"Gossip Candy" is the forty-seventh single by J-Pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 singer Kumi Koda

Kumi Koda

, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game...

, released on July 7, 2010. Like her previous singles "4 Hot Wave

4 hot wave

"4 Hot Wave" is Kumi Koda's 32nd single under the Rhythm Zone label. This is a quadruple A-side single, a first for Kumi Koda. It was released on July 26; roughly 2 months after the release of her last single, "Koi no Tsubomi". The covers of this single were taken while Kumi was in Morocco to shoot...

," "Freaky," and "Moon," this single includes four songs. One song has two versions on the single. This is the first single by Kumi Koda since her last studio album, Best: Third Universe/Universe

Best: Third Universe/Universe

Best: Third Universe is Kumi Koda's fifth greatest hits album, following Best: Bounce & Lovers and Out Works & Collaboration Best. The covers resemble those of Best: Second Session, and Koda can be seen looking through the booklet for that album on the 2CD & 2CD+DVD edition cover. The album...

. Like many of her singles, this one includes a DVD that includes the music videos to "Inside Fishbowl," "Outside Fishbowl," and "Lollipop." The single is certified Gold for shipment of 100,000 copies.

Tracklist

The tracks Inside Fishbowl and Outside Fishbowl are two different versions of the same song.

Promotion

The song "Got to Be Real" from this single was used in a Pepsi

Pepsi

Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...

 Next commercial in which Koda danced around life-sized Pepsi bottles. The song "Lollipop" is featured in a commercial for 7-Eleven's (7&i) online shopping in which Koda shops on the website.

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	First Week Sales	Sales Total	Chart Run
July 7, 2010	Oricon Daily Charts	3
	Oricon Weekly Charts	4	60,027	84,358	11 Weeks
	Oricon Monthly Charts	8	77,847
	Oricon Yearly Charts	81

Billboard Japan Sales Chart

Release	Chart	Peak Position
July 7, 2010	Billboard Japan Hot 100	11
	Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay	22
	Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales	3

Reported sales and certifications

Chart	Amount
RIAJ full-length cellphone downloads	Gold (100,000+)

Chart procession and succession