"Calling" / "Breathless" is the 40th single released by Japanese boy band
Arashi
is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15 ...
. "Calling" was used as the theme song for the drama ''Last Hope'' starring Arashi member
Masaki Aiba
(born December 24, 1982) is a Japanese singer, actor, television personality, radio host and dancer. He is a member of the boy band Arashi.
Aiba began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & A ...
. "Breathless" was used as the theme song for the movie ''Platina Data'' starring Arashi member
Kazunari Ninomiya
, often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi.
His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & As ...
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It debuted at number one on the
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In ...
. According to
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in N ...
, this was the
sixth best selling single of the year in Japan, with 881,192 copies.
Single information
The single was released in three editions: a regular edition and two limited editions. The regular edition includes the two A-sides, two bonus tracks, and the karaoke version of all the songs. Limited edition A includes a bonus DVD with the music video for "Calling" while limited edition B includes a bonus DVD with the music video for "Breathless". Both limited editions also include a 12-page lyrics booklet.
Composition
The music for "Calling" was written by Andreas Johansson and Youwhich. The lyrics were written by s-Tnk and Eltvo. A writer from ''CDJournal'' described "Calling" as a "rocking number". The song features edgy synths that accent a heavy band sound.
"Breathless" was composed by Takuya Harada,
Christofer Erixon, and Joakim Björnberg, with lyrics by Hydrant. ''CDJournal'' described it as a cool dance tune that also has hard elements.
Track listing
See also
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List of Oricon number-one singles of 2013
References
External links
Calling/Breathless product information
2013 singles
Arashi songs
Oricon Weekly number-one singles
J Storm singles
Japanese film songs
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