Ai no Bakudan

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"Ai no Bakudan"
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Single by B'z
from the album The Circle
ReleasedMarch 9, 2005
Genre Hard rock
Label Vermillion Records
Songwriter(s) Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto
Producer(s) Tak Matsumoto
B'z singles chronology
"'Arigato'"
(2004)
"Ai no Bakudan"
(2005)
"'Ocean'"
(2005)

"Ai no Bakudan" is the thirty-eighth single by B'z, released on March 9, 2005. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon charts.

Contents

The song was re-recorded in 2012 with English lyrics and released as "Love Bomb" as part of the band's iTunes-exclusive English album.

Track listing

  1. Ai no Bakudan (愛のバクダン)
  2. Fever
  3. Amaku Yasashii Binetsu (甘く優しい微熱)
  4. Ai no Bakudan (TV Style)
  5. Ai no Bakudan (Guitar Solo Less)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [1]
Physical single
Platinum250,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [2]
Digital single (english ver.)
Gold100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. "Japanese single certifications – B'z – Love Bakudan" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved August 24, 2021.Select 2005年3月 on the drop-down menu
  2. "Japanese digital single certifications – B'z – Love Bomb" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved August 24, 2021.Select 2014年3月 on the drop-down menu