Pick It Up (Kis-My-Ft2 song)

"Pick It Up"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Yummy!!
B-side
  • "Up & down and up & down, yo dance!"
  • "All Around The World"
  • "Zukkyun!"
ReleasedJune 7, 2017 (2017-06-07) (Japan)
GenreJ-pop
Length3:36
LabelAvex Trax
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"Inter"
(2017) 		"Pick It Up"
(2017) 		"Red fruits"
(2017)
Music video
"Pick It Up" on YouTube

Pick It Up (ピックイットアップ) is Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2's 19th single, released on June 7, 2017 by avex trax.[1]

Background

The theme of this work is "Cool & Sexy". It is a cool dance music, different from "Tonight" and "Explode" released in the same year, which were based on the concept of "wild & sexy".[1]

The song was used as the theme song for the drama "Sakurako-san no Ashiwa ni shita shita wa shinda ga burimashita" Fuji TV, starring Taisuke Fujigaya, and is in line with the worldview of the drama, which is "picking up the facts from the bones (Pick It Up). The music video (MV) features the appearance of a gaikotsu, and the choreography of "picking up and pulling (Pick It Up)" the costumes designed with bone motifs. [1]

Therefore, the members pull on their costumes during the song, and also perform a dance in which they seem to be manipulated like marionettes pulled by strings and dances with their joints fixed, with the seven members repeatedly changing formations.[2]

Chart performance

According to the Billboard Japan chart, the album sold 164,000 copies in its first week of release, ranking No. 1 overall on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. It also ranked 33rd on the Top Singles Sales annual chart.[3] In the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking dated June 19, 2017, it sold 174,000 copies in its first week of release, making it their 19th consecutive album to reach the top position since their debut.[4]

Package specifications

It was released in three forms:

  • First edition A CD&DVD (AVCD-83886/B)
  • First edition B CD&DVD (AVCD-83887/B)
  • Regular edition CD (AVCD-83888)

The CD was released on June 7, 2017. The jacket photo for this album also has a bone-like design along with the drama.

The CD was released in three formats, First edition A/B and Regular editions, each with a different coupling song and bonus video, and the DVD included with the limited first-run A includes a music video and a making-of video.

The DVD included in the First edition A includes the music video and a making-of video, while the DVD included in the First edition B includes a dance version of the song with multiple angles of the members and a "Pick It Up" related game. The serial movie can be viewed on the first bonus of the standard edition.

The coupling song "All Around The World" included in the limited first edition B is the theme song for "Moshi Mo Tours", and the song "Zukkyun" included in the Regular edition is the commercial song for the Unacool series by Kowa (company).

Track listing

CD

  • Normal Edition
  1. "Pick it up" [3:36]
  2. "Zukkiun" [3:45]
  3. "Pick it up" (Jazzy Step ver.) [3:33]
  • Limited First Edition A
  1. "Pick it up"
  2. "Up & down and up & down, yo dance!"
  • Limited First Edition B
  1. "Pick it up"
  2. "All Around The World" [3:15]

DVD

  • Limited First Edition A
  1. "Pick it up" Music Video
  2. "Pick it up" Music Video making document
  • Limited First Edition B
  1. "Pick it up" Music Video (Dance Edition multi-angle)
  2. Kis-My-Tv (Kis-My-Ft2 pick you up!)

References

  1. ^ a b c "19th SINGLE『PICK IT UP』". Ment. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Kis-My-Ft2、「骨」がテーマの「PICK IT UP」最新MVを公開　高難易度のダンスにも注目". spice. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ "【ビルボード】Kis-My-Ft2「PICK IT UP」がAKB48、菅田将暉を抑え総合首位". billboard. 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  4. ^ "【オリコン】Kis-My-Ft2、シングル19作連続首位 フジドラマ『櫻子さん』主題歌". oricon. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2024.