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Around the World (Got7 song)

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"Around the World"
Single by Got7
from the album Moriagatteyo
B-side"So Lucky"
ReleasedOctober 22, 2014
Recorded2014
GenreEDM, dancepop
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Burney, K Jake, Tadashi Komura (Komu), David Kim Te Sung
Got7 singles chronology
"A"
(2014)
"Around the World"
(2014)
"'Stop Stop It'"
(2014)

Around the World is the debut Japanese single album recorded by hip hop boy group Got7, released on October 22, 2014 by Epic Records Japan.[1] Around the World debuted at number three on the weekly Oricon Daily Singles Chart,[2] staying in top 5 for five days before rising at number two,[3] while it entered the weekly chart at number three.[4][5]

It sold 40,431 copies in October 2014[6] and was the best-selling debut single by a K-pop artist in Japan between 2013 and 2014.[7]

Background and release

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The song "Around the World" was released on September 29, 2014 with a short music video, while the single album was published on October 22.[1] "Around the World" is a dance-EDM song,[8] while the B-side track "So Lucky" was written and composed by 2PM's Jun. K.[2] It was released in three physical versions: version A, a CD+DVD version with a music video and an off-shot video; version B, another CD+DVD version with the music video and dance practice behind-the-scenes; and version C, a CD only version.

Formats and track listings

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  • CD+DVD single (Version A)
Disc 1 (CD)
  1. "Around the World"
  2. "So Lucky"
  3. "Around the World" (Instrumental)
  4. "So Lucky" (Instrumental)
Disc 2 (DVD)
  1. "Around the World" (Music video)
  2. "Around the World" (Making movie)
  • CD+DVD single (Version B)
Disc 1 (CD)
  1. "Around the World"
  2. "So Lucky"
  3. "Around the World" (Instrumental)
  4. "So Lucky" (Instrumental)
Disc 2 (DVD)
  1. "Around the World" (Dance version)
  2. "Around the World" (Front version)
  3. "Around the World" (Mirror version)
  4. "Around the World" (Close-up version)
  • CD single
  1. "Around the World"
  2. "So Lucky"
  3. "Around the World" (Instrumental)
  4. "So Lucky" (Instrumental)

Charts

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Sales

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Released Oricon chart Peak Debut week sales Sales total Chart run
October 22, 2014 Daily Singles Chart 2 36,489 43,170 3 weeks
Weekly Singles Chart 3

References

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  1. ^ a b "GOT7 to drop Japanese debut EP in Oct". 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. ^ a b "갓세븐, 日 데뷔 싱글 오리콘차트 3위 랭크..'폭발적 관심'" (in Korean). 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ^ "GOT7日本デビューシングル、オリコン6日目に2位にランクアップ!" (in jp). 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2024-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD(初回生産限定盤A) | GOT7" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  5. ^ Sun, Mi-kyung (2014-10-29). "갓세븐, 日 데뷔 싱글 오리콘 주간차트 3위 '쾌거'" (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  6. ^ "オリコン月間 CDシングルランキング 2014年10月度 11~20位" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  7. ^ "2015 예상도, 1위 가수가 되리 - 갓세븐[GOT7]" (in Korean). 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  8. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD" (in Japanese).