"Change Ur World" is the thirteenth single by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN. It was released on November 17, 2010 by their record label J-One Records. The title track was used as the 2nd theme song for the Nippon Television TV Show, Going! Sports & News, which is co-hosted by member Kazuya Kamenashi.

"Change Ur World"
Single by KAT-TUN
from the album Chain
B-side
  • Remember
  • NEET Man
  • Give Me, Give Me, Give Me
  • Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~
  • Girls
ReleasedNovember 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
Recorded2010
GenrePop rock
LabelJ-One Records
Songwriter(s)Lyrics: Laika Leon, ECO, Joker
Music: Andreas Johansson, Anderz Wrethov, JUNYT
Producer(s)Johnny H. Kitagawa
KAT-TUN singles chronology
"Going!"
(2010)
"Change Ur World"
(2010)
"Ultimate Wheels"
(2011)

Chart performance edit

In its first week of its release, the single topped the Oricon singles chart, reportedly selling 230,829 copies. KAT-TUN gained their thirteenth consecutive number one single on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart since their debut with all their singles sold more than 200,000 copies[1] and continued to hold the second most consecutive number one singles since debut with fellow Johnny's group, NEWS.

By the end of the year, "Change Ur World" was reported by Oricon to sell 264,303 copies and was later certified Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 250,000 shipments.[2][3][4]

Track listing edit

Regular
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Change Ur World"Laika Leon, ECO, JokerAndreas Johansson, Anderz Wrethov, JUNYT 
2."Give Me, Give Me, Give Me"Sean-D, JokerJeff Miyahara 
3."Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~"Koki Tanaka, MinoriHans Johnson, t-oga, NAO, ATSUSHI, Tatsuya Ueda, King of Slick, Magnus Funemyr 
4."Change Ur World" (Original Karaoke オリジナル・カラオケ)   
5."Give Me, Give Me, Give Me" (Original Karaoke オリジナル・カラオケ)   
6."Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~" (Original Karaoke オリジナル・カラオケ)   
Limited Edition 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Change Ur World"Laika Leon, ECO, JokerAndreas Johansson, Anderz Wrethov, Andreas Johansson, JUNYT 
Limited Edition 1 DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Change Ur World" (Video clip + Making clip ビデオ・クリップ+メイキング) 
Limited Edition 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
2."Remember"Sean-D, JokerShusui, Fredrik Hult, Carl Utbult, JUNYT 
3."NEET Man ニートまん"Tatsuya Ueda黒須克彦, Mousepeace 
4."GIRLS(NTT presented by Junnosuke Taguchi)"NTTEiji Kawai, NTT 

Sales and certifications edit

Country Provider Sales Certification
Japan RIAJ 264,303 Platinum

Plagiarism allegations edit

On November 30, 2010, independent artist AVTechNO! posted an entry on his blog expressing shock at the similarities between the first minute of KAT-TUN's track "Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~" and his own work, "DYE", first released on February 1, 2010.[5] Videos comparing the two works have been posted on video sharing sites such as YouTube and Nico Nico Douga, and have since gathered over a million views combined.[6][7][8]

Never×Over~「-」Is Your Part~ is credited to a panel of composers who created member solo songs that had been released in the past. The song consists of old member solo songs put together in a new arrangement.

Lyrics: Koki Tanaka, Minori

Music: Hans Johnson, t-oga, NAO, ATSUSHI, Tatsuya Ueda, King of Slick, Magnus Funemyr

Arrangement: Hans Johnson

The breakdown of applicable sections

  • T-oga (Kazuya Kamenashi solo "SWEET" composer)
  • NAO (Taguchi Junnosuke solo "LOVE MUSIC" composer)
  • ATSUSHI (Koki Tanaka solo "PIERROT" composer)
  • Tatsuya Ueda (Tatsuya Ueda solo "RABBIT OR WOLF?" composer)
  • King of Slick (Yuichi Nakamaru solo "FILM" composer)
  • Magnus Funemyr (Yuichi Nakamaru solo "FILM" composer)

References edit

  1. ^ "【オリコン】KAT-TUN、デビューから13作連続シングル首位" (in Japanese). Oricon Style.
  2. ^ 2010年オリコン年間ランキング シングル (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  3. ^ "KAT-TUN、デビューから通算12作連続首位~NEWSに並び歴代2位" (in Japanese). Oricon Style.
  4. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2010年11月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  5. ^ AVTechNO! (2010-11-30). "巡音ルカ DYE (追記あり): next". next. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  6. ^ "YouTube - KAT-TUNと巡音ルカ【DYE】を比較してみた 盗作疑惑". YouTube. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  7. ^ "KAT-TUNと巡音ルカの【DYE】を比較してみた ‐ ニコニコ動画(原宿)". 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  8. ^ "KAT-TUNの新曲がボカロ人気曲にそっくり? 作者「ショックすぎる」 (ITmedia News)のコメント一覧 - Yahoo!ニュース". 2010-11-30. Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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