"A Day in Our Life" (stylized as "a Day in Our Life") is a song by Japanese boy band

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. It was released on 6 February 2002, as their seventh single, and first single to be released through their new record label

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. It reached number one on the Oricon Singles Chart. The single was certified platinum by the

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in April 2002 for shipments of over 400,000 copies. "A Day in Our Life" was included in the start of the ''Reborn'' project, as part of the ''

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'' extended play, released on February 28, 2020, together with A-ra-shi: Reborn, and One Love: Reborn.

Background and release

"A Day in Our Life" was used as the theme song for the television series ''

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'' starring member

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. The song was also used as the theme song for a TBS variety show, ''USO!? Japan'', which featured all members of Arashi. The song was written by Shun and Shuya of Sukebo King. It samples "ABC" by

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. The song was released as a CD single on 6 February 2002, through the group's new record label

. It was released in one edition.

Reception

A reviewer from ''CD Journal'' gave the song a positive review, stating that "the exchange between rap and vocals is exquisite".

Commercial performance

"A Day in Our Life" debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 226,000 copies in its first week. It charted for eleven weeks and went on to sell over 378,000 copies, making it the 21st best-selling single of that year in Japan. In April 2002, the single was certified platinum by the

for shipments of over 400,000.

Track listing

Charts

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Product information
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