Happy Birthday (NEWS song)

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"Happy Birthday"
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Single by NEWS
from the album Color
B-side
  • Gan Gan Ganbatte
  • Push On!
  • Game of Love
ReleasedOctober 1, 2008
Recorded2008
Genre J-Pop
Length18:53
Label Johnny's Entertainment
Songwriter(s) SEAMO
NEWS singles chronology
"Summer Time"
(2008)
"Happy Birthday"
(2008)
"Koi no ABO"
(2009)
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]

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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

Track list

Regular Edition
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
3."Game of Love (written by Yu Shimoji/rap by JACRREN)"4:17
4."Happy Birthday (Instrumental)"3:48

Charts

Oricon chart

ReleaseChartPeak positionFirst week salesSales total
October 1, 2008Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart1201,304
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart2227,644
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart26

Billboard Japan chart

ReleaseChartPeak position
October 1, 2008Billboard Japan Hot 100 [4] 1

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