Everybody Go

Everybody Go is the first single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2 released on August 10, 2011. It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. It was the 10th best-selling single in Japan in 2011, with 441,680 copies.

Overview
The CD release was announced on June 24, 2011. The CD was originally scheduled to be released in May, but was postponed due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In addition, the lyrics and tune of the title song were changed and arranged to be a song that lights up and gives hope to Japan. The album was also released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea.

It was released in four formats: First Edition A, First Edition B, Regular Edition, and Kis-My-Ft2 SHOP Limited Edition. In addition, there are "red jacket edition" and "white jacket edition" for the standard edition, and only the "white jacket edition" comes with a lyrics booklet (20 pages).

The title song "Everybody Go" is the theme song for the TBS Television (Japan) Friday night drama He is Beautiful starred Yuta Tamamori and Taisuke Fujigaya.

On September 3, at the "13th Tokyo Girls Collection 2011 A/W" event held at Saitama Super Arena, Taisuke Fujigaya and Yuta Tamamori, who were the cast of the drama, appeared on the tie-in stage for the drama as appeared as secret guests and performed the theme song.

The song was performed during their first appearance on the 70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast on December 31, 2019.

Chart performance
The song debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart dated August 22. With 316,000 first-week sales, it became the third-highest first-week sales record for a debut single, following KAT-TUN's "Real Face" (754,000 copies) and Arashi's "Arashi (song)" (557,000 copies). It became the fourth highest all-time record.

CD

 * 1) "Everybody Go" [4:42] (Ken Katoh, catcher of the Yomiuri Giants, used it as his appearance song (2012 - 2016))
 * 2) "S.O.KISS" [3:50].
 * 3) "Kiss For U" [3:43]. (only Regular edition)
 * 4) "Young People" [4:29]. (only Regular edition)

DVD

 * Limited First Edition A
 * 1) "Everybody Go" Music Video
 * 2) Music video making movie
 * Limited First Edition B “Kis-My-Ft Aiite de Show vol.3 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium 2011.2.12 -Live Video-”.
 * 1) "Fire beat"
 * 2) "Kis-My-Calling!"
 * 3) Bonus Movie Kis-My-Calling!

External link

 * Everybody Go - Starto Entertainment
 * Kis-My-Ft2 Official Website - Starto Entertainment
 * Kis-My-Ft2 Official Website - MENT Recording (in Japanese)