Toki o Tomete

"Toki o Tomete"
Single by Tohoshinki
from the album Best Selection 2010
B-side "Checkmate"
Released March 24, 2010 (2010-03-24)
Format CD Single, digital download
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 5:34
Label Rhythm Zone
Writer(s) Shinjiroh Inoue, Ichiro Fujiya
Producer Daisuke Kahara
Tohoshinki singles chronology
"Break Out!"
(2010)		 "Toki o Tomete"
(2010)		 "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)"
(2011)
Alternative cover
CD+DVD cover

"Toki o Tomete" (時ヲ止メテ Stop Time?) is a song by Korean boyband Tohoshinki. It was released as Tohoshinki's 30th Japanese single, as a re-cut from their greatest hits album Best Selection 2010, on March 24, 2010 (2010-03-24).[1]

It is the last song of TVXQ as a five member group under the management of SM Entertainment

The song was used in commercials for Menard Cosmetics,[1] a tie-up Tohoshinki's song "Wasurenaide" was used for in 2009.[2]

Contents

Track listing

CD+DVD version

No. Title Writer(s) Arranger Length
1. "Toki o Tomete"   Shinjiroh Inoue, Ichiro Fujiya Daisuke Kahara 5:34
2. "Checkmate" (Yunho (As Solo)) H.U.B., Yunho, Lee Chan Woo Yunho, Lee 4:28
3. "Toki o Tomete (Less Vocal)"   Inoue, Fujiya Kahara 5:33
4. "Checkmate (Less Vocal)"   H.U.B., Yunho, Lee Yunho, Lee 4:26
Total length:
 20:02

CD only version

No. Title Writer(s) Arranger Length
1. "Toki o Tomete"   Inoue, Fujiya Kahara 5:34
2. "Checkmate" (Yunho from Tohoshinki) H.U.B., Yunho, Lee Yunho, Lee 4:28
3. "Toki o Tomete (Never End Remix)"   Inoue, Fujiya Inoue 6:04
4. "Toki o Tomete (Less Vocal)"   Inoue, Fujiya Kahara 5:33
5. "Checkmate (Less Vocal)"   H.U.B., Yunho, Lee Yunho, Lee 4:26
Total length:
 26:05

Chart rankings

Oricon Charts (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position First Week Sales Sales Total Chart Run
March 24, 2010 (2010-03-24) Oricon Daily Singles Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 1 195,000 228,000 19 weeks
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart 26[3] 228,448

Various charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100[4] 1
Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay[5] 38
RIAJ Digital Track Chart Top 100[6] 26

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Akkanbē Bashi by Watarirouka Hashiritai		 Japanese Oricon weekly number-one single
April 5		 Succeeded by
Sakura Girl by NEWS
Preceded by
Sakura by Monkey Majik		 Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one single
April 5		 Succeeded by
Sakura Girl by NEWS

References

  1. ^ a b "[CD] 時ヲ止メテ [CD+DVD/ジャケットA] / 東方神起" (in Japanese). Neowing. http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=RZCD-46521. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
  2. ^ "JBOOK：The Secret　Code【ＤＶＤ付】：東方神起：CD" (in Japanese). JBook. http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3702396/s. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
  3. ^ "2010年オリコン年間ランキング　シングル" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index03.html. Retrieved 2010-12-24. 
  4. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 2010-04-05. http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
  5. ^ "Adult Contemporary Airplay". Billboard. 2010-04-12. http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/adult_airplay/. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
  6. ^ "RIAJ Digital Track Chart: Chart issue February 23, 2010" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010f&weeklyCd=20100223&rankKbn=50. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
TVXQ
Studio albums
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Japanese compilation
Singles
Korean
"Hug" · "The Way U Are" · "Hi Ya Ya Summer Day" · "Show Me Your Love" · "Fighting Spirit of Dong Bang" · "Yeo Haeng Gi (Traveling)"  · "Mirotic"  · "Wrong Number" · "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" · "How Can I"  · "Before U Go"
Japanese
"Stay With Me Tonight" · "Somebody To Love" · "My Destiny" · "Asu wa Kuru Kara" · "Rising Sun / Heart, Mind and Soul" · "Begin" · "Sky" · "Miss You /“O”‐Sei・Han・Gō" · "Step By Step" · "Choosey Lover" · "Lovin' You" · "Summer: Summer Dream/Song for You/Love in the Ice" · "Shine/Ride On" · "Forever Love" · "Together" · "Purple Line" · "Two Hearts/Wild Soul" · "Runaway/My Girlfriend" · "If...!/Rainy Night" · "Close To You/Crazy Life" · "Keyword/Maze" · "Beautiful You / Sennen Koi Uta" · "Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?" · "Purple Line" · "Jumon: Mirotic" · "Bolero/Kiss the Baby Sky/Wasurenaide" · "Survivor"  · "Share the World/We Are!" · "Stand by U"  · "Break Out!"  · "Toki o Tomete" · "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" · "Superstar" · "B.U.T (BE-AU-TY)" · "Winter"
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