"Face Down" is a song by the Japanese boy bandArashi. It was released on May 9, 2012, under the record labelJ Storm as the third single from their eleventh studio albumPopcorn (2012). "Face Down" is the theme song of the Japanese television seriesKagi no Kakatta Heya, which starsSatoshi Ohno, the member of the group. The single was released in two versions; the regular edition came with the song "Mezashita Mirai e" (目指した未来へ) asB-side and the instrumental versions of both songs, the limited edition accompanied with a DVD including themusic video of "Face Down" and the B-side "Hitori Janai sa"(ひとりじゃないさ).
On June 26, 2020, the rearranged version of the song, titled "Face Down: Reborn" was released as adigital download.[1][2] The production for the version was taken by the multi-platinum selling producers,BloodPop andTom Norris.[3]
"Face Down" debuted at number one on theOricon Singles Chart, selling 526,000 copies in its first week, and stayed on the chart for 23 weeks.[4][5] It was the group's twenty-seventh consecutive, and thirty-fourth overall number-one single in Japan.[4] "Face Down" ranked as the seventh best-selling single of 2012 in Japan, with 619,940 physical copies sold.[6]
"Face Down: Reborn" is a rearranged version of "Face Down", produced by Americanmusic producersBloodPop andTom Norris.[3] The version was released digitally on June 26, 2020 as a part of the Reborn Project, with the group performing the rearranged and re-written versions of their hit songs, including their debut single "Arashi" and "Love So Sweet", with new English lyrics as part of them. The song was included in the 2nd. CD of albumThis Is Arashi's limited edition, released November 3, 2020.[12]
^ab【オリコン】嵐、2期連続「月9」主題歌で34作目首位 [[Oricon] Arashi's second consecutive "Getsuku" drama theme song becomes their 34th number-one single] (in Japanese).Oricon. May 15, 2012. RetrievedJune 1, 2019.
^Face Down(初回限定盤) [Face Down (Limited edition)] (in Japanese).Oricon. RetrievedJune 1, 2019.
