Uchōten

Not to be confused with Uchōten (band).
"Uchōten"
Single by B'z
from the album Epic Day
B-side"Endless Summer"
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2015 (2015-01-14)
Length8:41
LabelVermillion Records
B'z singles chronology
"Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)"
(2012) 		"Uchōten"
(2015) 		"Red"
(2015)
Music video
"Uchōten" on YouTube

"Uchōten" (有頂天) "ecstasy", is a single by Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on January 14, 2015.[1] It is the only single of their nineteenth album Epic Day.

The song debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with 133,980 copies.[2] It also gave B'z their 64th combined week in the number one position, beating Pink Lady's 1979 record of 63 combined weeks.[3] In addition, the song reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the Top Singles Sales chart.[4][5] It was ranked #37 at Oricon's 2015 year-end chart[6] and #39 at Billboard Japan's.[7] The Recording Industry Association of Japan certified the single Gold for its sales of 100,000 copies.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Uchōten (有頂天)"4:03
2."Endless Summer"4:38

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[9] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "有頂天(初回限定盤)". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Oricon Weekly Charts for 1/12 ~ 1/18". toykohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "B'z break records and top Oricon chart with their 1st single in 2 years and 9 months". Tokyo Hive. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  4. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ "オリコン年間 CDシングルランキング 2015年度 31～40位". oricon.com.br (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year End". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. ^ ゴールドディスク認定 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  9. ^ "Japanese single certifications – B'z – Ecstatic" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 25, 2021. Select 2015年1月 on the drop-down menu


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