Happy Birthday (NEWS song)
| "Happy Birthday" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by NEWS | ||||
| from the album Color | ||||
| B-side |
"Gan Gan Ganbatte Push On! Game of Love" | |||
| Released | October 1, 2008 | |||
| Format | Maxi single | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | J-Pop | |||
| Length | 18:53 | |||
| Label | Johnny's Entertainment | |||
| Songwriter(s) | SEAMO | |||
| NEWS singles chronology | ||||
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| Alternative Covers | ||||
"Happy Birthday" is the tenth single of the Japanese boy group NEWS. It was released on October 1, 2008, in two editions; a regular edition which contains two b-sides: Gan Gan Ganbatte and Push On!, and a limited edition which also contains Happy Birthday and its b-side Gan Gan Ganbatte from the regular edition, as well as another b-side entitled Game of Love and an instrumental version of Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday is NEWS tenth consecutive number-one single since their debut in 2004. This single makes them the second group to have this distinction (the other being KinKi Kids, who currently has twenty-seven consecutive number-one singles).[1]
Overview
Happy Birthday was written and composed by Japanese Hip-hop artist SEAMO.[2] Happy Birthday reached the number-one spot on both the daily and weekly Oricon charts, selling 201,304 copies in its first week; just 38 more copies than their previous single Summer Time, which sold 201,266 copies in its first week.
Promotion
Happy Birthday is the theme song for Kose's Happy Bath Day Precious Rose commercial,[2] which features all six-members.[3]
TV performance
- September 24, 2008 - CDTV 15th Anniversary
- September 29, 2008 - Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
- October 3, 2008 - Music Station
Track list
| Regular Edition | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Happy Birthday" | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Gan Gan Ganbatte (written by zopp)" | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Push On! (written by Aya Hawerukazu)" | 3:07 |
| Limited Edition | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 3. | "Game of Love (written by Yu Shimoji/rap by JACRREN)" | 4:17 |
| 4. | "Happy Birthday (Instrumental)" | 3:48 |
Music video
The music video for Happy Birthday was filmed using a green screen and cardboard cut outs.[4] The music video is very simple. It features all six-member singing, dancing and playing with the cardboard cut outs.
Charts
Oricon chart
| Release | Chart | Peak position | First week sales | Sales total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2008 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 1 | ||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 1 | 201,304 | ||
| Oricon Monthly Singles Chart | 2 | 227,644 | ||
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | 26 | |||
Billboard Japan chart
| Release | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2008 | Billboard Japan Hot 100[5] | 1 |
| Preceded by "The Birthday (Ti Amo)" by Exile |
Oricon weekly number-one single October 13, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Taboo" by Kumi Koda |
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one single October 13, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Love, Too Death, Too" by Porno Graffitti |
References
- ↑ "NEWS tied with KinKi Kids for tenth consecutive single" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- 1 2 "New NEWS song written by SEAMO" (in Japanese). livedoor. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ "NEWS crazy about smell of a rose" (in Japanese). livedoor. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ NEWS (2008). Break Point (Making of). Japan.
- ↑ "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2008-10-12.