Cherry (Yui song)

"Cherry"
Single by Yui
from the album Can't Buy My Love
ReleasedMarch 7, 2007
GenreJ-pop
LabelSony Music Japan
Songwriter(s)Yui (lyrics & music)
Producer(s)Hisashi Kondo
Yui singles chronology
"Rolling Star"
(2007)
"Cherry"
(2007)
"My Generation/Understand"
(2007)

"Cherry" (parsed as CHE.R.RY) is the eighth single of singer/songwriter Yui released March 7, 2007. It broke her personal record for highest first week sales, exceeding the 75,390 copies sold during the first week of sales for Rolling Star.

This song also overtook Hikaru Utada's Flavor of Life for number one on Chaku-Uta downloads, but Flavor of Life beat it to number one the next day. Its PV has peaked at number two for downloads.

The lead A-side, Cherry, was used as a song for the KDDI au Listen Mobile Service CM.

The music video was directed by Takahiro Miki.[1]

The song was used as ending theme for the 15th episode of the anime ReLIFE, as well as its appearance in the 2021 Netflix film Ride or Die. It was also used as the ending theme for the 8th episode of the anime Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, covered by Sumire Uesaka as the titular Alya.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Yui

No.TitleArranger(s)Length
1."CHE.R.RY"northa+3:34
2."Driving Today"northa+3:08
3."Rolling Star ~Yui Acoustic Version~"Yui/northa+3:08
4."CHE.R.RY ~Instrumental~"northa+3:34
Limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."CHE.R.RY (Lismo version)" (music video) 

Charts

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Oricon sales chart (Japan)

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Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
March 7, 2007 Oricon Daily Singles Chart 2
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 2 168,964 19
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart 5
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart 36

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ)[2] Platinum 100,000,000

Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "CHE.R.RY". Space Shower TV (in Japanese). Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "Japanese single streaming certifications – YUI – CHE.R.RY" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved April 24, 2024. Select 2024年3月 on the drop-down menu
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