Everybody Go

"Everybody Go" is the first single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2 released on August 10, 2011.

"Everybody Go"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Kis-My-1st
B-side	"S.O.Kiss" "Kiss For U"
Released	August 10, 2011 (2011-08-10) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Length	4:42
Label	Avex Trax
Composer(s)	Samuel Waermö Stefan Åberg Octobar
Lyricist(s)	Joya Uenaka (The Inazuma Sentai)
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"Everybody Go" (2011) "We Never Give Up!" (2011)
Music video
"Everybody Go" on YouTube

Overview

The CD release was announced on June 24, 2011.^[1][2] The CD was originally scheduled to be released in May,^[3] but was postponed due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In addition, the lyrics and tune of the title song were changed and arranged to be a song that lights up and gives hope to Japan. The album was also released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea.^[4]

It was released in four formats: first edition A, first edition B, regular edition, and Kis-My-Ft2 shop limited edition. In addition, there are "red jacket edition" and "white jacket edition" for the standard edition, and only the "white jacket edition" comes with a lyrics booklet (20 pages).^[5]

The title song "Everybody Go" is the theme song for the TBS TV Friday night drama He is Beautiful starred Yuta Tamamori and Taisuke Fujigaya.^[1]

On September 3, at the "13th Tokyo Girls Collection 2011 A/W" event held at Saitama Super Arena, Taisuke Fujigaya and Yuta Tamamori, who were the cast of the drama, appeared on the tie-in stage for the drama as appeared as secret guests and performed the theme song.^[6]

The song was performed during their first appearance on the 70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast on December 31, 2019.^[7]

Chart performance

The song debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart dated August 22. With 316,000 first-week sales,^[8][9] it became the third-highest first-week sales record for a debut single, following KAT-TUN's "Real Face" (754,000 copies) and Arashi's "Arashi (song)" (557,000 copies). It became the fourth highest all-time record.^[8] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.^[10] It was the 10th best-selling single in Japan in 2011, with 441,680 copies.^[11]

Track listing

CD

1. "Everybody Go" (4:42) (Ken Katoh, catcher of the Yomiuri Giants, used it as his appearance song (2012 - 2016))
   • Lylics: Joya Uenaka (The Inazuma Sentai)
   • Composer: Samuel Waermö, Stefan Åberg, Octobar
   • Arranger: Yasunari Nakamura
2. "S.O.KISS" (3:50)
   • Lylics: Zopp
   • Composer: Steven Lee
   • Arranger: Chokkaku
3. "Kiss For U" (3:43) (Regular edition only)
   • Lylics: Minori, Komu
   • Composer/Arranger: Steven Lee
4. "Young People" (4:29) (Regular edition only)
   • Lylics: Takeshi Aida
   • Composer: Junkoo, Takuya Harada, Anders Dannvik, Niclas Lundin
   • Arranger: Chokkaku

DVD

• First Edition A

1. "Everybody Go" Music Video
2. Music video making movie

• First Edition B
  • From "Kis-My-Ft ni Aeru de Show vol.3 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium 2011.2.12 (Live Video)"

1. "Fire beat"
2. "Kis-My-Calling!"
3. Bonus Movie