Endless Game

"Endless Game"
Regular edition cover
Single by Arashi
from the album Love
B-side
  • "Intergalactic"
  • "Monochrome"
  • "Magic Hour"
ReleasedMay 29, 2013 (2013-05-29)
Recorded2013
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)
  • 100+
  • Chris Janey
  • Dyce Taylor
Arashi singles chronology
"Calling / Breathless"
(2013) 		"Endless Game"
(2013) 		"Bittersweet"
(2014)

"Endless Game" is the 41st single released by Japanese boy band Arashi. "Endless Game" was used as the theme song for the drama Kazoku Game starring Arashi member Sho Sakurai. It reached number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and was the 10th best-selling single in Japan in 2013, with 557,217 copies.[1]

Single information

The single was released in two editions: a limited edition including a bonus DVD with a music video for "Endless Game", and a regular CD only edition including two bonus tracks and karaoke tracks for all the songs. The limited edition also contains a 16-page booklet.

Chart performance

"Endless Game" debuted at the top of the Oricon Singles Chart with opening sales of 478,000 copies, becoming the group's 30th consecutive number-one single in Japan.[2] It was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 500,000 units.[3]

Track listing

Regular edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Endless Game"100+
  • Chris Janey
  • Dyce Taylor
  • 2H
  • Janey
3:58
2."Intergalactic"Octobar
  • Stephan Elfgren
  • Eltvo
Elfgren4:52
3."Monochrome" (モノクロ)Tomokazu MiuraGK
  • GK
  • Hirofumi Sasaki
4:18
4."Endless Game" (instrumental)   3:58
5."Intergalactic" (instrumental)   4:52
6."Monochrome" (instrumental)   4:14
Total length:26:14
Limited edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Endless Game"100+
  • Janey
  • Taylor
  • 2H
  • Janey
3:58
2."Magic Hour"S-Tnk
  • HJ & Co.
  • Ryumei Odagi
Taku Yoshioka4:04
3."Magic Hour" (instrumental)   4:04
Total length:12:06
Limited edition – DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Game" (Music video) 

See also

References

  1. ^ "Single Top 100". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. December 15, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. ^ 【オリコン】嵐、史上4組目の30作連続シングル首位 (in Japanese). Oricon. June 4, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Record Vol. 644" (PDF) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. July 2013. p. 14. Retrieved May 5, 2019.