Calling
| Calling | ||||
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| Single by B'z | ||||
| from the album SURVIVE | ||||
| Released | July 9, 1997 | |||
| Promotions | #1 (Garasu No Kamen Theme) | |||
| Length | 12:01 | |||
| Label | Rooms Records | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
| B'z singles chronology | ||||
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Calling is the twenty-second single by B'z, released on July 9, 1997.
At release, "Calling" moved over 500,000 copies and debuted at number one on the Weekly Oricon Singles charts. It was the sixteenth highest seller of all of 1997, taking second for all of July 1997 and tenth for August. After spending 17 weeks on the charts, the sales of the ballad ultimately reached over 1,000,000, giving the song a Million certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
Track listing
Live appearances
Live Performances
- Calling [159 SHOWS]
B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL" [9/9 SHOWS]- B'z SHOWCASE "GO! GO! HEAVEN" [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '98 "SURVIVE" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood" [24/24 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 "ELEVEN" -Extra- [3/46 SHOWS]
- 2002 FIFA World Cup International Day Concert [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2002 "GREEN ~GO★FIGHT★WIN~" [3/18 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2002 "Rock n' California Roll" [3/3 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2003 "BIG MACHINE" [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2003 "BIG MACHINE" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B'z In Your Town- [8/8 SHOWS]
- SUMMER SONIC 09 [2/2 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2011 -long time no see- [3/3 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2011 -C'mon- [26/26 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2015 -Shinagawa Uchouten NIGHT- [1/1 SHOWS]
- TV Asahi Dream Festival 2015 [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2018 -The Wall Of Rock- [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- [6/23 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820- [1/5 SHOWS]
- GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- [268 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '91~'92 "IN THE LIFE" [66/66 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'93 "JAP THE RIPPER" [2/2 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '94 "THE 9TH BLUES -Part2-" [32/32 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL" [9/9 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2003 "IT'S SHOWCASE!!" [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" [22/23 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION" [42/53 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820- [1/5 SHOWS]
Home Videos
Personnel
B'z
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
- Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement
Support Members
- Akihito Tokunaga: Bass (Track 1), Arrangement (Track 1)
- Jun Aoyama: Drums (Track 1)
- Hideo Yamaki: Drums (Track 1)
- Denny Fongheiser: Drums (Track 2)
- Masao Akashi: Bass
- Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 1)
- Takanobu Masuda: Keyboards (Track 2)
- Shinozaki Strings: Strings (Track 1)
Production
- Daisuke Ikeda: Arrangement (Track 1)