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Wikipedia article
"'Signal'" is a song written by Ma-saya, Joker, Joey Carbone, Lisa Huang and Akira for the second single and second studio album of the Japanese boy band, KAT-TUN. It was released on July 19, 2006 in Japan, and became the group's second consecutive number one single on the Oricon daily and weekly singles charts.
Release and promotion
The single was released in two pressings - a regular version with instrumental versions of all the songs and a limited edition containing the songs, the music video of the title track and a short film of the making of the music video.[http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=JACA-5043 KAT-TUN/Signal w/ DVD, Limited Edition], CD Japan; retrieved on July 28, 2008. The single was used in a commercial for NTT DoCoMo's FOMA "9 Series" cell phone which all KAT-TUN members starred in.
KAT-TUN performed the song on television for the first time on 'Utawara', a variety talk show where they were already regulars alongside senpai Jun Matsumoto of Arashi, on July 16, 2006. They sang on Fuji TV's 'Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ' the day after and made their second appearance on Masahiro Nakai's 'Utaban' on July 20. KAT-TUN performed on 'Music Station' on July 21 and two days later, returned to 'Utawara' where they performed two weeks in a row - the latter performance being a medley of "Six Senses", "Real Face" and the single itself.
Other subsequent performances were on 'Utawara' on October 1 and November 26 - the latter being a medley performance of "SIGNAL", "Shorty" and "Understandable" and 'Shounen Club' on November 5, which Yuichi Nakamaru performed alone.
Chart performance and reception
Following the immensely successful chart performance of their debut single "Real Face", "SIGNAL" was released on July 19, 2006 and continued the band's chart-topping run on the Oricon singles chart when it debuted at number 1 knocking off Koichi Domoto's double a-side single "Deep in Your Heart/+Million But -Love" by selling 450,752 copies in its first week. The song was certified as the fifth best-selling song of 2006 by Oricon with reportedly 569,527 copies sold at the end of its chart run and was later certified Double Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 500,000 shipments.
The single was honored at the 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards when it placed on the "Best 10 Singles (Domestic)" list along with "Real Face" and "Bokura no Machi de".[http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200607.html July 2006 List of Certified]
Track listings
* 'Regular Edition'
* 'Limited Edition'
Sales and certifications
References
Category:KAT-TUN songs
Category:2006 singles
Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Category:Songs written by Joey Carbone
Category:Songs written by Koki Tanaka
Category:2006 songs
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