Change Ur World Explained

Change Ur World
Cover:Changeurworld.jpg
Type:single
Artist:KAT-TUN
Album:Chain
Recorded:2010
Genre:Pop rock
Label:J-One Records
Producer:Johnny H. Kitagawa
Prev Title:Going!
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Ultimate Wheels
Next Year:2011

"Change Ur World" is the thirteenth single by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN. It was released on November 17, 2010 by their record label J-One Records. The title track was used as the 2nd theme song for the Nippon Television TV Show, Going! Sports & News, which is co-hosted by member Kazuya Kamenashi.

Chart performance

In its first week of its release, the single topped the Oricon singles chart, reportedly selling 230,829 copies. KAT-TUN gained their thirteenth consecutive number one single on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart since their debut with all their singles sold more than 200,000 copies[1] and continued to hold the second most consecutive number one singles since debut with fellow Johnny's group, NEWS.

By the end of the year, "Change Ur World" was reported by Oricon to sell 264,303 copies and was later certified Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 250,000 shipments.[2] [3] [4]

Plagiarism allegations

On November 30, 2010, independent artist AVTechNO! posted an entry on his blog expressing shock at the similarities between the first minute of KAT-TUN's track "Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~" and his own work, "DYE", first released on February 1, 2010.[5] Videos comparing the two works have been posted on video sharing sites such as YouTube and Nico Nico Douga, and have since gathered over a million views combined.[6] [7] [8]

Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~ is credited to a panel of composers who created member solo songs that had been released in the past. The song consists of old member solo songs put together in a new arrangement.

Lyrics: Koki Tanaka, Minori

Music: Hans Johnson, t-oga, NAO, ATSUSHI, Tatsuya Ueda, King of Slick, Magnus Funemyr

Arrangement: Hans Johnson

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 【オリコン】KAT-TUN、デビューから13作連続シングル首位. 4 March 2015 . Oricon Style. ja.
  2. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2010/musicrank1220/index02.html. ja:2010年オリコン年間ランキング シングル. Oricon. 2011-02-02. ja.
  3. Web site: KAT-TUN、デビューから通算12作連続首位~NEWSに並び歴代2位. 4 March 2015 . Oricon Style. ja.
  4. Web site: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201011.html. ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年11月. RIAJ. 2010-12-12. ja.
  5. Web site: 巡音ルカ DYE (追記あり): next. AVTechNO!. next. 2010-11-30. 2010-12-06.
  6. Web site: YouTube - KAT-TUNと巡音ルカ【DYE】を比較してみた 盗作疑惑. YouTube. 2010-11-30. 2010-12-06.
  7. Web site: KAT-TUNと巡音ルカの【DYE】を比較してみた - ニコニコ動画(原宿). 2010-11-30. 2010-12-06.
  8. Web site: KAT-TUNの新曲がボカロ人気曲にそっくり? 作者「ショックすぎる」 (ITmedia News)のコメント一覧 - Yahoo!ニュース. 2010-11-30. 2010-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20101204171045/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/cm/main?d=20101130-00000051-zdn_n-inet. 2010-12-04. dead.