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Around the World (Got7 song)

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"Around the World"
Single by Got7
from the album Moriagatteyo
B-side"So Lucky"
ReleasedOctober 22, 2014
Recorded2014
GenreEDM, dancepop
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Burney, Jake K, Tadashi Komura (Komu), David Kim Tae-sung
Got7 singles chronology
"A"
(2014) 		"Around the World"
(2014) 		"'Stop Stop It'"
(2014)

Around the World is the debut Japanese single album recorded by South Korean boy group Got7, released on October 22, 2014 by Epic Records Japan.[1] Around the World debuted at number three on the weekly Oricon Daily Singles Chart,[2] staying in top 5 for five days before rising at number two,[3] while it entered the weekly chart at number three.[4][5]

It sold 40,431 copies in October 2014[6] and was the best-selling debut single by a K-pop artist in Japan between 2013 and 2014.[7]

Background and release

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The song "Around the World" was released on September 29, 2014 with a short music video, while the single album was published on October 22.[1] "Around the World" is a dance-EDM song,[8] while the B-side track "So Lucky" was written and composed by 2PM's Jun. K.[2] It was released in three physical versions: version A, a CD+DVD version with a music video and an off-shot video; version B, another CD+DVD version with the music video and dance practice behind-the-scenes; and version C, a CD only version.

Track listing

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Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Around the World"Komu
  • Kim Tae-sung
  • Jake K
  • Jimmy Burney
3:57
2."So Lucky"
  • Jun. K
  • LeL
4:08
3."Around the World" ((Inst.) 
  • Kim Tae-sung
  • Jake K
  • Jimmy Burney
3:57
4."So Lucky" ((Inst.) 
  • Jun. K
  • LeL
4:08

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Japanese Daily Singles (Oricon)[3] 2
Japanese Weekly Singles (Oricon)[4][5] 3
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard Japan)[9] 4

References

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  1. ^ a b "GOT7 to drop Japanese debut EP in Oct". August 28, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "갓세븐, 日 데뷔 싱글 오리콘차트 3위 랭크..'폭발적 관심'" (in Korean). October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "GOT7日本デビューシングル、オリコン6日目に2位にランクアップ！" (in Japanese). October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "AROUND THE WORLD(初回生産限定盤A) | GOT7" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sun, Mi-kyung (October 29, 2014). "갓세븐, 日 데뷔 싱글 오리콘 주간차트 3위 '쾌거'" (in Korean). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "オリコン月間 CDシングルランキング 2014年10月度 11～20位" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "2015 예상도, 1위 가수가 되리 - 갓세븐[GOT7]" (in Korean). January 5, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  8. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD" (in Japanese).
  9. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2014/10/29 公開" (in Japanese). Retrieved October 18, 2024.
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