"Go for It!" is the 13th single by the Japanese band

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, which also served as the

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for their sixth studio album ''

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'' (1993). It was released on September 9, 1993, by

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. It was the only single released by the group that year. "Go for It!" was the advertising song for

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's product "Rescente" starring

Miwa Yoshida is a Japanese musician, and the lead singer for the band Dreams Come True. She is also a founding member with bassist Masato Nakamura and keyboardist Takahiro Nishikawa. Yoshida also fronts a Dreams Come True side-project, Funk the Peanuts, a ...

, the lead singer of Dreams Come True.

Composition

"Go for It!" was written by

, arranged by

Masato Nakamura is a Japanese musician, bass guitarist, and record producer. He is a member of the J-pop band Dreams Come True, which was formed in 1988 and went on to sell over 50million CDs. He also composed the soundtracks for the video games ''Sonic the ...

and co-produced by the band and

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. The single was

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by Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering. The song is written in the key of

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with a common time tempo of 88 beats per minute.

Critical reception

CDJournal critics described the song as "Probably the only love song in the world featuring a "Monty Python-loving lover"." It was praised for having a relaxed sound throughout that perfectly matches the fun-loving mood of the lyrics about a couple with "too many different interests.

Chart performance

"Go for It!" debuted at the top spot of the

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with 429,110 copies sold in its first week of availability. The single resided at number one for a second week, selling 186,050 copies. It slid to number two the following week, logging sales of 132,660 copies. The single spent an additional three weeks in the top ten. It charted in the top 100 for sixteen weeks, selling a reported total of 1,052,000 copies, making it Dreams Come True's second million-selling single. Because it sold 1,043,290 copies in 1993, it finished as the sixteenth best-performing single of that year.

Track listing

Charts

Certification and sales

References

{{authority control 1993 songs 1993 singles Dreams Come True (band) songs Songs written by Miwa Yoshida Songs written by Masato Nakamura Song recordings produced by Mike Pela Oricon Weekly number-one singles Epic Records singles