is the 56th single by Japanese

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. It was released on 24 October 2018 through their record label

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. "Kimi no Uta" debuted at number 69 on the ''

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chart before moving up to number one the following week. It also debuted number one on the

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weekly chart. The song was used as the theme song for the

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television series ''Boku to Shippo to Kagurazaka''.

Background and release

On 12 June 2018, it was announced that member

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would star in the television series ''Boku to Shippo to Kagurazaka''. Two months later, on 12 September, Arashi announced that their next single would be used as the theme song for the television series. On 15 September, Arashi's commercial for

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' "Fly For It!" campaign, featuring the B-side "Sky Again", began airing nationwide in Japan. On 22 September, the full song was revealed on Aiba's radio show. The track listing and jacket covers were revealed on 28 September. A 34-second preview of the music video was published on the group's official website on 5 October. Morning news programs began airing previews of the music video on the same day. Aiba played the B-side "White on White" on his radio show on 13 October. Song previews for "Kimi no Uta" and "Sky Again" were added to the group's official website on 18 October. Arashi performed "Kimi no Uta" on ''

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'' on 19 October 2018. They performed the song on ''VS Arashi'' ( ja) on 27 October. The single was released on 24 October 2018 in Japan.

Chart performance

"Kimi no Uta" debuted at number 69 on the ''

chart on the date ending 15 October 2018. The single debuted at number one on the

daily single chart, selling 207,787 copies upon its release.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

Product information
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