Let’s turn back the hands of time as we look back at the songs that made the Japanese music industry what it was on the Oricon Weekly Chart. This week we look back at the fourth week of March for both 2010 and 2015, where an actor turned singer Yusuke Kamiji and Japanese boy group KAT-TUN reigned supreme with “Lion” and “Kiss Kiss Kiss” respectively. But just what exactly made these songs so great?

Yusuke Kamiji [ ライオン]

Yusuke Kamiji is an actor who started working in the music industry in 2009 and went by the name Yusuke. “Lion” is the fourth single that Kamaiji released and was the second and his last single to hit number one. “Lion” was used as part of the marketing campaign for Marukome which is a miso soup company. “Lion” is a fun upbeat number that is full of energy that was composed by CUBE JUICE, which helped it leap towards the number one spot and sell just under 100,000 copies.

KAT-TUN [Kiss Kiss Kiss]

KAT-TUN had been on the scene for almost ten years having gotten started in 2006. “Kiss Kiss Kiss” is KAT-TUN’s twenty-fourth single overall and features only four members instead of the original six as they had already lost two members. “Kiss Kiss Kiss” was used as the main theme for the TV Asahi drama Second Love which stared Kazuya Kamenashi who is a member of the group. The track is a fun upbeat number that is very easy to listen to, composed by Ocean94, and the lyrics were written by 25→graffiti. “Kiss Kiss Kiss” dominated the charts that week managing to sell just over 150,000 copies.

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