# Electric Boy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Electric_Boy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Electric_Boy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Boy > Source revision: 1287252334 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{distinguish|The Electric Boy|eboy}} {{infobox song | album = [Girls Forever](/source/Girls_Forever) | artist = [Kara](/source/Kara_(South_Korean_group)) | border = yes | B-side = {{ubl|"Orion"|"[Pandora](/source/Pandora_(Kara_EP))" (Korean)}} | caption = Regular edition cover | chronology = [Kara](/source/Kara_(South_Korean_band)) Japanese | cover = KARA Electric Boy Regular Edition cover.jpeg | genre = {{hlist|[Pop](/source/Pop_music)|[dance-pop](/source/dance-pop)}} | label = [Universal Sigma](/source/Universal_Music_Group) | length = 03:22 | name = Electric Boy | next_title = [Bye Bye Happy Days!](/source/Bye_Bye_Happy_Days!) | next_year = 2013 | prev_title = [Speed Up /
Girl's Power](/source/Speed_Up_%2F_Girl's_Power) | prev_year = 2012 | producer = Mikko Tamminen | released = {{start date|2012|10|17}} | type = single | writer = {{hlist|Line Krogholm|Shalamon Baskin|Mikko Tamminen|Faya|Emyli}} }} {{nihongo|"'''Electric Boy'''"|エレクトリックボーイ|Erekutorikku Bōi}} is the seventh [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language) single by [South Korea](/source/South_Korea)n girl group [Kara](/source/Kara_(South_Korean_group)). It was released on October 17, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.karaweb.jp/news/41416469.html|title=10/17NEWシングル「エレクトリックボーイ」発売決定！|date=2012-09-21|publisher=[DSP Media](/source/DSP_Media)|accessdate=2012-10-08|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/products/umck-9563/|title=KARA - エレクトリックボーイ(初回限定盤C) - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN|date=2012-09-21|publisher=[Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group)|accessdate=2012-10-08|language=Japanese}} The song is featured on the soundtrack of the third Japanese edition of ''[Just Dance Wii U](/source/Just_Dance_Wii_U)''.{{cite web|title=【Nintendo Direct】日本の人気楽曲を多数収録した『ジャストダンス Wii U』が4月3日発売決定 |url=http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140214-00000014-isd-game |work=16 February 2014 |publisher=Yahoo! News Japan |accessdate=18 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222150958/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140214-00000014-isd-game |archivedate=22 February 2014 }} ==Background== The single was announced by [Universal Sigma](/source/Universal_Music_Japan) and on Kara's official Japanese website on September 21, with the track list of the single, jacket covers and prices of every edition. The single was released in four different types, three limited editions: a CD+DVD edition including the CD single with the standard track list and a DVD including the music video of the song, a Close-Up version and behind the scenes from the music video,{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/products/umck-9561/|title=KARA - エレクトリックボーイ(初回限定盤A) - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN|date=2012-09-21|publisher=[Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group)|accessdate=2012-10-08|language=Japanese}} a CD+Photobook edition including the CD single with the standard track list and a 28-page photobook{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/products/umck-9562/|title=KARA - エレクトリックボーイ(初回限定盤B) - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN|date=2012-09-21|publisher=[Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group)|accessdate=2012-10-08|language=Japanese}} and a first press edition from the CD only edition including only the CD single itself with a bonus track, the original version of the song "[Pandora](/source/Pandora_(Kara_EP))", and a Regular edition, including only the CD single itself with the standard track list. All limited editions comes with a lottery ticket for the hand-shake event, to be held in October 21.{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/news/2012/10/20121002topics2/|title=「エレクトリックボーイ」発売記念 KARAメンバー5人との「ハイタッチ会」開催決定！！|date=2012-10-03|publisher=[Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group)|accessdate=2012-10-08|language=Japanese}} In October 3, it was announced that the group will make a special DJ launch event in October 17, day of the single's release, in a somewhere part of [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) and a hand-shake event in October 21 in Tokyo Big Sight.{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/kara/news/2012/10/20121002topics/|title=KARAメンバー5人がDJとして参加！！「エレクトリックボーイ発売記念 スペシャルイベント」開催決定！！|date=2012-10-03|publisher=[Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group)|accessdate=2012-10-08|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.karaweb.jp/news/41416486.html|title=KARA 2大イベント開催決定！ |date=2012-10-03|publisher=[DSP Media](/source/DSP_Media)|accessdate=2012-10-08|language=Japanese}} ==Composition== "Electric Boy" was written by Shalamon Baskin, Mikko Tamminen, Line Krogholm, Faya and Emyli and produced by Mikko Tamminen. "Orion", the single's b-side, was solely written and composed by Simon Isogai. He also composed the songs "[Winter Magic](/source/Winter_Magic_(song))" and "Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatō」" for the group. The bonus track, "Pandora", is a Korean song released on the group's fifth [mini album](/source/Extended_play) [of same name](/source/Pandora_(Kara_EP)). It was written by Song Soo-yun and composed by Yue, Kim Seung-soo and Han Jae-ho. ==Music video== A 1-minute teaser of the music video of "Electric Boy" was released on Universal Music Japan's [YouTube](/source/YouTube) account on September 27, 2012. The full music video premiered on the TV channel ''Space Shower TV Plus'' two days later, on September 29. ==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Limited editions and CD only regular edition: | extra_column = | total_length = 17:51 | title1 = Electric Boy | length1 = 3:22 | note1 = エレクトリックボーイ; ''Erekutorikku Bōi'' | lyrics1 = Line Krogholm, Shalamon Baskin, Mikko Tamminen, Faya, Emyli | music1 = Line Krogholm, Shalamon Baskin, Mikko Tamminen | title2 = Orion | note2 = オリオン | length2 = 5:35 | lyrics2 = Simon Isogai | music2 = Simon Isogai | title3 = Electric Boy | note3 = Instrumental | length3 = 3:22 | title4 = Orion | note4 = Instrumental | length4 = 5:36 }} {{Track listing | headline = Bonus Track (CD only First Press edition): | total_length = 21:02 | extra_column = | title5 = Pandora | note5 = Korean version | lyrics5 = Song Soo-yun | music5 = Yue, Kim Seung-soo and Han Jae-ho | extra5 = | length5 = 3:11 }} {{track listing | headline = DVD (Limited Edition Type A) | extra_column = | total_length = | title1 = Electric Boy | note1 = [Music video](/source/Music_video) | length1 = | title2 = Electric Boy | note2 = Music video - Dance version | length2 = | title3 = Electric Boy | note3 = Music video - Behind the Scenes | length3 = }} == Chart performance == === Oricon chart === {| class="wikitable" style="width:600px;" |- ! style="text-align:center;"|Released ! style="text-align:center;"|[Oricon](/source/Oricon) Chart ! style="text-align:center;"|Peak ! style="text-align:center;"|Debut sales ! style="text-align:center;"|Sales total |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|October 17, 2012 |align="left"|Daily Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|1{{cite tweet |author= |user= hisaka2u|number= 258510021904715776 |date= October 17, 2012 |title= ORICON STYLE編集長のTwitter 2012年10月17日の発言 |access-date= October 17, 2012 }} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|28,604 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|76,248 |- |align="left"|Weekly Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|2{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2012-10-29/more/1/|title=2012年10月15日～2012年10月21日のCDシングル週間ランキング（2012年10月29日付）|publisher=[Oricon](/source/Oricon)|date=2012-10-24|accessdate=2012-10-24|language=Japanese}} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|57,942 |- |align="left"|Monthly Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|8{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/m/2012-10/more/2/|title=2012年10月のCDシングル月間ランキング（2012年10月度度）|publisher=[Oricon](/source/Oricon)|date=2012-11-08|accessdate=2012-11-08|language=Japanese}} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|70,161 |- |align="left"|Yearly Singles Chart | style="text-align:center;"|106 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|76,248 |} === [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) charts === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart !Peak
position |- ||Billboard Japan Hot 100 |align="center"|1{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=10&day=29|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 2012/10/29付け|publisher=Hanshin Contents Link|date=2012-10-24|accessdate=2012-10-24|language=Japanese}} |- ||Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales |align="center"|1{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales&year=2012&month=10&day=29|title=Hot Singles Sales 2012/10/29付け|publisher=Hanshin Contents Link|date=2012-10-24|accessdate=2012-10-24|language=Japanese}} |- ||Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay |align="center"|2{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_airplay&year=2012&month=10&day=29 |title=Hot Top Airplay 2012/10/29付け |publisher=Hanshin Contents Link |date=2012-10-24 |accessdate=2012-10-24 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229023809/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_airplay&year=2012&month=10&day=29 |archivedate=2014-12-29 }} |- ||Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay |align="center"|2{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=adult_airplay&year=2012&month=10&day=29|title=Adult Contemporary Airplay 2012/10/29付け|publisher=Hanshin Contents Link|date=2012-10-24|accessdate=2012-10-24|language=Japanese}} |- ||Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales (2012) |align="center"|97{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=sales_year&year=2012|publisher=Hanshin Contents Link|date=2012-10-24|accessdate=2012-10-24|language=Japanese}} |- |} === Sales and certifications === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Chart ! Amount |- | align="left" | ''RIAJ'' physical single | Gold |} ==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Country !! Date !! Format !! Label |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [Japan](/source/Japan) | October 10, 2012 | Ringtone{{cite web|url=http://recochoku.jp/song/S21529402/|title=【レコチョク】KARA「エレクトリックボーイ」 |date=2012-10-10|publisher=Recochoku|accessdate=2012-10-13|language=Japanese}} ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [Universal Sigma](/source/Universal_Music_Group) |- | October 17, 2012 | [Digital download](/source/Music_download),{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/electric-boy-ep/1445051171|title=iTunes - ミュージック - KARA「エレクトリックボーイ - EP」|date=2012-10-17|publisher=[iTunes Store](/source/iTunes_Store)|language=Japanese|access-date=2012-10-16}} [CD single](/source/CD_single) |} ==References== ==External links== * {{YouTube|id=IRv7O56C7Eo|title="''Electric Boy''" (Short ver.) Music video}} {{Kara singles}} {{authority control}} Category:2012 singles Category:Songs in Japanese Category:Kara (South Korean group) songs Category:Dance-pop songs Category:Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Category:2012 songs --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Electric Boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Boy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Boy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.