Believe / Kumorinochi, Kaisei
{{Infobox song
| name = Believe / Kumorinochi, Kaisei
| cover = Arashi-25-01-believekumorinochikaisei.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Arashi
| album = All the Best! 1999–2009
| B-side = Tobira
| released = {{Start date|2009|3|4}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|dance-pop{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/4109010824 |script-title=ja:嵐～Believe / 矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno～曇りのち、快晴 |accessdate=May 31, 2019 |work=CD Journal|publisher=Ongaku Shuppansha |language=ja }}}}
| length =
| label = J Storm
| writer = Believe: 100+ · Sho Sakurai
Kumorinochi, Kaisei: Shinya Tada · QQ
| producer =
| prev_title = Beautiful Days
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon (Kimi wa Muteki)
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{nihongo|"Believe" / "Kumorinochi, Kaisei"|Believe/曇りのち、快晴|Believe/Cloudy to Nice Weather}} is a single released by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on March 4, 2009 through their record label J Storm. "Believe" was used as the theme song for the Takashi Miike movie Yatterman starring Arashi member Sho Sakurai, and "Kumorinochi Kaisei" was used as the theme song for the drama {{nihongo|Uta no Oniisan|歌のおにいさん|Brother of Songs}} starring member Satoshi Ohno. The single was released in three editions: a regular edition containing a bonus track and instrumental versions of all the songs released in the single, and two limited edition both containing a DVD with a music video of one of the A-side tracks.
Single information
"Believe" is the group's first single to have two music videos: a live action and an animated version. The animated video was released on Dwango by animation studio Tatsunoko and the group's record label J Storm. It was later re-released as a bonus in the group's 10th anniversary DVD 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999-2009 on October 28, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/arashi/disco/_popup/pop_allthebest_dvd.html|title=5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999-2009|language=Japanese|publisher=Johnny's net|accessdate=October 30, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206061447/http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/arashi/disco/_popup/pop_allthebest_dvd.html|archivedate=2009-12-06|url-status=dead}} In the animated video, the members transformed into characters from Tatsunoko's Time Bokan anime series.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-28/video-to-transform-arashi-boy-band-into-tatsunoko-anime-heroes|title=Video to 'Transform' Arashi Boy Band into Tatsunoko Anime Heroes - Anime News Network|date=January 28, 2009|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=March 9, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090303045630/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-28/video-to-transform-arashi-boy-band-into-tatsunoko-anime-heroes| archivedate= 3 March 2009 | url-status= live}} The live action is included in one of the limited editions of the single.
For "Kumorinochi, Kaisei", Ohno sang the track solo and released it under his drama character's name, {{nihongo|Kenta Yano|矢野健太|Yano Kenta}}.{{cite web|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20090116-OHT1T00025.htm|script-title=ja:嵐・大野が独り立ち！初のソロシングル…２８歳歌のおにいさん役、矢野健太で歌う|trans-title=Arashi's Ohno Satoshi goes solo! In his first solo single... The 28-year-old will sing as his character, the Uta no Onii-san Yano Kenta|date=January 16, 2009|language=Japanese|publisher=Yomiuri.co.jp|accessdate=January 17, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121174247/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20090116-OHT1T00025.htm|archivedate=21 January 2009|url-status=dead}} The song was also named Best Theme Song in the 60th Television Drama Academy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2009/04/starring_satoshi_ohno.html|title=ザテレビジョン ドラマアカデミー賞: 【第60回 ドラマソング賞】「曇りのち、快晴」矢野健太starring Satoshi Ohno|date=April 22, 2009|language=Japanese|publisher=Television Drama Academy Awards|accessdate=September 25, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091010101925/http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2009/04/starring_satoshi_ohno.html| archivedate= 10 October 2009 | url-status= live}}
Chart performance
In the first half of the year Oricon ranking, "Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei" had sold more than 646,000 copies, surpassing the final sales numbers of "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e" in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4947|title=EXILE tops sales ranking for first half '09|publisher=Tokyograph|accessdate=June 21, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090621173206/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4947| archivedate= 21 June 2009 | url-status= live}} It sold 501,988 copies during its first week, making it the first single to break half a million in its opening week since KAT-TUN's debut release, "Real Face", of 754,000 in April 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4514|title=Charts: Arashi sells half a million|publisher=Tokyograph|accessdate=March 11, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090314041226/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4514| archivedate= 14 March 2009 | url-status= live}} The single had the highest first week sales of 2009 until it was topped by the group's next single, "Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon (Kimi wa Muteki)".
The single was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200903.html|script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年3月|language=Japanese|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|accessdate=2009-12-18}} On December 18, 2009, Oricon declared "Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei" to be the best-selling single of 2009 in Japan by selling a total of 656,676 copies.{{cite web|url=http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/091218_01_01.html|title=2009 Oricon Yearly Singles Ranking|language=Japanese|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=2009-12-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102012821/http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/091218_01_01.html| archivedate= 2 January 2010 | url-status= dead}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Regular edition
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 26:46
| title1 = Believe
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|100+|Sho Sakurai}}
| music1 = 100+
| extra1 = Taku Yoshioka
| length1 = 4:48
| title2 = Kumorinochi, Kaisei
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Shinya Tada
| music2 = QQ
| extra2 = {{hlist|QQ|Hirofumi Sasaki}}
| length2 = 4:15
| title3 = Tobira
| note3 = {{nihongo2|トビラ}}, "Door"
| lyrics3 = Makoto Atozi
| music3 = Tada
| extra3 = Naoki-T
| length3 = 4:20
| title4 = Believe
| note4 = Instrumental
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|100+|Sakurai}}
| music4 = 100+
| extra4 = Yoshioka
| length4 = 4:48
| title5 = Kumorinochi, Kaisei
| note5 = Instrumental
| lyrics5 = Tada
| music5 = QQ
| extra5 = {{hlist|QQ|Sasaki}}
| length5 = 4:15
| title6 = Tobira
| note6 = Instrumental
| lyrics6 = Atozi
| music6 = Tada
| extra6 = Naoki-T
| length6 = 4:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition 1
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 9:03
| title1 = Believe
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|100+|Sakurai}}
| music1 = 100+
| extra1 = Taku Yoshioka
| length1 = 4:48
| title2 = Kumorinochi, Kaisei
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Shinya Tada
| music2 = QQ
| extra2 = {{hlist|QQ|Sasaki}}
| length2 = 4:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition 1 {{nobold|– DVD}}
| total_length =
| title1 = Believe
| note1 = Music video
| length1 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition 2
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 9:03
| title1 = Kumorinochi, Kaisei
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = Shinya Tada
| music1 = QQ
| extra1 = {{hlist|QQ|Sasaki}}
| length1 = 4:48
| title2 = Believe
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|100+|Sakurai}}
| music2 = 100+
| extra2 = Taku Yoshioka
| length2 = 4:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition 2 {{nobold|– DVD}}
| total_length =
| title1 = Kumorinochi, Kaisei
| note1 = Music video
| length1 =
}}
Charts and certifications
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2008)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)
| 1 |
| scope="row"| Japan (Japan Hot 100){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100#/charts/japan-hot-100?chartDate=2009-03-13|title=Week of March 13, 2009|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=2010-04-11| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100414194819/http://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100| archivedate= 14 April 2010 | url-status= live}}{{#tag:ref|Peak chart position for "Believe".|group=fn}}
| 1 |
| scope="row"| Japan (Japan Hot 100){{#tag:ref|Peak chart position for "Kumorinochi, Kaisei".|group=fn}}
| 2 |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2009)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)
| 1 |
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=Certifications=
Release history
Footnotes
References
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External links
- [https://www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi/discography/believe-%E5%B5%90-%E6%9B%87%E3%82%8A%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A1%E3%80%81%E5%BF%AB%E6%99%B4-%E7%9F%A2%E9%87%8E%E5%81%A5%E5%A4%AA-starring-satoshi Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei product information]
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Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles