, also known as "Dan Dan Dubi Zuba!", is the 13th single by Japanese co-ed group

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. Released on October 29, 2014, the song was a collaboration with the fictional character Sergeant Burly and was used as the second ending theme to the 2014 '' Yo-kai Watch'' TV-series, replacing " Yo-kai Exercise No. 1". "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!" had a positive commercial response, peaking at number one on the weekly

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and being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), indicating over 100 thousand sales.

Background and release

Dream5 first began working on the ''Yo-kai Watch'' series with "Yo-kai Exercise No. 1", which was the group's 12th single. Dream5's next single for the franchise ended up being "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!", which was intended to follow-up "Yo-kai Exercise No. 1". The song's dances was choreographed by Lucky Ikeda, who had choreographed the dances for multiple other ''Yo-kai Watch'' songs, most notably " Gera Gera Po". "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!" first appeared as the credits theme to both versions of '' Yo-kai Watch 2'' in Japan, released July 10, 2014. A day later, the song debuted in the ''Yo-kai Watch''

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series as the new ending theme, replacing "Yo-kai Exercise No. 1". The song was released as a CD later on October 29, under the FRAME label. To promote the release of the CD, Dream5 and people in costumes of ''Yo-kai Watch'' characters performed the song live at the Ario Nishiarai shopping center. In December later the same year, "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!" was used as the ending theme to '' Yo-kai Watch: The Movie''. In 2015, "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!" was included in the rhythm game '' Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version'', as one of the game's 10 songs.

Commercial performance

"Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!" had a positive release in Japan, selling over 60 thousand units in its first week of release. A few days later, the song was ceritified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, indicating over 100 thousand sales. The song debuted at first place on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart for the week of November 10, 2014. The same week, the song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 chart at number 3. In total, the song made twenty-five appearances on the Oricon Singles Chart and four appearances on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 chart.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD release of "Don-Don-Dooby-Zoo-Bah!" and

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. * Takashi Takagi – producer * Tatsuo Higuchi – producer *

– Japanese vocals *

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– English vocals *

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– English vocals * Brent Pendergrass – English vocals * Kenichiro Kimura – coordination * Lucky Ikeda – music video producer, choreography

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

References

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