Tragedy (KAT-TUN song)

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"Tragedy"
Single by KAT-TUN
from the album KAT-TUN 10th Anniversary Best "10Ks"
A-side "Tragedy"
B-side
  • Tokyo Starry (LE 1)
  • Atsukunare (LE 2/ RE)
  • Feathers (RE)
  • Twilight (RE)
Released10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)
Genre J-Pop
Length4:02
Label J-One Records/J-Storm
Songwriter(s) Forest Young, SHUNSUKE HARADA, TKMZ
Producer(s) Johnny H. Kitagawa
KAT-TUN singles chronology
"Kiss Kiss Kiss"
(2015)		"Tragedy"
(2016)		"Unlock"
(2016)

Tragedy is the 25th single released by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN. It was released in Japan on February 10, 2016 under the record label J-One Records/J-Storm.

Contents

Overview

Single Information

"Tragedy" is the twenty-fifth single released by KAT-TUN. It comes in three versions: Limited Editions 1 and 2 and a Regular Edition.

The Limited Edition 1 includes the song "Tragedy", the B-side song "Tokyo Starry" and the Promotional Video and Making of "Tragedy". [1] Limited Edition 2 includes the title song, another B-side song "Atsukunare" and the Promotional Video and Making of Atsukunare. [2] The Regular Edition includes the same songs as the Limited Edition 2 and with two added songs, "Feathers" and "Twilight" and the original karaoke versions of the first two songs. [3]

Media Tie-up

The song "Tragedy" was chosen as the opening song for the Yomiuri TV/NTV series animation titled "Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo R". This is the first anime tie-up song recorded by KAT-TUN.

The song "Atsukunare" was used as the theme song of the NTV Sports Program "Going! Sports & News" and was also the image song for the NTV Professional Baseball Live Broadcast "Tsugi no Shunkan, Atsukunare". [4] [5]

Promotions

For this single, a 16-page lyrics booklet was enclosed in the Limited Edition 1, and an 8-page lyric cards were enclosed in both the Limited Edition 2 and Regular Edition. B2-sized calendar-posters were included for each version for the single's early-bird pre-order bonus. [6] [7]

Track listings

Limited Edition 1

CD

TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
TragedyForest YoungSHUNSUKE HARADA, TKMZShunsuke Harada4:02
Tokyo StarryRUCCAKing of slick, TAKAROTTAKAROT, Shinji Tanaka4:11

DVD

Limited Edition 2

CD

TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
TragedyForest YoungSHUNSUKE HARADA, TKMZShunsuke Harada4:02
Atsukunare (熱くなれ)RUCCAKing of slick, KOUDAI IWATSUBOKing of slick4:26

DVD

Regular Edition

CD

TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
TragedyForest YoungSHUNSUKE HARADA, TKMZShunsuke Harada4:02
Atsukunare (熱くなれ)RUCCAKing of slick, KOUDAI IWATSUBOKing of slick4:26
FeathersKAHLUAAlbi Albertsson, Leon Palmen, Carlos OkabeMUSSASHI3:49
Twilight25→graffitiHanif Sabzevari, Peo Dahl, KOUDAI IWATSUBOBilly Marx Jr.4:34
Tragedy (Original Karaoke)
Atsukunare (熱くなれ) (Original Karaoke)

Chart performance

"Tragedy" has sold over 129,000 copies on its first week and has reached the number one spot on the Oricon Weekly CD Singles Ranking chart. This makes the 25th single that KAT-TUN has released that reached the number one spot on its first week, placing them in second place after KinKi Kids who has a record of 35 consecutive no.1 singles. [8] [9]

"Tragedy" has ranked at number 40 in the Oricon Annual Sales Ranking for 2016 for having sold over 144,954 copies [10] and has also received the Gold Certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ TRAGEDY(初回限定盤1) (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ↑ TRAGEDY(初回限定盤2) (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "TRAGEDY" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ↑ KAT-TUNニューシングルは「金田一少年の事件簿R」新OP曲 (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "KAT-TUN, Rin Akatsuki Perform The File of Young Kindaichi Returns' New Theme Songs" . Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. ↑ KAT-TUN、ニュー・シングル『TRAGEDY』2月10日発売 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ KAT-TUN、通算25作目となるニューシングル「TRAGEDY」 2/10発売 (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2016年02月22日付" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  9. ↑ "【オリコン】KAT-TUN、デビューから25作連続首位 歴代2位キープ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  10. ↑ 【2016年 年間音楽＆映像ランキング】嵐が前人未到の記録達成！AKB48がシングル年間V7!! (in Japanese). p. 3. Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ↑ 日本レコード協会 認定作品 (in Japanese). View certified works from the February 2016 record. Retrieved 5 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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