Ai no Beat

"Ai no Beat"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Good Ikuze!
B-side	"Winter Lover" "Never End Love"
Released	November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14) (Japan)
Genre	J-pop
Length	13:39
Label	Avex Trax
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"Wanna Beeee!!!/Shake It Up" (2012) "Ai no Beat" (2012) "My Resistance (Something that can't be helped)/Fate Girl" (2013)
Music video
"Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.) on YouTube "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.) on YouTube

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone Japan	[1]

Ai no Beat (Japanese: アイノビート, Hepburn: Ai no bīto) is 5th single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on November 14, 2012.[2]

Two versions of this song were produced with different arrangements. One is a dance version and the other is a rock version.[3]

Chart Performance

It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart[4] and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[5] It was the 21st best-selling single in Japan in 2012, with 291,265 copies.[6]

Track listing

CD

• Normal Edition, Limited First Press (Dance Edition), Kiss My SHOP Edition <Christmas spec

1. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.) [4:21]
2. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.) [4:29]
3. "Winter Lover" [4:47].
   1. Theme song for Fuji Television's “Moshi Mo Tours"
4. "Never end love" [4:47] (Regular edition only)

• Limited first pressing (Rock edition)

1. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.)
2. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.)
3. "Winter Lover"

DVD

• Limited First Press (Dance edition)

1. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.) (Music Video)
2. "Ai no Beat" (Dance ver.) (Music Video Making Movie)

• Limited First Edition (Rock edition)

1. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.) (Music Video)
2. "Ai no Beat" (Rock ver.) (Music Video Making Movie)

References

1. "Rolling Stone Japan Edition review". Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
2. "Kis-My-Ft2新曲、アレンジ異なる"ダンス盤""ロック盤"". natalie (in Japanese). 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
3. "Kis-My-Ft2、新シングル"アイノビート"はダンス&ロックの2ヴァージョン収録". tower. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
4. "2012年11月12日～2012年11月18日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2012年11月26日付）". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
5. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2012/11/26". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved October 13, 2014.
6. "Oricon reveals their yearly single ranking for 2012". toykohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 20, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2014.

External link

• Ai no Beat - Starto Entertainment
• Kis-My-Ft2 Official Website - Starto Entertainment
• Kis-My-Ft2 Official Website - MENT Recording (in Japanese)