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Whenever You Call

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"Whenever You Call"
Cover art depicting the members of Arashi against a backdrop of the nighttime Tokyo skyline with the Tokyo Tower highlighted
Single by Arashi
from the album This Is Arashi
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
Recorded2020
GenreJ-pop
Length3:13
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bruno Mars
  • D'Mile
Arashi singles chronology
"Kite"
(2020)
"Whenever You Call"
(2020)
"Party Starters"
(2020)
Music video
"Whenever You Call" on YouTube

"Whenever You Call" is a song by the J-pop boy band Arashi, released as a digital single on September 18, 2020. Written and produced by Bruno Mars and D'Mile,[1] the song is the group's first release with lyrics completely in English.[2] The song was downloaded almost 59 thousand times within its first three days of release to reach the top spot in digital downloads and No. 6 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3]

Personnel

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Credits adapted from This is Arashi album liner notes: [4]

Charts

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Chart performance of "Whenever You Call"
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Global 200 (Billboard)[5] 51
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[3] 6
Japan (Oricon Combined Singles)[6] 4
Japan (Oricon Digital Singles)[7] 1
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[8] 10

References

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  1. ^ "Whenever You Call". Arashi Official Site. J Storm. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Japanese pop band Arashi to release English single written by Bruno Mars". The Japan Times. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - "J-Pop Stars Arashi Release English Surprise With Bruno Mars Before Hiatus". Billboard. Associated Press. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - Ochoa, John (September 25, 2020). "J-Pop Legends ARASHI Talk New Single "Whenever You Call," Working With Bruno Mars And The Exploding Asian Entertainment Industry". Grammy Awards. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - "Arashi drops first English single Whenever You Call, written and produced by Bruno Mars". Yahoo! News. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Kis-My-Ft2 Leads, Arashi's New Bruno Mars-Produced Single Bows at No. 6 on Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan. September 28, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Arashi (2020). This is Arashi (booklet). Japan: J-Storm Inc. JACA-5875.
  5. ^ "Chart History Arashi BILLBOARD GLOBAL 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Oricon Combined Singles Ranking 2020/09/28" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 28, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Oricon Digital Singles Ranking 2020/09/28" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 4, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Chart History Arashi WORLD DIGITAL SONG SALES". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
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