Whenever You Call

For the Mariah Carey song, see Butterfly (Mariah Carey album). For the Jolina Magdangal song, see Tuloy Pa Rin Ang Awit.

"Whenever You Call"
Cover art depicting the members of Arashi against a backdrop of the nighttime Tokyo skyline with the Tokyo Tower highlighted
Single by Arashi
from the album This Is Arashi
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
Recorded2020
GenreJ-pop
Length3:13
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bruno Mars
  • D'Mile
Arashi singles chronology
"Kite"
(2020) 		"Whenever You Call"
(2020) 		"Party Starters"
(2020)
Music video
"Whenever You Call" on YouTube

"Whenever You Call" is a song by the J-pop boy band Arashi, released as a digital single on September 18, 2020. Written and produced by Bruno Mars and D'Mile,[1] the song is the group's first release with lyrics completely in English.[2] The song was downloaded almost 59 thousand times within its first three days of release to reach the top spot in digital downloads and No. 6 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3]

Personnel

Credits adapted from This is Arashi album liner notes: [4]

Charts

Chart performance of "Whenever You Call"
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Global 200 (Billboard)[5] 51
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[3] 6
Japan (Oricon Combined Singles)[6] 4
Japan (Oricon Digital Singles)[7] 1
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[8] 10

References

  1. ^ "Whenever You Call". Arashi Official Site. J Storm. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Japanese pop band Arashi to release English single written by Bruno Mars". The Japan Times. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - "J-Pop Stars Arashi Release English Surprise With Bruno Mars Before Hiatus". Billboard. Associated Press. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - Ochoa, John (September 25, 2020). "J-Pop Legends ARASHI Talk New Single "Whenever You Call," Working With Bruno Mars And The Exploding Asian Entertainment Industry". Grammy Awards. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - "Arashi drops first English single Whenever You Call, written and produced by Bruno Mars". Yahoo! News. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Kis-My-Ft2 Leads, Arashi's New Bruno Mars-Produced Single Bows at No. 6 on Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan. September 28, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Arashi (2020). This is Arashi (booklet). Japan: J-Storm Inc. JACA-5875.
  5. ^ "Chart History Arashi BILLBOARD GLOBAL 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Oricon Combined Singles Ranking 2020/09/28" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 28, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Oricon Digital Singles Ranking 2020/09/28" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 4, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Chart History Arashi WORLD DIGITAL SONG SALES". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
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