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One Drop (KAT-TUN song)

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Wikipedia article




"'One Drop'" is a Japanese language song, and the ninth single, by Japanese boy band, KAT-TUN, and their third from their fourth studio album, 'Break the Records: By You & For You'. It was released on February 11, 2009 and is the group's ninth consecutive number one single on the Oricon daily and weekly charts.[http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4436 Charts: KAT-TUN goes nine straight], Tokyograph; retrieved on April 2, 2009.

The song is sung in Japanese, but includes a few phrases sung in English, of which the title comes from the phrase "Only lonely your tear drop oh ...."

Single information



The single was released in three editions and featured alternate jacket artwork.[http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5128 One Drop [w/ DVD, Limited Edition], CDJapan; retrieved on December 22, 2008[http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5130 KAT-TUN/One Drop (Regular Edition (First Press)], CDJapan; retrieved on December 22, 2008[http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=JACA-5131 KAT-TUN/One Drop (Regular Edition)], CDJapan; retrieved on December 22, 2008 The limited edition came with a DVD featuring the music video and a featurette on the making of the video, the first press edition included a bonus track and the regular pressing came with the instrumental versions of the songs on the single."One Drop" is also the theme song for co-lead vocalist Kazuya Kamenashi's drama, 'Kami no Shizuku', in which he plays the lead character whilst "D-T-S" was used as the insert song for the Lotte "Plus X" television commercials.[http://www.yesasia.com/global/one-drop-jacket-c-normal-edition-japan-version/1014000540-0-0-0-en/info.html One Drop (Jacket C)(Normal Edition)(Japan Version)], YesAsia; retrieved on December 22, 2008.

Chart performance



In its first week of its release, the single topped the Oricon singles chart, reportedly selling 281,359 copies. KAT-TUN gained their ninth consecutive number one single on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart since their debut with all their singles sold more than 200,000 copies and continued to hold the second most consecutive number one singles since debut with fellow Johnny's group, NEWS.

By the end of the year, "One Drop" was reported by Oricon to sell 331,248 copies and was later certified Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 250,000 shipments.[http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200902.html February 2009 List of Certified]

Track listings



* 'Limited edition track listing'

* 'First press edition track listing'

* 'Regular edition track listing'

Sales and certifications



References



Category:KAT-TUN songs

Category:2009 singles

Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles

Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Japanese television drama theme songs

Category:2009 songs

Category:Songs written by Koki Tanaka

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