Endless Game
{{Infobox song
| name = Endless Game
| cover = Arashi - Endless Game.png
| alt =
| caption = Regular edition cover
| type = single
| artist = Arashi
| album = Love
| B-side = {{Plainlist|
- "Intergalactic"
- "Monochrome"
- "Magic Hour"
}}
| released = {{Start date|2013|5|29}}
| recorded = 2013
| studio =
| genre =
| length =
| label = J Storm
| writer = {{hlist|100+|Chris Janey|Dyce Taylor}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Calling / Breathless
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Bittersweet
| next_year = 2014
}}
"Endless Game" is the 41st single released by Japanese boy band Arashi. "Endless Game" was used as the theme song for the drama Kazoku Game starring Arashi member Sho Sakurai. It reached number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and was the 10th best-selling single in Japan in 2013, with 557,217 copies.{{cite web|url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2013/musicrank1215/index01.html#topphoto|title= Single Top 100 |work= Oricon Style|publisher= Oricon|date= December 15, 2013|access-date= October 3, 2014|language= ja}}
Single information
The single was released in two editions: a limited edition including a bonus DVD with a music video for "Endless Game", and a regular CD only edition including two bonus tracks and karaoke tracks for all the songs. The limited edition also contains a 16-page booklet.
Chart performance
"Endless Game" debuted at the top of the Oricon Singles Chart with opening sales of 478,000 copies, becoming the group's 30th consecutive number-one single in Japan.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2025216/full/ |script-title=ja:【オリコン】嵐、史上4組目の30作連続シングル首位 |date=June 4, 2013 |access-date=May 5, 2019 |publisher=Oricon |language=ja }} It was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 500,000 units.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=324 |title=The Record Vol. 644 |date=July 2013 |access-date=May 5, 2019 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja |page=14 |format=PDF }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Regular edition
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 26:14
| title1 = Endless Game
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = 100+
| music1 = {{hlist|Chris Janey|Dyce Taylor}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|2H|Janey}}
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = Intergalactic
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Octobar
| music2 = {{hlist|Stephan Elfgren|Eltvo}}
| extra2 = Elfgren
| length2 = 4:52
| title3 = Monochrome
| note3 = {{nihongo2|モノクロ}}
| lyrics3 = Tomokazu Miura
| music3 = GK
| extra3 = {{hlist|GK|Hirofumi Sasaki}}
| length3 = 4:18
| title4 = Endless Game
| note4 = instrumental
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| extra4 =
| length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Intergalactic
| note5 = instrumental
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| extra5 =
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Monochrome
| note6 = instrumental
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 = 4:14
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 12:06
| title1 = Endless Game
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = 100+
| music1 = {{hlist|Janey|Taylor}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|2H|Janey}}
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = Magic Hour
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = S-Tnk
| music2 = {{hlist|HJ & Co.|Ryumei Odagi}}
| extra2 = Taku Yoshioka
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Magic Hour
| note3 = instrumental
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| extra3 =
| length3 = 4:04
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition {{nobold|– DVD}}
| title1 = Endless Game
| note1 = Music video
| length1 =
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20130501002053/http://www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi/disco/single/s_35.html Product information]
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Category:Oricon Weekly number-one singles
Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles