"Take Off" is the debut Japanese single by South Korean boy band, 2PM. This single was released on May 18, 2011 in 4 editions: CD+DVD, CD+Photobook, CD only limited and a Regular edition. The song was used as ending song theme for the first 12 episodes of Season 1 of the Blue Exorcist anime series.[1] It peaked no. 4 in Oricon's Weekly singles chart with 59,059 sold in the first week.[2]

"Take Off"
Single by 2PM
from the album Republic of 2PM
B-side"Heartbeat (Japanese Version)"
ReleasedMay 18, 2011 (2011-05-18) (Japan)
Recorded2011
GenreJ-pop, dance-pop, pop
Length3:23
LabelAriola Japan
Songwriter(s)Park Jin Young, A TANAKA, K. KENN, T. KOMURA, C. KIM
2PM singles chronology
"This Christmas"
(2010)
"Take Off"
(2011)
"Hands Up"
(2011)

Composition

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The B-side is a Japanese version of their Korean song "Heartbeat", which is the lead single of their first Korean album 1:59PM.

Track listing

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CD+DVD and CD-only track listing[3]
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Take Off"Kenn Kato, KOMU3:23
2."Heartbeat" (Japanese version)J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul", Yu Shimoji, Shoko Fujibayashi, KOMU3:16
3."Take Off" (without main vocal) 3:24
4."Heartbeat" (Japanese version) (without main vocal) 3:14
Total length:13:17
CD-only limited pressing track listing[3]
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Take Off"Kenn Kato, KOMU3:23
2."Heartbeat" (Japanese version)J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul", Yu Shimoji, Shoko Fujibayashi, KOMU3:16
3."Take Off" (TV size ver.) 1:35
4."Take Off" (without main vocal) 3:24
5."Heartbeat" (Japanese version) (without main vocal) 3:14
6."Take Off" (TV size ver.) (without main vocal) 1:34
Total length:16:26
DVD[3]
No.TitleLength
1."Take Off" (Music Video) 
2."Take Off" (Music Video - Dance version) 

Charts

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Oricon Chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
Daily Singles Chart 3[2] 59,059 73,210
Weekly Singles Chart 4[2]
Monthly Singles Chart 11[2]
Yearly Singles Chart 104[2]

References

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  1. ^ Loo, Egan (May 23, 2011). "Blue Exorcist Song by 2PM Sells 59,000 in 1st Week". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e (in Japanese) 2011 年06月第1週の邦楽シングルランキング情報 Retrieved June 23, 2011
  3. ^ a b c [1]. "2PM Japanese discography in Japanese official site. Retrieved June 23, 2011
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