Whenever You Call

"Whenever You Call"
Cover art depicting the members of Arashi against a backdrop of the nighttime Tokyo skyline with the Tokyo Tower highlighted
Single by Arashi
from the album This Is Arashi
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
Recorded2020
GenreJ-pop
Length3:13
LabelJ Storm
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bruno Mars
  • D'Mile
Arashi singles chronology
"Kite"
(2020)
"Whenever You Call"
(2020)
"Party Starters"
(2020)
Music video
"Whenever You Call" on YouTube

"Whenever You Call" is a song by the J-pop boy band Arashi, released as a digital single on September 18, 2020. Written and produced by Bruno Mars and D'Mile,[1] the song is the group's first release with lyrics completely in English.[2] The song was downloaded almost 59 thousand times within its first three days of release to reach the top spot in digital downloads and No. 6 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3]

  1. ^ "Whenever You Call". Arashi Official Site. J Storm. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Japanese pop band Arashi to release English single written by Bruno Mars". The Japan Times. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - "J-Pop Stars Arashi Release English Surprise With Bruno Mars Before Hiatus". Billboard. Associated Press. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - Ochoa, John (September 25, 2020). "J-Pop Legends ARASHI Talk New Single "Whenever You Call," Working With Bruno Mars And The Exploding Asian Entertainment Industry". Grammy Awards. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
    - "Arashi drops first English single Whenever You Call, written and produced by Bruno Mars". Yahoo! News. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kis-My-Ft2 Leads, Arashi's New Bruno Mars-Produced Single Bows at No. 6 on Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan. September 28, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.