Ai no Beat

{{Infobox song

| name = Ai no Beat

| B-side ={{unbulleted list|"Winter Lover"|"Never End Love"}}

| cover =Kismy05-1.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Kis-My-Ft2

| album = Good Ikuze!

| released = {{Start date|2012|11|14}} (Japan)

| recorded =

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| genre = J-pop

| length = 13:39

| label = Avex Trax

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| prev_title = Wanna Beeee!!!/Shake It Up

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = My Resistance (Something that can't be helped)/Fate Girl

| next_year = 2013

| misc ={{External music video|{{YouTube|F0nHaCsiBUA|"Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.)}}
{{YouTube|S4RsqoksYUM|"Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.)}}}}

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Rolling Stone Japan

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rollingstonejapan.com/reviews/archive/aino-beat/ |title=Rolling Stone Japan Edition review |access-date=2014-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218095013/http://www.rollingstonejapan.com/reviews/archive/aino-beat/ |archive-date=2014-12-18 |url-status=dead }}

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{{Nihongo|"Ai no Beat"|アイノビート|Ai no bīto|lead=yes}} is 5th single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on November 14, 2012.{{cite web |title=Kis-My-Ft2新曲、アレンジ異なる"ダンス盤""ロック盤" |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/78139 |website=natalie |access-date=2024-05-17 |language=Japanese |date=2012-10-12}}

Two versions of this song were produced with different arrangements. One is a dance version and the other is a rock version.{{cite web|title=Kis-My-Ft2、新シングル"アイノビート"はダンス&ロックの2ヴァージョン収録|url=https://tower.jp/article/news/2012/10/12/n03|date=12 October 2012|publisher=tower |access-date=27 April 2024}}

Chart Performance

It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart{{cite web|url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2012-11-26/|title= 2012年11月12日~2012年11月18日のCDシングル週間ランキング(2012年11月26日付)|work= Oricon Style|publisher= Oricon|accessdate= October 13, 2014|language= Japanese}} and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.{{cite web|url= http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=11&day=26|title= Billboard Japan Hot 100 2012/11/26|work= Billboard Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= October 13, 2014}} It was the 21st best-selling single in Japan in 2012, with 291,265 copies.{{cite web|url= http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2012/12/oricon-reveals-their-yearly-single-ranking-for-2012/|title= Oricon reveals their yearly single ranking for 2012|work=toykohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC.|date= December 20, 2012|accessdate= October 13, 2014}}

Track listing

=CD=

  • Normal Edition, Limited First Edition (Dance Edition), Kiss My SHOP Edition
  1. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.) [4:21]
  2. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.) [4:29]
  3. "Winter Lover" [4:47].
  4. *Theme song for Fuji Television's “Moshi Mo Tours"
  5. "Never end love" [4:47] (Regular edition only)
  • Limited first pressing (Rock edition)
  1. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.)
  2. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.)
  3. "Winter Lover"

=DVD=

  • Limited First Edition (Dance edition)
  1. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.) (Music Video)
  2. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.) (Music Video Making Movie)
  • Limited First Edition (Rock edition)
  1. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.) (Music Video)
  2. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.) (Music Video Making Movie)

References

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