My Lonely Town

"My Lonely Town"
Single by B'z
from the album Magic
ReleasedOctober 14, 2009
GenreHard rock
Length11:13
LabelVermillion Records
Songwriter(s)Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto
Producer(s)Tak Matsumoto
B'z singles chronology
"Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive"
(2009) 		"My Lonely Town"
(2009) 		"Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo"
(2011)

"My Lonely Town" is the forty-seventh single by B'z, released on October 14, 2009. The single features an original song and a ballad version of the previous single as b-sides.[1] In addition, the single was also released in a limited edition, coming with a DVD with the music video.[2]

Hashima Island, an old deserted mining island in Nagasaki Prefecture which had been recently reopened to visitors after being closed off for 35 years, was used as the location for the filming of the music video. Photos for the CD cover and packaging were also shot there.[3]

The single debuted at the number-one spot on the Japanese daily Oricon Singles Chart, selling about sixty-five thousand copies in one day.[4] On the Oricon weekly charts, the single debuted at No. 1, with the first week sales of 180,723 copies. With the number-one debut, the single became their 43rd number-one single on Oricon weekly charts.[5] It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and the Top Singles Sales chart.[6][7]

The Recording Industry Association of Japan certified the single Platinum for its shipment of 250,000 copies.[8]

  1. ^ SephirothFF (2009-09-02). "7th B'z single "MY LONELY TOWN" 14/10". jpopkpop.net. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  2. ^ My Lonely Town at cdjapan.co.ja
  3. ^ "B'z、ニューシングル「MY LONELY TOWN」は軍艦島で撮影" (in Japanese). Barks.jp. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  4. ^ "B'z、シングル43作連続1位へ好発進" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  5. ^ "B'z最新シングルで43作連続首位、TOP10入りは44作で歴代1位タイ" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  6. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年10月 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2009-11-10.