is the fourth single release by the Japanese pop

Pop music

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 music boy band Hey! Say! JUMP

Hey! Say! JUMP

Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...

. It was released on October 22, 2008.

Single information

Fourth single release from Hey! Say! Jump featuring their first actual love song, which is used as a theme to the TV drama "Scrap Teacher - Kyoshi Saisei -" starring Hey! Say! Jump members Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuri Chinen, and Daiki Arioka. The track has painfully sad, passionate lyrics and a melancholic melody with a Spanish taste. Limited edition includes a bonus DVD with music video of the track "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy," making-of footage, and alternate jacket artwork. Regular edition features three bonus karaoke versions.

Chart performance

By the end of the year, "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" was reported by Oricon to sell 266,193 copies and was later certified Platinum by RIAJ denoting over 250,000 shipments

Limited Edition

CD

1. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy
2. School Kakumei

DVD

1. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy PV
2. Making of

Normal Edition

1. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy
2. School Kakumei
3. Deep Night Kimi Omou
4. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy (Instrumental)
5. School Kakumei (Instrumental)
6. Deep Night Kimi Omou (Instrumental)

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
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Sales and certifications

Country	Provider	Sales	Certification
Japan	RIAJ Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry...	266,193	Platinum