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"Charge & Go! / Lights"
CD-only cover
Single by AAA
from the album 777: Triple Seven
Released	November 16, 2011 (2011-11-16)
Recorded	2011
Genre	J-pop
Length	6:22
Label	Avex Trax
Songwriter(s)	Kenn Kato, Mitsuhiro Hidaka
AAA singles chronology
"Call / I4U" (2011) "Charge & Go! / Lights" (2011) "Sailing" (2012)

"Charge & Go! / Lights" (stylized as "Charge ▶ Go! / Lights") is the 30th single by Japanese pop group AAA. It is included in the group's seventh studio album 777: Triple Seven. "Charge & Go!" was written by Kenn Kato and Mitsuhiro Hidaka. The single was released in Japan on November 16, 2011, under Avex Trax in five editions: a CD-only edition, a CD and DVD A edition, a CD and DVD B edition, a box set edition, and a Mu-Mo edition. "Charge & Go! / Lights" debuted at number five on the weekly Oricon singles chart. The single charted for nine weeks and went on to sell over 52,400 copies in Japan.

Composition

"Charge & Go!" was written by Kenn Kato and Mitsuhiro Hidaka, composed by Tetsuya Komuro, and arranged by ArmySlick. "Lights" was written by Yusuke Toriumi and Hidaka, composed by Bounceback, and arranged by Tohru Watanabe.

Release and promotion

"Charge & Go! / Lights" was released on November 16, 2011, in five editions: a CD-only edition, which includes "6th Anniversary Sabi Medley", a medley of AAA's previous singles "Blood on Fire", "Champagne Gold", "Dragon Fire", "Metamorphose", "Jamboree!!", "That's Right", "Sunshine", and "Hurricane Riri, Boston Mari"; a CD and DVD A edition, which includes the music video for "Charge & Go!" and the first part of the music video making; a CD and DVD B edition, which includes the second part of the music video making; a CD and DVD A edition, which includes the music video for "Charge & Go!" and the first part of the music video making; a CD-only Mu-Mo edition; a Mu-Mo box set edition which includes the Think About AAA 6th Anniversary clips from seasons 13 and 14. "Charge & Go!" was used in television advertisements for Morinaga & Company's energy drink Weider in Jelly. At the end of 2011, a smartphone download version of the single was released.

Chart performance

"Charge & Go! / Lights" debuted at number four on the weekly Oricon singles charts, selling 48,912 copies in its first week. It went on to chart for nine weeks and sold over 52,400 copies in Japan. On the issue dated March 5, 2012, "Charge & Go!" debuted at number 13 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. On the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) Digital Track Chart, "Charge & Go!" and "Lights" debuted at numbers 22 and 69, respectively.

Track listing

Chart history

Notes

• ^Note a: The sales figure of 52,400 copies is taken from accumulating the sales of the single during its first two charting weeks on the Oricon weekly singles chart (48,912, 3,564).

References

1. ^ "Charge & Go!/Lights (DVD (Charge & Go! Music clip, Making）付）" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
2. ^ "Charge & Go! / Lights" (in Japanese). Avex Trax. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
3. ^ "Charge & Go! / Lights" (in Japanese). Avex Trax. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
4. ^ "Charge & Go! / Lights" (in Japanese). Avex Trax. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
5. "Charge & Go! / Lights" (in Japanese). Avex Trax. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
6. ^ "Charge & Go! / Lights 【フルメンバーBOXセット】" (in Japanese). Avex Trax. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
7. "AAA「Charge & Go! / Lights」きせかえキットのスマートフォン版が独占配信スタート！" (in Japanese). Zaikei. December 28, 2011. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
8. ^ "2011年11月14日～2011年11月20日のCDシングル週間ランキング （2011年11月28日付）" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
9. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). Nielsen SoundScan. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
10. ^ レコード協会調べ 2011年11月16日～2011年11月22日 (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
11. "2011年11月21日～2011年11月27日のCDシングル週間ランキング （2011年12月05日付）" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 10, 2012.

• 2011 singles
• 2011 songs
• AAA (band) songs
• Avex Trax singles
• Songs in Japanese
• Songs written by Mitsuhiro Hidaka