Sorafune / Do! Do! Do!

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"Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!"
Sorafune - do! do! do! TOKIO single cover.png
Single by Tokio
from the album Harvest
ReleasedAugust 23, 2006
Genre J-pop, Rock
Label J Storm/Universal
Tokio singles chronology
"Get Your Dream"
(2006)		"Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!"
(2006)		"Hikari no Machi / Run Free (Swan Dance o Kimi to)"
(2007)
"Ship in the Air"
Song by Miyuki Nakajima
from the album Lullaby Singer
Language Japanese
PublishedNippon Television Music Corporation / Yamaha Music Foundation / Johnny Company, Inc.
ReleasedNovember 22, 2006
Genre J-pop, kayokyoku, pop metal
Length4:19
Label Yamaha Music Communications
Songwriter(s) Miyuki Nakajima
Producer(s) Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima

"Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!" is a double A-side single by the Japanese boy band Tokio, released on August 23, 2006. [1] It is the thirty-sixth release for the group, and also has been their most commercial successful effort after their 1995 best-selling debut single "Love You Only".

Contents

"Sorafune" was composed by Japanese recording artist Miyuki Nakajima, who has also gained success as a songwriter for other interpreters such as Naoko Ken and Shizuka Kudo throughout her three decade spanning career. In July 2006, the song was premiered on the Japanese television drama My Boss My Hero starring the group's primary vocalist Tomoya Nagase. [2] Likewise, "Do! Do! Do!" was featured on commercials for the Xbox 360 that the band appeared in. [3]

Immediately upon its release, the double A-side CD single was greeted with favorable reaction. It debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon singles chart, having sold over 120,000 copies in first week. [4] The band's fifth chart-topper "Sorafune"/"Do!Do!Do!" achieved enduring commercial success, entering the Oricon for over a year with physical sales in excess of 484,000 copies and becoming their longest charting material to date. [5]

The CD single was certified double platinum by Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 600,000 units. [6]

"Sorafune" was simultaneously recorded by the composer, and appeared on her studio album Lullaby Singer released in November 2006. [7] Nakajima's version was dubbed English-translated title "Ship in the Air". The song has also been covered by artists such as Shizuka Kudo and Hideaki Horii.

Track listing

"Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!" was released in four different versions:

CD normal edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger [8] Length
1."Sorafune (宙船)"Miyuki NakajimaMotoki Funayama4:01
2."Do! Do! Do!"TAKESHI3-5-24:24
3."Reply (リプライ, Ripurai)"HikariKazuhiro Yamahara4:49
4."Sorafune (宙船)" (Backing track)NakajimaFunayama4:01
5."Do! Do! Do!" (Backing track)Takeshi3-5-24:21

CD limited press edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sorafune (宙船)"Nakajima4:01
2."Do! Do! Do!"TAKESHI4:24
3."Reply" (リプライRipurai)Hikari4:49
4."Sorafune (宙船)" (Acoustic version)Nakajima 
5."Sorafune (宙船)" (Backing track)Nakajima4:01
6."Do! Do! Do!" (Backing track) 4:21

CD+DVD version A

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sorafune (宙船)"Nakajima4:01
2."Do! Do! Do!"TAKESHI4:24
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Sorafune (宙船)" (music video) 
2."Sorafune (宙船)" (making clip) 

CD+DVD version B

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do! Do! Do!"TAKESHI4:24
2."Sorafune (宙船)"Nakajima4:01
DVD
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Do! Do! Do!" (music video)The DVD also includes a Japanese Xbox 360 commercial featuring the song "Sorafune". 

Charts

Certifications

CountryProviderTitle Certification
( sales thresholds )		FormatDate
Japan RIAJ "Sorafune"Million [11] Chaku-Uta Full January 2007
"Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!"2× Platinum [6] CD singleFebruary 2007

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References

  1. ↑ "TOKIO - artists - JaME U.S.A. - Biography" . Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  2. ↑ 音楽 音楽 - マイボス マイヒーロー. ntv.co.jp (in Japanese). Nippon Television . Retrieved December 23, 2010.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. 1 2 ＴＯＫＩＯ-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of a single "Sorafune"/"do!do!do!" by Tokio" (in Japanese). Retrieved December 23, 2010.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ↑ 2006年09月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 "Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart - 1st week of September 2006". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved December 23, 2010.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. ↑ 音楽を語ろう特集 音楽を語ろう特集『中島みゆきが詞・曲を提供！工藤静香の名曲を語ろう』. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved December 23, 2010.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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