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. It was released on July 19, 2006 in Japan, and became the group's second consecutive number one single on the Oricon daily and weekly singles charts.

Release and promotion

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of the title track and a short film of the making of the music video.KAT-TUN/Signal w/ DVD, Limited Edition
CD Japan; retrieved on July 28, 2008. The single was used in a commercial for NTT DoCoMo's FOMA "9 Series" cell phone which all KAT-TUN members starred in. KAT-TUN performed the song on television for the first time on ''Utawara'', a variety talk show where they were already regulars alongside senpai

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, on July 16, 2006. They sang on

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'' the day after and made their second appearance on

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's ''

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'' on July 20. KAT-TUN performed on ''

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'' on July 21 and two days later, returned to ''Utawara'' where they performed two weeks in a row - the latter performance being a medley of "Six Senses", "

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" and the single itself. Other subsequent performances were on ''Utawara'' on October 1 and November 26 - the latter being a medley performance of "SIGNAL", "Shorty" and "Understandable" and ''

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'' on November 5, which

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performed alone.

Chart performance and reception

Following the immensely successful chart performance of their debut single "

", "SIGNAL" was released on July 19, 2006 and continued the band's chart-topping run on the

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singles chart when it debuted at number 1 knocking off

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's double a-side single "Deep in Your Heart/+Million But -Love" by selling 450,752 copies in its first week. The song was certified as the fifth best-selling song of 2006 by Oricon with reportedly 569,527 copies sold at the end of its chart run and was later certified Double Platinum by

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denoting over 500,000 shipments. The single was honored at the 21st

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when it placed on the "Best 10 Singles (Domestic)" list along with "

" and "

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Track listings

* Regular Edition * Limited Edition

Sales and certifications

References

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