"R.G.W."
Single by Puffy AmiYumi
from the album Thank You
ReleasedNovember 17, 2010
GenrePop
LabelKi/oon Records
Puffy AmiYumi singles chronology
"Dareka ga"
(2009) 		"R.G.W."
(2010) 		"Happy Birthday"
(2011)
Music video
"R.G.W." on YouTube

R.G.W. is single by Japanese rock duo Puffy, released on November 17, 2010. The meaning of the name is red, green and white, which are the symbolic colors of Christmas.[1]

A limited edition of the single was released along with the regular edition. The limited edition features an extra live DVD showing footage of 6 songs from Puffy's 2010 Gekidan Asesu Tour. The song was used as the theme song for the Japanese release of Toy Story 3, the b-sides were used as theme songs for TV shows as well, the first one was used for NTV's DON.

Track listing

CD single

  1. R.G.W
  2. Jet Love
  3. Koi No Yamaarashi

DVD (Limited Edition only)

  1. Nice Buddy
  2. Ai no shirushi
  3. Circuit no Musume
  4. Complaint
  5. Boogie Woogie No. 5
  6. Youkai PUFFY

Chart performance

The single peaked at number 44 on the singles chart, selling 2.091 copies that week,[3] and stayed on the chart for 2 weeks. The track failed to enter the top 50 in the Billboard charts and remained for only one week on the Hot Single Sales and Hot 100, for the Hot Airplay chart the single drop to number 89 before exciting the chart the next week. On J-Wave the single debuted at number 84 and the next week peaked at 52, the song stayed another 2 weeks on the chart.

Oricon Sales Chart

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon)[4] 44

Billboard Japan Sales Chart

Chart Peak Position
Billboard Japan Hot 100 60
Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay 59
Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales 64

J-Wave Airplay Chart

Chart (2010) Peak
position
J-Wave Tokio Hot 100[5] 52

References

  1. ^ Yesasia.com
  2. ^ CD Japan
  3. ^ Oricon Style weekly chart
  4. ^ Oricon Style
  5. ^ "Tokio Hot 100 Chart – 2010.12.12 (see "2010–12– 2")". J-Wave. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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