Ultra Lover Explained

Ultra Lover
Cover:	UltraLover-regular.jpeg
Caption:	Regular edition cover
Type:	single
Artist:	2PM
Album:	Republic of 2PM
B-Side:	I'll Be Back (Japanese Version)
Recorded:	2011
Genre:	Pop, Dance-pop, J-pop
Length:	3:22
Label:	Ariola Japan
Prev Title:	I'm Your Man
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Beautiful
Next Year:	2012

"Ultra Lover" is the third Japanese single by South Korean boy band 2PM. It was released on November 2, 2011^[1] in 3 editions: CD+DVD, CD+Photobook and a Regular edition. The single was released along with the group's second live DVD "1st Japan Tour 2011 "Take Off" in Makuhari Messe".^[2] The single ranked #4 in Oricon's Weekly chart.^[3]

Composition

"Ultra Lover" is an original Japanese song. The B-side is a Japanese version of their Korean song "I'll Be Back", which served as the lead single of their EP .

Music video

A teaser of the music video was released on October 1, into 2PM's official Japanese website^[4] ^[5] and the full music video on October 9. It premiered on the Japanese TV network Space Shower TV. In the choreography scenes of the music video, the member Taecyeon doesn't appear. Taecyeon was hurt during opening tour of 2PM's Asia tour in Seoul.

Promotions

The group made the first performance of the song on the show Happy Music in November 12. The group made other performance of the song on the show Music Fair in November 26.

Certifications

For December 2011, Ultra Lover is certified Gold for selling over 100,000+ by RIAJ. Making it their first single with this certification in Japan.^[6]

Charts

Oricon

Oricon Chart	Peak	Debut sales	Sales total
Daily Singles Chart	3	65,367	100,000+
Weekly Singles Chart	4
Monthly Singles Chart	9
Yearly Singles Chart	84^[7]

Other Charts

Chart	Peak Position
Billboard Japan Hot 100^[8]	6
Japan RIAJ Digital track weekly top 100^[9]	29
South Korea Gaon Weekly singles chart^[10]	141
South Korea Gaon Weekly International singles chart	14
South Korea Gaon Monthly International singles chart	58

Sales and certifications

External links

Official Website

Notes and References

Ultra Lover 2PMのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE Oricon. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
2PM Official Japan Website - Discography Sony Music. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
2011年10月31日～2011年11月06日のCDシングル週間ランキング (Oricon Weekly chart for November 14th) Oricon. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
2PM official Japanese Website Sony Music. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
http://www.allkpop.com/2011/10/2pm-releases-teaser-for-japanese-single-ultra-lover 2PM releases teaser for Japanese single, "Ultra Lover"
http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201112.html ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2011年12月
Web site: 2011年のCDシングル年間ランキング . . ja . December 21, 2011.
Web site: Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 . Billboard Japan . 2011-11-09. ja.
Web site: RIAJ Weekly chart for November 8th, 2011. Recording Industry Association of Japan. 2011-11-12. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309045807/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2011s&weeklyCd=20111108&rankKbn=50. 2012-03-09.
Web site: Gaon Search - 2PM. Gaon. 2011-08-24. ko.
Web site: ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2011年12月 . Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (December 2011) . http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201112.html . . ja . December 11, 2011 . December 11, 2011.