Nanairo no Ashita (Brand New Beat)/Your Color explained

Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color
Cover:NanairoNoAshita_BrandNewBeat.jpg
Type:single
Artist:BoA
Album:Made in Twenty (20)
Released:April 5, 2006
Recorded:2006
Genre:J-pop
Label:Avex Trax
Producer:Lee Soo Man
Prev Title:Everlasting
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Key of Heart / Dotch
Next Year:2006

"Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color" is BoA's nineteenth Japanese single and her fifth double A-side single. It is her first single to be released in both CD and in CD+DVD formats. The former is an upbeat pop song while the latter is a ballad, similar to her previous single, Everlasting. This is her first single released off of her fifth Japanese studio album, Made in Twenty (20).

Overview

Although Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color didn't reach the top spot on the charts, its first week sales were the highest BoA had achieved since Do the Motion. Moreover, the long chart life which the single was able to achieve allowed it to become her 8th highest selling single to date. The single debuted at number one on its first day, however it wasn't able to secure the number one spot on the weekly charts. Instead, it debuted third on the chart. On iTunes however, the single reached the number one spot. Nanairo no Ashita reached to the number one spot on its own, while Your Color reached the number fourth spot.

Music video

BoA's Brand New Beat music video featured many scenes where she and three other female dancers were dancing and playing games with the other four male dancers. Two music videos were filmed for Brand New Beat, one was the standard version and the other was the Dance version which is similar to the standard version but with more dance segments.

Commercial endorsements

Nanairo no Ashita ~Brand New Beat~ was used as the theme song in a KOSE Fasio commercial. Your Color was used as the ending theme song for Xbox 360 game Ninety-Nine Nights.Nanairo no Ashita is also included in the special album Sweet Memories with Girls' Generation.

Track listing

CD

  1. Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat
  2. Your Color
  3. Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat (TV Mix)
  4. Your Color (TV Mix)

DVD

  1. Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat (PV)
  2. Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat (Dance Version)

TV performances

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart

ReleaseChartPeak positionSales total
April 5, 2006Oricon Daily Singles Chart1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart390,936 copies
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart7
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart100

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20090304013241/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/boa/index.html