Shōdō

"Shōdō"
"Shōdō"
Single by B'z
from the album Monster
Released	January 25, 2006
Genre	Hard rock
Length	7:23
Label	Vermillion Records
Songwriter(s)	Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto
Producer(s)	Tak Matsumoto
B'z singles chronology

"Shōdō" is the fortieth single by B'z, released on January 25, 2006. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon charts. The title track was used as the seventeenth opening theme of Case Closed.

Track listing

Shōdō (衝動, Lit., Compulsion) - 3:17
Kesshō (結晶, Lit., Crystal) - 4:08

Music video

The title Shōdō shares the same pronunciation as shodo, the Japanese art of calligraphy. The music video features Japanese calligrapher Sōun Takeda writing the title in kanji.

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[1]	Platinum	250,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

B'z performance at Oricon

External links

B'z official website

^ "Japanese single certifications – B'z – Impulse" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 24, 2021. Select 2006年1月 on the drop-down menu

[JapanB'zImpulsesingleCertRef-1] "Japanese single certifications – B'z – Impulse" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 24, 2021. Select 2006年1月 on the drop-down menu

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