the track "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy," making-of footage, and alternate jacket artwork. Regular edition features three bonus karaoke versions. ^[1][2]

Chart performance

By the end of the year, "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" was reported by Oricon to sell 266,193 copies and was later certified Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 250,000 shipments

Track listing

Limited Edition

CD

1. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy
2. School Kakumei

DVD

1. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy PV
2. Making of

Normal Edition

1. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy
2. School Kakumei
3. Deep Night Kimi Omou
4. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy (Instrumental)
5. School Kakumei (Instrumental)
6. Deep Night Kimi Omou (Instrumental)

Charts, peaks and certifications

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Japan Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[3]	1

Sales and certifications

Country	Provider	Sales	Certification
Japan	RIAJ	266,193[3]	Platinum[4]

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by "Jumon (Mirotic)" by TVXQ	Oricon weekly number-one single November 3, 2008	Succeeded by "Musekinin Hero" by Kanjani Eight
Preceded by "Akai Ito" by Yui Aragaki	Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one single November 3, 2008

References

1. ^ Mayonaka no Shadow Boy w/ DVD, Limited Edition
2. ^ Mayonaka no Shadow Boy Regular Edition
3. ^ ^{a b} "2004年03月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=js&types=rnk&year=2004&month=2&week=5&submit4.x=5&submit4.y=14. Retrieved 2009-10-23. 
4. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2004年2月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200402.html. Retrieved 2009-12-18.