"In My Head" is a song by the South Korean

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. It is their major debut single in

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and fourth single overall. The song was written by Kenji Tamai and Yoshifumi Kanamaru and composed by

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. It was released on October 19, 2011 in 3 different editions: CD+DVD, Regular edition and Lawson store limited edition. A Korean version of the song was released on the group's third

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Composition

"In My Head" was written by Kenji Tamai and Yoshifumi Kanamaru and composed by

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Promotions

To promote the single, the band performed in the TV shows ''Music Japan'' and '' Music Fair'' on October 22. They promoted the song in South Korea in a special Korean version of the song in KBS's '' Music Bank Year-End special'' and MBC's ''Gayo Daejun''. The song was chosen to be the ending theme song of '' Supernatural: The Animation'', an animated version of the TV series ''

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Music video

A 30-seconds version of the music video was released in September 22, 2011 and the full music video released on September 26, 2011 on the music channel ''Space Shower TV''. Warner Music Japan uploaded the video on

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on October 31.

Track listing

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version of the single does not include the Instrumental.

Chart performance

The single debuted at number 3 in

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's Daily chart and climbed to number 2 two days after. It debuted at number 4 in Oricon's Weekly chart with 71,200 copies sold on the first week, only behind to Kara's " Winter Magic",

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's "Zero" and

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's " Oh My God!". The single peaked number 96 in 2011's Oricon Yearly chart. In the end of October, the single got certified Gold by ''

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'' for sold 100,000 copies of the physical single.

Charts

Oricon

Other charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:In My Head (CN Blue song) 2011 singles Japanese-language songs CNBLUE songs Songs written by Jung Yong-hwa Warner Music Japan singles