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| Recorded = | | Recorded = | ||
| Length = 4:12 | | Length = 4:12 | ||
| Label = Rooms Records | | Label = [[Rooms Records]] | ||
| Producer = Andy Johns | | Producer = [[Andy Johns]] | ||
| Promotions = #1 ( | | Promotions = #1 (''Oretachi ni Ki wo Tsukero'' Theme) | ||
| Last single = | | Last single = '''19th Single'''<br>[[File:19s.jpg|link=Mienai Chikara ~INVISIBLE ONE~/MOVE|border|65px|right]]<br>[[Mienai Chikara ~INVISIBLE ONE~/MOVE]]<br/>(1996) | ||
| This single = | | This single = '''20th Single'''<br>[[File:20s.jpg|link=|border|65px|right]]<br>'''Real Thing Shakes'''<br/>(1996) | ||
| Next single = | | Next single = '''21st Single'''<br>[[File:21s.jpg|link=FIREBALL|border|65px|right]]<br>[[FIREBALL]]<br/>(1997) | ||
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'''Real Thing Shakes''' is the twentieth [[B'z Singles|single]] by [[B'z]], released on May 15, 1996. The single is notable for many reasons, the chief of which being that it remains the only English single B'z has released and is also the band's only one-track single. Upon release, the single was a massive success for the band with sales in excess of 600,000 copies in its first week on shelves. Additionally, the release also set a record for being the first English single by a Japanese artist to sell one million copies and, in doing so, secured the record for thirteen consecutive one-million selling releases. As of 2012, the record remains unbroken. | '''Real Thing Shakes''' is the twentieth [[B'z Singles|single]] by [[B'z]], released on May 15, 1996. The single is notable for many reasons, the chief of which being that it remains the only English single B'z has released and is also the band's only one-track single aside from 2015's "[[RED]]". Upon release, the single was a massive success for the band with sales in excess of 600,000 copies in its first week on shelves. Additionally, the release also set a record for being the first English single by a Japanese artist to sell one million copies and, in doing so, secured the record for thirteen consecutive one-million selling releases. As of 2012, the record remains unbroken. | ||
The release offered other firsts for B'z, with the cover being the first in which the band members were not pictured and also became the only B'z song to date not produced by [[Tak Matsumoto]] himself. The producer role instead went to Andy Johns, who had previously served as an engineer to both Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. This was only one of many occasions in which B'z collaborated with Western engineers and musicians. At the time of recording, English renditions of "[[LOVE PHANTOM|FUSHIDARA 100%]]" and "[[The 7th Blues|WILD ROAD]]" were also planned as Johns was quite impressed with the guitar riffs Tak had written. Neither was ever officially released. Footage of the recording process with Johns can be seen on both the [[B'z OFFICIAL BOOTLEG|1998 official bootleg]] and the [[B'z Official Bootleg Hidden Treasure ~Typhoon No.20~|2008 official bootleg]]. | The release offered other firsts for B'z, with the cover being the first in which the band members were not pictured and also became the only B'z song to date not produced by [[Tak Matsumoto]] himself. The producer role instead went to Andy Johns, who had previously served as an engineer to both Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. This was only one of many occasions in which B'z collaborated with Western engineers and musicians. At the time of recording, English renditions of "[[LOVE PHANTOM|FUSHIDARA 100%]]" and "[[The 7th Blues|WILD ROAD]]" were also planned as Johns was quite impressed with the guitar riffs Tak had written. Neither was ever officially released. Footage of the recording process with Johns can be seen on both the [[B'z OFFICIAL BOOTLEG|1998 official bootleg]] and the [[B'z Official Bootleg Hidden Treasure ~Typhoon No.20~|2008 official bootleg]]. | ||
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== Track listing == | == Track listing == | ||
All music and guitar by [[Tak Matsumoto]]. All lyrics and lead vocals by [[Koshi Inaba]]. | |||
[[Image:RTSTak.png|thumb|right|240px|Tak recording the solo to "Real Thing Shakes" in Andy Johns's studio in Los Angeles.]] | [[Image:RTSTak.png|thumb|right|240px|Tak recording the solo to "Real Thing Shakes" in Andy Johns's studio in Los Angeles.]] | ||
[[Image:RTSKoshi.png|thumb|right|240px|Koshi during the recording of the song. The resulting vocals were among his most diverse and highest of any B'z song.]] | [[Image:RTSKoshi.png|thumb|right|240px|Koshi during the recording of the song. The resulting vocals were among his most diverse and highest of any B'z song.]] | ||
# '''[[Real Thing Shakes (Lyrics)|Real Thing Shakes]]''' | # '''[[Real Thing Shakes (Lyrics)|Real Thing Shakes]]''' | ||
#: While it proved an immediate success and remains the only English B'z single, the song was not originally intended to be a single at all. Recording took place in Los Angeles with Andy Johns serving as producer. Once it was determined the song would become a single, Tak intended for two tracks to be coupled together to make up the package. However, upon hearing the impressive quality of the end result, Johns simply stated: "This one song is enough." Koshi's vocals on the song provided a showcase of his vocal ability, with high notes on the song hitting heights previously unheard in earlier B'z songs. The song was first performed live as the opening to [[B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE"]], with a performance from the tour having been released on ''[[B'z LIVE-GYM Hidden Pleasure ~Typhoon No.20~]]''. "Real Thing Shakes" proved extremely popular with fans—enough so to be included in a number of live setlists to follow, in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2006. | #: [[File:s20_01.ogg]] While it proved an immediate success and remains the only English B'z single, the song was not originally intended to be a single at all. Recording took place in Los Angeles with Andy Johns serving as producer. Once it was determined the song would become a single, Tak intended for two tracks to be coupled together to make up the package. However, upon hearing the impressive quality of the end result, Johns simply stated: "This one song is enough." Koshi's vocals on the song provided a showcase of his vocal ability, with high notes on the song hitting heights previously unheard in earlier B'z songs. The song was first performed live as the opening to [[B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE"]], with a performance from the tour having been released on ''[[B'z LIVE-GYM Hidden Pleasure ~Typhoon No.20~]]''. "Real Thing Shakes" proved extremely popular with fans—enough so to be included in a number of live setlists to follow, in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2006. | ||
== Live appearances == | |||
===[[B'z Songs by LIVE-GYM|Live Performances]]=== | |||
{{Real Thing Shakes Live}} | |||
===[[B'z Songs on Home Video|Home Videos]]=== | |||
{{Real Thing Shakes Video}} | |||
== Sales data == | |||
{{Main|B'z Sales Records}} | |||
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!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:370px;" rowspan="2" | Single | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:150px;" colspan="2" | Physical Copies Sold | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:150px;" colspan="3" | Chart Positions | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:110px;" rowspan="2" | Certification | |||
|- | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>FIRST WEEK</small> | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>LIFETIME</small> | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>WEEK</small> | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>MONTH</small> | |||
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>YEAR</small> | |||
{{Real Thing Shakes Sales}} | |||
|} | |||
== Personnel == | == Personnel == | ||
{{Main|B'z Support Members}} | |||
'''B'z''' | '''B'z''' | ||
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*[[Koshi Inaba]]: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement | *[[Koshi Inaba]]: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement | ||
''' | '''Support Members''' | ||
*Gregg Bissonette | *[[Gregg Bissonette]]: Drums | ||
*[[Tony Franklin]]: Bass | |||
*[[Joseph Michael Szeibert]]: Keyboards | |||
*Tony Franklin | |||
*Joseph Michael Szeibert | |||
'''Production''' | '''Production''' | ||
*Andy Johns: Producer | *[[Andy Johns]]: Producer | ||
Latest revision as of 20:24, 3 June 2018
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| Single by B'z | ||||
| Released | May 15, 1996 | |||
| Promotions | #1 (Oretachi ni Ki wo Tsukero Theme) | |||
| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | Rooms Records | |||
| Producer | Andy Johns | |||
| B'z singles chronology | ||||
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Real Thing Shakes is the twentieth single by B'z, released on May 15, 1996. The single is notable for many reasons, the chief of which being that it remains the only English single B'z has released and is also the band's only one-track single aside from 2015's "RED". Upon release, the single was a massive success for the band with sales in excess of 600,000 copies in its first week on shelves. Additionally, the release also set a record for being the first English single by a Japanese artist to sell one million copies and, in doing so, secured the record for thirteen consecutive one-million selling releases. As of 2012, the record remains unbroken.
The release offered other firsts for B'z, with the cover being the first in which the band members were not pictured and also became the only B'z song to date not produced by Tak Matsumoto himself. The producer role instead went to Andy Johns, who had previously served as an engineer to both Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. This was only one of many occasions in which B'z collaborated with Western engineers and musicians. At the time of recording, English renditions of "FUSHIDARA 100%" and "WILD ROAD" were also planned as Johns was quite impressed with the guitar riffs Tak had written. Neither was ever officially released. Footage of the recording process with Johns can be seen on both the 1998 official bootleg and the 2008 official bootleg.
Prior to the release of B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 in 2013, "Real Thing Shakes" was only collected on one Japanese-released B'z album: 1998's fan-selected compilation, B'z The Best "Treasure", where it finished in 10th place. Ten years later in 2008, the song narrowly missed being included on the band's 20th anniversary collection B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure" when it finished 36th in the voting. In 2002, in order to promote the B'z and Aerosmith appearance at the 2002 FIFA World Cup International Day Concert hosted jointly by Japan and South Korea, B'z released an album exclusively in Korea titled DEVIL that contained "Real Thing Shakes" as well as four other English tracks. The song was again given an international release when it was released in the United States on a compilation chosen by Japanese Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka entitled Music from the Mound.
An original promotional video was shot for the single that mixed live performances of the song with original footage shot specifically for the occasion.
Track listing
All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. All lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba.
- Real Thing Shakes
- File:s20 01.ogg While it proved an immediate success and remains the only English B'z single, the song was not originally intended to be a single at all. Recording took place in Los Angeles with Andy Johns serving as producer. Once it was determined the song would become a single, Tak intended for two tracks to be coupled together to make up the package. However, upon hearing the impressive quality of the end result, Johns simply stated: "This one song is enough." Koshi's vocals on the song provided a showcase of his vocal ability, with high notes on the song hitting heights previously unheard in earlier B'z songs. The song was first performed live as the opening to B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE", with a performance from the tour having been released on B'z LIVE-GYM Hidden Pleasure ~Typhoon No.20~. "Real Thing Shakes" proved extremely popular with fans—enough so to be included in a number of live setlists to follow, in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2006.
Live appearances
Live Performances
- Real Thing Shakes [162 SHOWS]
B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 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- SHOWCASE "B'zepp" [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood" [24/24 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 "ELEVEN" -Extra- [3/46 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" [2/23 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE in Namba 2006 [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2018 -The Wall Of Rock- [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- [23/23 SHOWS]
Home Videos
Sales data
Main article: B'z Sales Records
| No. | Cover | Single | Physical Copies Sold | Chart Positions | Certification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST WEEK | LIFETIME | WEEK | MONTH | YEAR | ||||
| 20 | 
|
Real Thing Shakes |
606,360+ |
1,141,000+ |
1 |
1 |
12 |
Million |
Personnel
Main article: B'z Support Members
B'z
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
- Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement
Support Members
- Gregg Bissonette: Drums
- Tony Franklin: Bass
- Joseph Michael Szeibert: Keyboards
Production
- Andy Johns: Producer