Beautiful You / Sennen Koi Uta

"Beautiful You / Sennen Koi Uta" (千年恋歌, lit. One Thousand Year Love Song) is Tohoshinki's 22nd Japanese single, released on April 23, 2008 shortly before the completion of the T album Japan tour. "Sennen Koi Uta" was used as the opening theme for "The Legend (太王四神記)", a Korean drama that was later aired in Japan. Oricon News predicted that the consecutive releases of the previous single albums as well as the popularity of the historical drama series were expected to boost the sales of the latest single.[1]

"Beautiful You / Sennen Koi Uta"
Beautiful You / 千年恋うた CD cover
Single by Tohoshinki
from the album The Secret Code
ReleasedApril 23, 2008
GenreJ-Pop, R&B, Soul
Length4:38
LabelAvex Trax/Rhythm Zone
Songwriter(s)Lyrics:
Composition:
Arrangement:
Tohoshinki singles chronology
"Keyword / Maze"
(2008)		 "Beautiful You / Sennen Koi Uta"
(2008)		 "Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?"
(2008)
Music video
"Beautiful You" on YouTube

It is Tohoshinki's second #1 single on the Weekly Oricon Charts. Similar to their "Purple Line" single, they wrote history again in the Japanese music industry by becoming the second foreign artist, next to Ou Yang Fei Fei, to have 2 chart-toppers. According to the Oricon, TVXQ succeeded Ou Yang Fei Fei's position after 24 years and 5 months.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Beautiful You"H.u.bJoleen Belle, Steve Smith, Anthony Anderson4:37
2."Sennen Koi Uta" (千年恋歌 One Thousand Year Love Song)H.u.b, Lim Bo KyungJoe Hisaishi4:01
3."CLAP! -SOUL of SOUL remix-" (CD only)H.u.bFigge Boström3:10
4."Beautiful You (Less Vocal)"  4:37
5."Sennen Koi Uta (Less Vocal)"  4:01
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Beautiful You" 
2."Off Shot Movie" (First press only) 

Release history
Country Date
Japan April 23, 2008
South Korea

Music video

"Beautiful You"

In the music video for "Beautiful You" it shows all the members in a house in other rooms like the bathroom or sitting near the stairs. There is other scenes of them dancing.

"Sennen Koi Uta"

This music video features a lot of scenes from the movie called The Legend.

Chart positions

Oricon sales charts (Japan)

Release Chart Peak position Sales total
April 23, 2008 Oricon Daily Singles Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 1 62,139
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart 6 77,883
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart 73 119,213

References
  1. "Kbs Global". Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  2. 東方神起、約24年ぶりに欧陽菲菲のアジア記録に並ぶ ニュース-ORICON STYLE
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080409203505/http://toho-jp.net/index.html
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