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. The single was released in 2009, the first single from the group since the release of "

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plays on the hidden gag in this single's release as the mysterious director of the television station that the band performs the title song at in the music video. The mysterious director also appears in the CD jacket of the regular edition CD single. The pun is based on Yokoyama's popularity boost due to his portrayal of an unstable television director in the

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Track listings

Regular edition

# # "Brilliant Blue" # "Cinematic" # # "Kyū Jō Show!! " # "Brilliant Blue " # "Cinematic " # "Hitotsu no Uta "

Limited edition A

# "Kyū Jō Show!!" # "Hitotsu no Uta"

DVD

#"Kyū Jō Show!!" (Music Clip)

Limited edition B

# "Kyū Jō Show!!" # "Hitotsu no Uta"

DVD

#"Hitotsu no Uta" (Music Clip)

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyu Jo Show!! 2009 singles Kanjani Eight songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles 2009 songs