Red (B'z song)

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"Red"
Red by b'z.jpg
Single by B'z
ReleasedJune 10, 2015 (2015-06-10) [1]
Length3:56
Label Vermillion Records
B'z singles chronology
"Uchōten"
(2015)
"Red"
(2015)
"Seimei/Still Alive"
(2017)
Music video
"Red" (partial) on YouTube

"Red" is the fifty-second single by Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on 10 June 2015. [1] It is their first non-album single since 2012's "Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" and their first single without a b-side since 1996's "Real Thing Shakes". The song was written to be Hiroshima Toyo Carp's pitcher Hiroki Kuroda's entrance song, and its title is a reference to the club's colors. [1]

Contents

Apart from its regular edition, the single also comes in a limited edition with a bonus DVD including the song's promotional video and live footage of their Yokohama Arena concert, part of their B'z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-' tour in promotion of their then recent album Epic Day . It was also released in a "RED Edition" including a red case and a wrist band. [1]

It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. [2] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the Top Singles Sales chart. [3] [4] It was ranked #32 at Oricon's 2015 year-end chart [5] and #40 at Billboard Japan's. [6] The Recording Industry Association of Japan certified the single Gold for its sales of 100,000 copies. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Red"3:56

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [8] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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