Sorafune / Do! Do! Do! Explained

Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!
Cover:Sorafune - do! do! do! TOKIO single cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Tokio
Album:Harvest
Released:August 23, 2006
Genre:J-pop, Rock
Label:J Storm/Universal
Prev Title:Get Your Dream
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Hikari no Machi / Run Free (Swan Dance o Kimi to)
Next Year:2007
Ship in the Air
Type:song
Artist:Miyuki Nakajima
Album:Lullaby Singer
Published:Nippon Television Music Corporation / Yamaha Music Foundation / Johnny Company, Inc.
Released:November 22, 2006
Genre:J-pop, kayokyoku, pop metal
Language:Japanese
Length:4:19
Label:Yamaha Music Communications
Producer:Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima

"Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!" is a double A-side single by the Japanese boy band Tokio, released on August 23, 2006.[1] It is the thirty-sixth release for the group, and also has been their most commercial successful effort after their 1995 best-selling debut single "Love You Only".

"Sorafune" was composed by Japanese recording artist Miyuki Nakajima, who has also gained success as a songwriter for other interpreters such as Naoko Ken and Shizuka Kudo throughout her three decade spanning career. In July 2006, the song was premiered on the Japanese television drama My Boss My Hero starring the group's primary vocalist Tomoya Nagase.[2] Likewise, "Do! Do! Do!" was featured on commercials for the Xbox 360 that the band appeared in.[3]

Immediately upon its release, the double A-side CD single was greeted with favorable reaction. It debuted at number one on the Japanese Oricon singles chart, having sold over 120,000 copies in first week.[4] The band's fifth chart-topper "Sorafune"/"Do!Do!Do!" achieved enduring commercial success, entering the Oricon for over a year with physical sales in excess of 484,000 copies and becoming their longest charting material to date.[5]

The CD single was certified double platinum by Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 600,000 units.[6]

"Sorafune" was simultaneously recorded by the composer, and appeared on her studio album Lullaby Singer released in November 2006.[7] Nakajima's version was dubbed English-translated title "Ship in the Air". The song has also been covered by artists such as Shizuka Kudo and Hideaki Horii.

Track listing

"Sorafune"/"Do! Do! Do!" was released in four different versions:

CD+DVD version B

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[8] 15
Chart (2007)Position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[9] 85

Certifications

CountryProviderTitleCertification
(sales thresholds)
FormatDate
JapanRIAJ"Sorafune"Million[10] Chaku-Uta FullJanuary 2007
"Sorafune"/"Do! DoDo!"2× PlatinumCD singleFebruary 2007

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TOKIO - artists - JaME U.S.A. - Biography . 2009-11-26.
  2. Web site: 音楽. ja:音楽 - マイボス マイヒーロー. Japanese. Nippon Television. ntv.co.jp. December 23, 2010.
  3. Web site: TOKIO-リリース-ORICON STYLE ミュージック Highest position and charting weeks of a single "Sorafune"/"do!do!do!" by Tokio. December 23, 2010. ja.
  4. Web site: 2006年09月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 Search results of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles Chart - 1st week of September 2006. oricon.co.jp. Japanese. Oricon. December 23, 2010.
  5. Web site: 音楽を語ろう特集. ja:音楽を語ろう特集『中島みゆきが詞・曲を提供!工藤静香の名曲を語ろう』 . Japanese. Oricon Style. oricon.co.jp. December 23, 2010.
  6. Web site: 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 > 各種統計 > ゴールド等認定 > 2007年2月 (RIAJ - Statistics - Certification Awards - Feb 2007). Japanese. riaj.or.jp. Recording Industry Association of Japan. December 23, 2010.
  7. Web site: Music Communications Inc. Music Page. Japanese. yamahamusic.co.jp. Yamaha Music Communications. December 23, 2010.
  8. Web site: 2006年 シングル年間TOP100 Oricon Year-end Singles Chart of 2006. Japanese. December 23, 2010.
  9. Web site: 2007 年間シングルランキング TOP100 Oricon Year-end Singles Chart of 2007. Japanese. December 23, 2010.
  10. Web site: 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 > 各種統計 > レコード協会調べ 1月度有料音楽配信認定 (RIAJ - Statistics - Certification Awards - Music download - Jan 2007). Japanese. riaj.or.jp. Recording Industry Association of Japan. October 24, 2010.