The Beginning (One Ok Rock song)

"The Beginning"
Cover of the regular edition
Single by One Ok Rock
from the album Jinsei×Boku=
ReleasedAugust 22, 2012 (2012-08-22)
Genre
LabelA-Sketch
Songwriter(s)Takahiro Moriuchi
One Ok Rock singles chronology
"Re:make/No Scared"
(2011)
"The Beginning"
(2012)
"Deeper Deeper/Nothing Helps"
(2013)
Audio sample
Music video
"The Beginning" on YouTube

"The Beginning" is the seventh single released by Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. The title track was used as the theme song for the live-action movie of Rurouni Kenshin.[1] The first pressing comes with a sticker. It received a digital download single certification of Gold from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 100,000.[2] It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 45 weeks.[3] The song also reached 5th place on the Oricon chart and charted for 20 weeks.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin's Theme Performed by ONE OK ROCK". Anime News Network. 2012-05-29.
  2. ^ "Gold Disc Certification 2013". RIAJ (in Japanese). July 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "Japan Hot 100". Billboard. 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  4. ^ "【オリコン】ONE OK ROCK、実写映画『るろうに剣心』主題歌でTOP5入り". 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  5. ^ "週間 CDシングルランキング2012年09月03日付". Oricon Style. 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2013-08-29.