Kick Back (song)

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"Kick Back"
Kenshi Yonezu - Kick Back.png
Single by Kenshi Yonezu
from the album Lost Corner
B-side "Hazukashikutte Shōganē"
ReleasedOctober 12, 2022 (2022-10-12)
Genre Rock
Length3:13
Label Sony Japan
Songwriter(s) Kenshi Yonezu
Producer(s)
  • Kenshi Yonezu
  • Daiki Tsuneta
Kenshi Yonezu singles chronology
"M87"
(2022)		"Kick Back"
(2022)		"Lady"
(2023)
Music video
"Kick Back" on YouTube

"Kick Back" is a song by Japanese musician Kenshi Yonezu. It was released as a single digitally by Sony Music Records on October 12, 2022, as well as in three physical editions: a regular CD edition, a video edition, and a chainsaw edition. The song serves as the opening theme for the anime series Chainsaw Man . [1] [2]

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Background and release

This song is used as one of the opening theme for the anime series Chainsaw Man . [3] Yonezu was in charge of the theme song for the TV anime My Hero Academia , the first opening of the second season. It has been about five years since the theme "Peace Sign".

King Gnu and Millennium Parade member Daiki Tsuneta participated in the production and arrangement with Yonezu. [4] "Kick Back" also samples Morning Musume's 2002 song "Sōda! We're Alive".

On September 19, 2022, the preview for Chainsaw Man was released, with "Kick Back" being used. In addition, it was also performed live for the first time at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium performance on the first day of "2022 Tour / Henshin", which was held on September 23. In addition, the arranger Daiki Tsuneta appeared at the tour final at Saitama Super Arena on October 27, performing this song and "Ai Lily".[ citation needed ]

The CD single was released in three formats: a chainsaw board, a video board, and a regular board, and it also came with a "Kenshi Yonezu 2023 Tour / Fantasy" advance lottery application serial number and a corporate privilege sticker. [5] [6]

In the United States, the single was released by Milan Records. [7]

"Kick Back" became the first song with Japanese lyrics to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [7] [8]

Music video

Prior to the song's release, the music video premiered on October 25, featuring Yonezu and Daiki Tsuneta. It was directed by Yoshiyuki Okuyama  [ ja ], who also worked on the music video for "Kanden" and Yonezu's promotional photos. In the video, Yonezu devotes himself to training in a gym alongside Tsuneta. After a montage of vigorous working out and Yonezu shown with large muscular arms, Yonezu runs off a treadmill into a field and then onto a road, where he is hit by a truck, which launches him through the air and into doing parkour across shipping containers and city buildings. A group of men dressed in similar attire appear and run alongside him through an industrial site and across a quarry. The video ends with Yonezu shown back in the gym, walking on a treadmill alongside Tsuneta, with a security camera revealing Tsuneta is not really there. [9]

The opening sequence for the Chainsaw Man anime plays tribute to several films, including Reservoir Dogs , The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , Pulp Fiction , Sadako vs. Kayako , No Country for Old Men , Fight Club , Messiah of Evil , Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , Don't Look Up , Jacob's Ladder , Constantine , and The Big Lebowski . The other references are the manga Goodbye, Eri and Fire Punch by the same author, the song "Sōda! We're Alive" by Morning Musume and the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion . The sequence was directed and storyboarded by Shingo Yamashita. [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kenshi Yonezu

CD single / digital download / streaming
No.TitleArrangementLength
1."Kick Back"
  • Kenshi Yonezu
  • Daiki Tsuneta
3:13
2."Hazukashikutte Shōganē" (恥ずかしくってしょうがねえ; lit. "I Can't Help Being Embarrassed")Yonezu3:41
3."Kick Back" (anime edit)
  • Yonezu
  • Tsuneta
1:27
Total length:8:21
Limited edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."TV Anime Chainsaw Man Non-Credit Opening Movie"1:39
2."M87" (music video)4:46
Total length:14:46

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Kick Back"
CeremonyYearAwardResultRef.
Reiwa Anisong Awards 2022Best Work AwardNominated [11]
Best Anime Song AwardWon
Composition Award [a] Nominated
Arrangement Award [b] Nominated
Japan Expo Awards 2023Daruma for Best OpeningWon [12]
45th Anime Grand Prix 2023Best Theme Song5th place [13]
8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024Best Opening SequenceNominated [14]
Best Anime SongNominated

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Kick Back"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [40]
CD single 		Platinum250,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [41]
Download 		Gold100,000*
United States (RIAA) [42] Gold500,000‡
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ) [43] 3× Platinum300,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Kick Back"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
VariousOctober 12, 2022Standalone Sony Japan [44]
November 23, 2022Regular [45]
Japan CD+DVD Video
CD+chainsaw necklaceChainsaw
CDRegular

Notes

  1. ↑ Kenshi Yonezu credited as nominee.
  2. ↑ Kenshi Yonezu and Daiki Tsuneta credited as nominees.

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References

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