Do The Motion - Overview

Overview

Released on 30 March 2005 (a month after the release of her smash "Best of" compilation Best of Soul), "Do the Motion" would obtain the number one position on the day of its release and would go on to grab the number one position for the week with first week sales in excess of 66,000 copies, and did not fall out of the top 20 until the sixth week after its release. The leading track, Do the Motion, showcased a completely new style which had a "jazzy" feeling to it, although many Western fans were apprehensive about how well accepted this style shift would be, the Japanese public would embrace it along with the two B-side tracks: the ballad, Kimi no tonari de (キミのとなりで), and the mid-tempo track, With U, which was coined by BoA herself.