Summer (Tohoshinki EP)

"Summer: Summer Dream / Song for You / Love in the Ice" is Tohoshinki's 12th Japanese single. It was released on August 1, 2007 and debuted at #1 on the Oricon Daily Charts, ending as #2 overall for the week. It was TVXQ's first single in Japan to reach this position on the daily charts and was considered a milestone for the Korean boyband's rising popularity in Japan. With the success of the single, TVXQ won the Gold Artist Award in Best Hits 2007 Japan on November 26.

"Summer: Summer Dream / Song for You / Love in the Ice"
CD cover
Single by Tohoshinki
from the album T
B-side"Hug" (A cappella version)
ReleasedAugust 1, 2007
Recorded2006 or 2007
GenreJ-Pop, dance-pop, R&B
Length4:57 (Album version)
3:58 (Radio edit)
LabelAvex Trax/Rhythm Zone
Songwriter(s)H.U.B. (composition by Tatta Works and h-wonder)
Producer(s)Rhythm Zone
Tohoshinki singles chronology
"Lovin' You"
(2007)		 "Summer: Summer Dream / Song for You / Love in the Ice"
(2007)		 "Shine / Ride On"
(2007)

Live performances
  • 2007.07.28 - Music Fighter
  • 2007.08.06 - Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
  • 2007.08.31 - a-nation 2007
  • 2007.11.26 - Best Hits 2007 Japan
  • 2008.07.26 - Music fair 21
  • 2008 - T Concert Tour (several dates)
  • 2008 - a-nation 2008 (several dates)

Track listing

CD
  1. "Summer Dream"
  2. "Song for You"
  3. "Love in the Ice"
  4. "Summer Dream" (Less Vocal)
  5. "Hug" (A cappella ver.)
  6. "Song for You" (Less Vocal)
  7. "Love in the Ice" (Less Vocal)

DVD
  1. "Summer Dream" (Video clip)
  2. Off Shot Movie

Music video

The music video of "Summer Dream" features the members dancing in front of a pond, also their dancing with back up dancers, as the video goes on it shows scenes where Yuchun is driving a car and collecting the members, In the end the members are seen on beach when it comes to sunset.

No music video was made for "Love in the Ice" and "Song for You".

Charts

Oricon sales chart (Japan)
Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
August 1, 2007 Oricon Daily Singles Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 2 112,771 7 weeks
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart 3 120,507
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart 64 [1] 124,529

Korea monthly foreign albums & singles
Release Chart Position Sales Total
August 8, 2007 August Monthly Chart[2] 2 15,444

Korea yearly foreign albums & singles
Release Chart Position Sales Total
August 8, 2007 2007 Yearly Chart[3] 8 16,536

References
  1. (in Japanese) シングル 年間ランキング -ORICON STYLE ランキング
  2. 무제 문서
  3. 무제 문서 Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  1. http://toho-jp.net/
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