"Red" is the fifty-second

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by Japanese

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duo B'z. It was released on 10 June 2015. It is their first non-album single since 2012's " Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" and their first single without a b-side since 1996's "

Real Thing Shakes "Real Thing Shakes" is the twentieth single by B'z, released on May 15, 1996. This song is one of the band's many number one singles in the Oricon chart. This is the only B'z single that was not produced by Matsumoto. It sold over 1,140,000 copi ...

". The song was written to be

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's entrance song, and its title is a reference to the club's colors. Apart from its regular edition, the single also comes in a limited edition with a bonus DVD including the song's promotional video and live footage of their

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concert, part of their B'z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-' tour in promotion of their then recent album ''

Epic Day ''Epic Day'' is the nineteenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on March 4, 2015, more than 3.5 years after their previous studio effort, '' C'mon'', their longest gap between studio albums. It came after a hiatus in whic ...

''. It was also released in a "RED Edition" including a red case and a wrist band. It debuted in

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on the weekly

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. It also reached number one on the

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and the Top Singles Sales chart. It was ranked #32 at Oricon's 2015 year-end chart and #40 at ''Billboard Japan''. The

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certified the single Gold for its sales of 100,000 copies.

Track listing

Certifications

References

External links

* 2015 singles 2015 songs B'z songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles {{2010s-Japan-single-stub