"Do the Motion"
Single by BoA
from the album ??
Released	March 30, 2005
Format	CD
Recorded	?
Genre	Pop
Length
Label	avex trax
Writer(s)
Producer(s)	?
Chart positions
#1 (JP)
Professional reviews
BoA singles chronology
Meri Kuri (2004)	Do the Motion (2005)	Make a Secret (2005)

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Overview

Released on March 30, 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 completly 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 You, which was coined by BoA herself. Best of Soul was BoAs first album compilation of her Japanese singles. ...

Commercial Endorsements

The titular track Do the Motion was used for a KOSE Fasio commercial which showcased BoA dancing to Do the Motion in a white outfit in front of an orange background. In this commercial BoA had a jagged white outline placed around her as well. Kimi no Tonari de (キミのとなりで) was used for an "au by KDDI EZ [New Arrival]" commercial in which a couple is walking around a zoo and the male download and plays a clip of the song onto his cellphone. With You was used in a Lipton Tea commercial (the beginning of BoA's endorsment by LIPTON) and showed BoA drinking a new flavor of the iced tea on a grass covered hillside and then jumping and dancing in the field with the bottle.

Music Video

A capture from the "Do the Motion" music video.

The promotional video for "Do the Motion" contains four scenes: In the first BoA is wandering around a European city taking in the sites in a cream trench coat before sitting on (and singing at) a bench, in the second scene BoA is sitting on a bed (in a mansion) in a dress singing, in the third BoA is dancing with four female backup-dancers in a dress in a large ballroom (of the same mansion), and in the last scene BoA is first entering and then dancing in the large ballroom of the mansion with a masked man in a pink ball gown (see screencap).

Track List

1. "Do the Motion" (?)
2. "With You" (?)
3. "Kimi no Tonari de (キミのとなりで)" (?)
4. "Do the Motion (TV MIX)" (?)
5. "With You (TV MIX)" (?)
6. "Kimi no Tonari de (キミのとなりで) (TV MIX)" (?)

TV Performances

• April 1, 2005 - 情報ツウ
• April 1, 2005 - Music Fighter
• April 7, 2005 - えき☆スタ発
• April 8, 2005 - NHK Super Live Best Hit
• April 8, 2005 - POP JAM
• April 9, 2005 - CDTV
• April 14, 2005 - Utaban
• August 20, 2005 -【LIVE】 a-nation`05 【東京】(Tokyo)
• August 27, 2005 -【LIVE】 a-nation`05 【神戸】(Kobe)
• August 28, 2005 -【LIVE】 a-nation`05 【神戸】(Kobe)
• November 30, 2005 - 130 Million Choose Best Artist

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Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)