Face Down (Arashi song)

"Face Down"
Regular edition cover
Single by Arashi
from the album Popcorn
ReleasedMay 9, 2012 (2012-05-09)
Recorded2012
GenrePop
Length3:57
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)
  • Eltvo
  • Sho Sakurai
  • Albi Albertsson
  • Royce.H
  • Vincent Stein
  • Konstantin Scherer
Arashi singles chronology
"Wild at Heart"
(2012)
"Face Down"
(2012)
"Your Eyes"
(2012)

"Face Down" is a song by the Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on May 9, 2012, under the record label J Storm as the third single from their eleventh studio album Popcorn (2012). "Face Down" is the theme song of the Japanese television series Kagi no Kakatta Heya, which stars Satoshi Ohno, the member of the group. The single was released in two versions; the regular edition came with the song "Mezashita Mirai e" (目指した未来へ) as B-side and the instrumental versions of both songs, the limited edition accompanied with a DVD including the music video of "Face Down" and the B-side "Hitori Janai sa"(ひとりじゃないさ).

On June 26, 2020, the rearranged version of the song, titled "Face Down: Reborn" was released as a digital download.[1][2] The production for the version was taken by the multi-platinum selling producers, BloodPop and Tom Norris.[3]

  1. ^ @arashi5official (June 22, 2020). "「Face Down」が世界的プロデューサーのブラッドポップにリプロダクションしていただき、新しく生まれ変わりました!僕らもお気に入りのサウンドになっているので、今週6月26日(金)0:00〜の配信をどうぞお楽しみに! #嵐 #ARASHI" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @arashi5official (June 22, 2020). "The next in our reborn series is "Face Down"! Remixed by @bloodpop, we can't wait for you to hear this new sound for one of our favorites! It's out Friday! #嵐 #ARASHI" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "嵐のReborn企画に「Face Down」、レディー・ガガ最新作のプロデューサーがアレンジ". natalie.mu (in Japanese). June 23, 2020. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.