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Cry Baby (Official Hige Dandism song)
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Wikipedia article
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| label = Irori Records
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| lyricist = Satoshi Fujihara
| producer = Official Hige Dandism
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"'Cry Baby'" is a song by Japanese band Official Hige Dandism, released as a digital single on May 7, 2021. The song was used as the opening theme song to the first season of the anime adaptation of 'Tokyo Revengers'.
Background and release
The full version of "Cry Baby" was first played on April 24, 2021 on the FM802 radio program . The song was later released digitally on May 7, 2021. It was used as the opening theme song to the anime adaptation of 'Tokyo Revengers', which was broadcast from April 11 to September 19, 2021.
To promote "Cry Baby", throughout July and August 2021, Official Hige Dandism performed the song on the music shows ', the 2021 'FNS Music Festival', ', and 'CDTV Live! Live!'
Music video
The music video was directed by and depicts the members of the band playing their instruments in a junkyard. A teaser for the music video was released on May 3, 2021.
Reception
In May 2021, "Cry Baby" reached 22,068 downloads. In September 2021, "Cry Baby" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
In November 2021, "Cry Baby" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. It also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot Animation for three consecutive weeks. In addition, it reached No. 1 on the karaoke charts, No. 2 on video views, No. 5 on the download charts, and No. 6 on the radio charts. In December 2021, "Cry Baby" had been streamed over 2 million times. Karaoke chain Joysound reported that "Cry Baby" was the second most requested anime song of 2021.
The music video for "Cry Baby" won Best Video of the Year and Best Group Video in the Japan category at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Sales and certifications
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Awards
Cover versions
The official YouTube channel for the anime adaptation of 'Tokyo Revengers' released a video of Mikey's voice actor, Y Hayashi, performing a cover of "Cry Baby" on October 11, 2021.
References
Category:2021 singles
Category:2021 songs
Category:Anime songs
Category:Japanese-language songs
Category:Official Hige Dandism songs
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