Where You Are (CNBLUE song)

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"Where You Are"
WhereYouAre-regular.jpeg
Regular edition cover
Single by CN Blue
from the album Code Name Blue
B-side
  • "Get Away"
  • "Feeling"
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2012
Recorded2011
Genre Rock
Length3:46
Label Warner Music Japan
Songwriter(s) Jung Yong-hwa, Kenji Tamai
CN Blue Japanesesingles chronology
"In My Head"
(2011)
"Where You Are"
(2012)
"Come On"
(2012)

"Where You Are" is a song by the South Korean rock band CN Blue, written by Jung Yong-hwa and Kenji Tamai. It is the second major single by the band in Japan under Warner Music Japan and their fifth overall. It was released on February 1, 2012 in 3 different editions: CD+DVD, [1] Regular edition [2] and Lawson store limited edition. [3]

Contents

Composition

"Where You Are" was composed and written by Jung Yong-hwa and Kenji Tamai. The B-side, "Get Away" was written by Nozomi Maezawa and Agehasprings and composed by Lee Jong-hyun and Ryo. The second B-side, "Feeling" was written and composed by Jung Yong-hwa and Ryo.

Promotions

To promote the single, the band performed the song on the music TV shows Music Japan on January 29 and on Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ on January 30. B-side of the Single "Get Away" was chosen as ending theme song for Japanese broadcast of American TV Series Gossip Girl Season 3 started from May 1.

Music video

A TV advertisement for the single was released on December 27, 2011. [4] The full music video was released on January 8, 2012 on the music TV network Space Shower TV. In the music video, the members are playing the song in front of various mirrors. Warner Music Japan uploaded the music video to YouTube on January 29. [5]

Track listing

All editions: [6]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Where You Are" Jung Yong-hwa, Kenji Tamai Jung Yong-hwa Kenji Tamai, Rui Momota3:46
2."Get Away"Nozomi Maezawa & Agehasprings Lee Jong-hyun, RyoKenji Tamai, Tsunsuke Tsuri3:33
3."Feeling" Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa, RyoKenji Tamai, Rui Momota3:34
4."Where You Are" (Instrumental)  Jung Yong-hwa Kenji Tamai, Rui Momota3:44
Total length:14:35
DVD [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Release Live Event Footage" (リリースイベントライブ映像) 
2."Where You Are" (Music video) 
3."Where You Are" (Music video - Behind the scenes) 

Chart performance

The physical single debuted at number one in Oricon's Daily chart with 32,943 copies sold on the first day [7] and on the Weekly chart with 60,398 copies sold in the first week. The single is the first #1 single of the group on the country and first for a foreign band since 1971, when the Canadian band Mashmakhan released the single "Two in the Fog". The band is the fourth South Korean male artist/group to rank number 1 in Oricon's Weekly singles chart, along with Tohoshinki , JYJ members Jaejoong & Yoochun and Jang Keun-suk . [8]

Charts

Oricon

Released Oricon ChartPeakDebut salesSales total
February 1, 2012Daily Singles Chart [7] 132,943 (Daily)
60,398 (Weekly)
71,417+
Weekly Singles Chart [8] 1
Monthly Singles Chart8
Half-Year Singles Chart [9] 50

Other charts

ChartPeak
position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [10] 2
Billboard Japan Hot Singles sales1
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay18
RIAJ Digital Track Chart weekly top 100 [11] 44

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Japan February 1, 2012 CD single, [1] Digital download [6] Warner Music Japan

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