"My Lonely Town" is the forty-seventh single by

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, released on October 14, 2009. The single features an original song and a ballad version of the previous single as b-sides. In addition, the single was also released in a limited edition, coming with a DVD with the music video.

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which had been recently reopened to visitors after being closed off for 35 years, was used as the location for the filming of the

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. Photos for the CD cover and packaging were also shot there. The single debuted at the number-one spot on the Japanese daily

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, selling about sixty-five thousand copies in one day. On the Oricon weekly charts, the single debuted at No. 1, with the first week sales of 180,723 copies. With the number-one debut, the single became their 43rd number-one single on Oricon weekly charts. It also reached number one on the

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and the Top Singles Sales chart. The

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certified the single Platinum for its shipment of 250,000 copies.

Track listing

#My Lonely Town - 3:38 # - 4:13 # Ichibu to Zenbu -Ballad Version- (イチブトゼンブ -Ballad Version-) - 3:22

Certifications

References

External links

B'z official website
2009 singles B'z songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Songs written by Tak Matsumoto Songs written by Koshi Inaba 2009 songs {{2000s-rock-single-stub