We Never Give Up!

"We Never Give Up!"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Kis-My-1st
B-side
  • Kis-My-Venus
  • Love is you
ReleasedDecember 14, 2011 (2011-12-14) (Japan)
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"Everybody Go"
(2011) 		"We Never Give Up!"
(2011) 		"She! Her! Her!"
(2012)
Music video
"We Never Give Up!" on YouTube

We Never Give Up! is the second single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2 released on December 14, 2011.[1] It debuted in number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart[2] and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3] It was the 18th best-selling single in Japan in 2012, with 321,573 copies.[4]

Three versions of the album are available: two limited first-run editions with DVDs and a standard edition.[5] The Limited First Edition A includes the music video of the title song and a rare off-shot movie, while the first pressing limited edition B includes a special video digest of 7 to 8 songs from the Tokyo Dome performance Kis-My-Ft2 Debut Tour 2011 Everybody Go to Tokyo Dome on August 28, 2011.[5] The "Kis-My Shop Limited Edition" includes a 24-page photo book and a poster (Kis-My Shop version) as two special features.[6]

The title song was performed at the “71st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen” broadcast on December 31, 2020.[7]

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  2. ^ "2012年08月13日～2012年08月19日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2012年08月27日付）". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2011/12/26". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  4. ^ "Oricon reveals their yearly single ranking for 2012". toykohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 20, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Kis-My-Ft2、セカンド・シングル"We never give up!"リリース決定". tower (in Japanese). 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  6. ^ "キスマイ新曲「We never give up !」詳細が明らかに！". cdjournal (in Japanese). 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  7. ^ "[第71回NHK紅白歌合戦リハーサル]Kis-My-Ft2「コロナ禍の中でも聴いている方に元気を出してほしい(北山宏光)」". Screen plus (in Japanese). Screen online. 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2024-05-17.