| "Hitchhiker" | ||||
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| Single by JO1 | ||||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| A-side | "Love Seeker" | |||
| Released | May 29, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2023 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
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| Label | Lapone Entertainment | |||
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| "Love Seeker" on YouTube | ||||
Hitchhiker is an extended play (EP) marketed as the eight single of Japanese boy group JO1, featuring the lead track "Love Seeker". Consisting a total of six songs, the EP single was released into four editions on May 29, 2024.
Hitchiker debuted at number one on Oricon Daily Singles Chart with 415,697 copies sold. [1] The EP single became the group's eight consecutive number-one on the weekly chart with 505,623 copies sold; [2] it was also the fifth single in 2024 that exceeded half a million sales in its first week. [3] Hitchiker also topped the Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales chart with 738,775 copies sold and was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for more than 500,000 copies in shipments. [4] [5]
"Love Seeker", "Test Drive" are common tracks 1 and 2 for all editions.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Seeker" |
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| 2:54 |
| 2. | "Test Drive" |
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| 3:12 |
| 3. | "Lemon Candy" |
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| 3:07 |
| 4. | "Sugar" (performed by) |
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| 2:50 |
| Total length: | 12:03 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 3. | "Lemon Candy" | 3:07 | |||
| 4. | "Lied to You" | Kana Tetsuha |
| Aron Wyme | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 12:11 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 3. | "Lemon Candy" | 3:07 | |||
| 4. | "Aqua" |
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| 3:16 |
| Total length: | 12:29 | ||||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 3. | "Sugar" | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Lied to You" | 2:58 |
| 5. | "Lemon Candy" | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Aqua" | 3:16 |
| Total length: | 18:17 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "アイのBINGOを目指せ！LOVE MISSION HIKER (前編)" | |
| 2. | "'16 (Sixteen)' Live Performance" (2023 JO1 2nd Arena Live Tour "Beyond The Dark" 2023.08.06 at Ariake Arena, Tokyo) |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "アイのBINGOを目指せ！LOVE MISSION HIKER (前編)" | |
| 2. | " 'Ryūseiu' Live Performance" (2023 JO1 2nd Arena Live Tour "Beyond The Dark" 2023.10.19 at Osaka Castle Hall, Osaka) |
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Japan (RIAJ) [5] | 3× Platinum | 750,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Edition | Catalog |
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| Japan | May 29, 2024 | Lapone Entertainment | Limited A | YRCS-90243 | |
| Limited B | YRCS-90244 | |||
| CD | Normal | YRCS-90245 | |||
| Various | Special | — |
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