"Face Down" is a song by the Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on May 9, 2012, under the record label J Storm as the third single from their eleventh studio album Popcorn (2012). "Face Down" is the theme song of the Japanese television series Kagi no Kakatta Heya, which stars Satoshi Ohno, the member of the group. The single was released in two versions; the regular edition came with the song "Mezashita Mirai e" (目指した未来へ) as B-side and the instrumental versions of both songs, the limited edition accompanied with a DVD including the music video of "Face Down" and the B-side "Hitori Janai sa"(ひとりじゃないさ).
On June 26, 2020, the rearranged version of the song, titled "Face Down: Reborn" was released as a digital download.[1][2] The production for the version was taken by the multi-platinum selling producers, BloodPop and Tom Norris.[3]
Chart performance
"Face Down" debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 526,000 copies in its first week, and stayed on the chart for 23 weeks.[4][5] It was the group's twenty-seventh consecutive, and thirty-fourth overall number-one single in Japan.[4] "Face Down" ranked as the seventh best-selling single of 2012 in Japan, with 619,940 physical copies sold.[6]
"Face Down: Reborn" is a rearranged version of "Face Down", produced by American music producersBloodPop and Tom Norris.[3] The version was released digitally on June 26, 2020 as a part of the Reborn Project, with the group performing the rearranged and re-written versions of their hit songs, including their debut single "Arashi" and "Love So Sweet", with new English lyrics as part of them. The song was included in the 2nd. CD of album This Is Arashi's limited edition, released November 3, 2020.[12]
^ ab【オリコン】嵐、2期連続「月9」主題歌で34作目首位 [[Oricon] Arashi's second consecutive "Getsuku" drama theme song becomes their 34th number-one single] (in Japanese). Oricon. May 15, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
^Face Down(初回限定盤) [Face Down (Limited edition)] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
