Step and Go

"Step and Go"
"Step and Go"
Single by Arashi
from the album Dream "A" Live
B-side	"Fuyu o Dakishimete"
Released	February 20, 2008
Genre	Dance-pop
Label	J Storm
Songwriter(s)	Wonderland; Sho Sakurai; Youth Case;
Arashi singles chronology

"Step and Go" is a song recorded by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released as a CD single in three editions: a regular edition containing instrumental versions of all the songs, a limited edition containing a DVD, and a special "Cubic Box" edition, which was only available to members of the group's official fan club in Japan. The latter edition contains an organizer set and a special edition CD. Unlike the group's previous release "Secret Talk", which contained only audio tracks, the limited edition of the single contains a filmed version of the talk.

Chart performance

The single debuted at number one on the Oricon and Billboard Japan charts and sold over 300,000 copies in its first week. When the Billboard Japan charts debuted on February 29, 2008, "Step and Go" was its first Hot 100 and Hot Singles Sales number one song.^[1]

Despite the single's lack of direct tie-ins, the Oricon charts named "Step and Go" the twelfth best-selling single of 2008 in Japan.^[2]

Track listing

Regular edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Step and Go"	Wonderland Sho Sakurai	Youth Case	Taku Yoshioka	4:48
2.	"Fuyu o Dakishimete" (冬を抱きしめて "Embrace the Winter")	Sei Fujise Katsuhiko Fujiyama	Fujiyama	Tomoki Ishizuka	4:35
3.	"Step and Go" (instrumental)	Wonderland Sakurai	Youth Case	Yoshioka	4:48
4.	"Fuyu o Dakishimete" (instrumental)	Fujise Fujiyama	Fujiyama	Ishizuka	4:31
Total length:					18:42

Limited edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Step and Go"	Wonderland Sakurai	Youth Case	Yoshioka	4:48
Total length:					4:48

Limited edition – DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Step and Go" (Music video and making-of)

Special Cu[9]bic Box edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Step and Go"	Wonderland Sakurai	Youth Case	Yoshioka	4:48
2.	"Cool & Soul for Dome07" (Live version from the Arashi Around Asia Tour)	Spin Sakurai	Yoshioka	Yoshioka	4:42
Total length:					9:30

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)^[3]	1
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)^[1]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)^[2]	12

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[4]	Platinum	374,449^[2]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date
Japan	February 20, 2008
Taiwan	March 5, 2008
Hong Kong	March 17, 2008

References

^ ^a ^b "Billboard Japan Chartsビジネス開始のお知らせ" [Announcement of the Marketing Beginning of Billboard Japan Charts] (in Japanese). Kyodo News PR Wire. 2008-02-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oricon Yearly Singles Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 11, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2008.
^ 2008年03月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2009-10-23. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2012-10-20 suggested (help)
^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2008年2月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Archived from the original on 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2009-12-18. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2008-03-16 suggested (help)

External links

Product information

[billboard-1] "Billboard Japan Chartsビジネス開始のお知らせ" [Announcement of the Marketing Beginning of Billboard Japan Charts] (in Japanese). Kyodo News PR Wire. 2008-02-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-04-10.

[year-2] "Oricon Yearly Singles Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 11, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2008.

[3] 2008年03月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2009-10-23. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2012-10-20 suggested (help)

[4] ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2008年2月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Archived from the original on 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2009-12-18. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2008-03-16 suggested (help)

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