"Stand by U" is South Korean pop group

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's twenty-eighth Japanese language single. "Stand by U" was released on July 1, 2009 by their label

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and was released in two formats: CD and

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. The track serves as the final single promoted by the group as a five-piece, following which legal troubles caused the group to go on an extended hiatus.

Background

Shortly after the release of their twenty-seventh Japanese language single, "

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", news about the group recording the single started to surfaced online.

Chart performance

Upon the release of the single in Japan, it took the number two spot on the

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daily chart selling over 94,800 copies. On July 5, 2009 daily chart the single peaked at the number-one spot selling nearly 29,300 copies. On the issue date of July 13, 2009, "Stand by U" debuted at number two on the Oricon weekly chart behind pop

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's "

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"; selling a little more than 182,060 copies.

Music video

Like their twenty-third Japanese single, "

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", two

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s were shot for "Stand by U": drama version and version with Tohoshinki's members. Both videos were shot by and the video features the members in a hotel. As the song was used as the theme song for Japanese mobile drama ''Sweet Room'', the music video features the characters of the first story ''Last Love'' starring

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as the male lead and Yukari Shiomi as the female lead.

Live performance

On June 20, 2009, Tohoshinki appeared on ''

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'' and performed "Stand by U" as well as "Sky". They also appeared on other shows such as

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''Save the Future 2009'', ''

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'' and ''Music Japan'', performing "Stand by U".

Track list

Credits

*Vocals: Tohoshinki *Recording: Hideaki Jinbu ("Stand by U", "Tea for Two" and "Sky"), Masahiro Kawata ("Stand by U") **Location: Avex Studio

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, Sony Music Studio ("Stand by U", "Tea for Two" and "Stand by U: Luv Behind the Mld Mix"), Prime Sound Studio Aoyama ("Sky") *

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s: Naoki Yamada ("Stand by U", "Tea for Two" and "Sky"), Masahiro Kawata ("Stand by U: Luv Behind the Mld Mix") *Music: Uta and Reo ("Stand by U), Ichiro Fujiya ("Tea for Two"), H-wonder ("Sky") *

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: Katsutoshi Yasuhara

Charts, peaks and certifications

Charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

References

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